Finance Act, 1894

Value of real successions for succession duty.

18. (1) The value for the purpose of succession duty of a succession to real property arising on the death of a deceased person shall, where the successor is competent to dispose of the property, be the principal value of the property, after deducting the Estate duty payable in respect thereof on the said death and the expenses if any properly incurred of raising and paying the same; and the duty shall be a charge on the property, and shall be payable by the same instalments as are authorised by this Act for Estate duty on real property, with interest at the rate of three per cent. per annum; and the first instalment shall be payable and the interest shall begin to run at the expiration of twelve months after the date on which the successor became entitled in possession to his succession or to the receipt of the income and profit thereof; and after the expiration of the said twelve months the provisions with respect to discount shall not apply.

(2) The principal value of real property for the purpose of succession duty shall be ascertained in the same manner as it would be ascertained under the provisions of this Act for the purpose of Estate duty; and in the case of any agricultural property where no part of the principal value is due to the expectation of an increased income from such property, the annual value for the purpose of succession duty shall be arrived at in the same manner as under the provisions of this Part of this Act for the purpose of Estate duty.

Local Taxation Grant.