The Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Rysaffe Trustee Company (Ci) Limited: ChD 31 May 2002

The taxpayers had placed shares in the defendant company in foreign trusts.
Held: Under the general law, each brother had made five separate settlements; that s 43 did not reduce the five settlements to one settlement; that there were five charges to Inheritance Tax; and that, to bring the property within the charge to tax, it was neither appropriate nor necessary to consider whether the five settlements were created by ‘associated operations’.

Judges:

Park J

Citations:

[2002] STC 872

Statutes:

Inheritance Tax Act 1984 43

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Appealed toThe Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Rysaffe Trustee Company (CI) Limited CA 20-Mar-2003
The taxpayers had repeatedly settled shares in the taxpayer company in foreign trusts. The Commissioners sought to use the special legislative regime, imposing a periodic charge to Inheritance Tax on discretionary trusts.
Held: Inheritance Tax . .

Cited by:

Appeal fromThe Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Rysaffe Trustee Company (CI) Limited CA 20-Mar-2003
The taxpayers had repeatedly settled shares in the taxpayer company in foreign trusts. The Commissioners sought to use the special legislative regime, imposing a periodic charge to Inheritance Tax on discretionary trusts.
Held: Inheritance Tax . .
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