Finance Act, 1894

Scale of rates of Estate duty.

17. The rates of Estate duty shall be according to the following scale:—

Where the Principal Value of the Estate.

Estate Duty shall be payable at the Rate per cent, of

£

£

Exceeds -

100 and does not exceed -

500

One pound.

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500

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1,000

Two pounds.

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1,000

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10,000

Three pounds.

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10,000

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25,000

Four pounds.

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25,000

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50,000

Four pounds ten shillings.

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50,000

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75,000

Five pounds.

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75,000

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100,000

Five pounds ten shillings.

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100,000

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150,000

Six pounds.

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150,000

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250,000

Six pounds ten shillings.

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250,000

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500,000

Seven pounds.

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500,000

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1,000,000

Seven pounds ten shillings.

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1000,000 - - - -

Eight pounds.

The rate of the settlement Estate duty where the property is settled shall be one per cent.

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Succession Duty.

1Except as respects persons dying before April 19, 1907, the scale is repealed by 7 Edw. 7. c. 13. s. 30; s. 12 of that Act substitutes a higher scale as regards estates of over 150,000l. on deaths occurring on or after that date.]

[2 As to Estate duty on fractions of one hundred pounds in the case of persons dying before April 10, 1900, see 59 & 60 Vict. c. 28. s. 17.]