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Inheritance Tax (IHT) on a taxable partnership interest may be paid by instalments, IHTA84/S227. The instalments will be interest鈥慺ree, IHTA84/S234 (IHTM30363).

However, Articles of Partnership often contain a provision by which the surviving partners will purchase or will have the option to purchase the interest of a deceased partner. The instalment option ceases on sale, and the balance of tax falls due at once. If the surviving partners pay the purchase price in stages, each part-payment is treated as a part sale of the business, IHTA84/S227 (6).

Example

The Partnership Articles provide that the surviving partners are to purchase the deceased鈥檚 share in the partnership at its market value. The purchase price is to be paid in 4 annual instalments, the first to be paid 12 months after the death. The deceased dies on 6 April 2012 and the open market value of the partnership interest is agreed at 拢40,000. Instalment assessments will be as follows:-

31 October 2012 1st instalment due on 拢40,000

6 April 2013 Tax due on 拢10,000; instalments continue on 拢30,000

31 October 2013 2nd instalment due on 拢30,000

6 April 2014 Tax due on next 拢10,000; instalments continue on 拢20,000

31 October 2014 3rd instalment due on 拢20,000

6 April 2015 Tax due on next 拢10,000; instalments continue on 拢10,000

31 October 2015 4th instalment due on 拢10,000

6 April 2016 Tax falls due on balance on 拢10,000

(If the Articles provide for, say, 12 annual payments to the deceased鈥檚 executors, we do not extend the 10 year period for instalments.)

If the purchase price is less than the taxable value then the instalment option will remain for the excess over the purchase price paid.