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AI Summary of 100. Exclusion of value of excepted assets.

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Version date: 23 December 2025 - onwards
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100. Exclusion of value of excepted assets.

(1) In determining for the purposes of this Chapter what part of the taxable value of a gift or inheritance is attributable to the value of relevant business property, so much of the last-mentioned value as is attributable to -

(a) any excepted assets within the meaning of subsection (2), or

(b) any excluded property within the meaning of subsection (8),

is disregarded.

(2)

(a) An asset is an excepted asset in relation to any relevant business property unless it was -

(i) used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the business concerned throughout the whole, or the last 2 years, of the relevant period, or

(ii) subject to paragraph (b), required at the date of a gift or inheritance to be used for a specific purpose of the business concerned within the period of 6 years commencing on that date,