LBTT2013 - Buyer bearing inheritance tax liability

Where there is a land transaction that is either:

• a transfer of value within section 3 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984;  or
• a disposition, effected by will or under the law of intestacy, of a chargeable interest comprised in the estate of a person immediately on the person’s death; and
• the buyer is or becomes liable to pay, agrees to pay or does in fact pay any inheritance tax due in respect of the transfer or disposition,

then the buyer’s liability, agreement or payment does not count as chargeable consideration for the transaction.

LBTT(S)A 2013 schedule 2 paragraph 15.