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Inheritance tax and corporate settlors: draft anti-avoidance legislation

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Finance Bill 2012 will amend the settlements legislation to close an avoidance scheme involving corporate settlors. The purpose of the changes is to confirm that ‘income arising under a settlement is treated as that of the settlor only where the settlor is an individual’.

Finance Bill 2012 will amend the settlements legislation to close an avoidance scheme involving corporate settlors. The purpose of the changes is to confirm that ‘income arising under a settlement is treated as that of the settlor only where the settlor is an individual’.

Draft legislation is provided on HMRC’s website.

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