HC Deb 06 April 1949 vol 463 cc2109-10

Resolved: That the scale set out in the following Table shall be substituted for the scale set out in Part 1 of the Tenth Schedule to the Finance Act, 1946, as the scale of rates of estate duty, and the scale in accordance with which estate duty is to be charged on the agricultural value of agricultural property under section twenty-three of the Finance Act, 1925, shall (instead of being that referred to in that section) be the same scale as applies in other cases with a reduction of forty-five per cent. in each of the rates.

TABLE
Principal value of estate Rate percent of duty
£ £
Not exceeding 2000 Nil
Exceeding—
2,000 and not exceeding 3,000 1
3,000 and not exceeding 5,000 2
5,000 and not exceeding 7,500 3
7,500 and not exceeding 10,000 4
10,000 and not exceeding 12,500 6
12,500 and not exceeding 15,000 8
15,000 and not exceeding 17,500 10
17,500 and not exceeding 20,000 12
20,000 and not exceeding 25,000 15
25,000 and not exceeding 30,000 18
30,000 and not exceeding 35,000 21
35,000 and not exceeding 40,000 24
40,000 and not exceeding 45,000 28
45,000 and not exceeding 50,000 31
50,000 and not exceeding 60,000 35
60,00 and not exceeding 75,000 40
75,000 and not exceeding 100,000 45
100,000 and not exceeding 150,000 50
150,000 and not exceeding 200,000 55
200,000 and not exceeding 300,000 60
300,000 and not exceeding 500,000 65
500,000 and not exceeding 750,000 70
750,000 and not exceeding 1,000,000 75
1000,000 80"