HC Deb 26 January 1996 vol 270 cc420-1W
Mr. Mike O'Brien

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was, in constant 1995 figures, the value of tax receipts from lifetime transfers in each year 1974 in respect of(a) capital transfer tax and (b) inheritance tax. [11124]

(2) what was, in constant 1995 figures, the value of tax receipts on death in each year since 1970 of (a) estate duty, (b) capital transfer tax and (c) inheritance tax, indicating when each type of tax replaced another. [11123]

Mr. Jack

The available information is as follows:

£million at 1994–95 prices1
Net receipts from transfers chargeable at death
year Net receipts from lifetime transfers chargeable when made Estate Duty Capital transfer tax/inheritance tax
1970–71 2,775
1971–72 3,214
1972–73 3,023
1973–74 2,536
1974–75 1,746
1975–76 5 870 480
1976–77 77 449 861
1977–78 74 277 917
1978–79 94 132 830
1979–80 77 79 908
1980–81 66 56 815
1981–82 57 32 851
1982–83 68 21 814
1983–84 53 15 958
1984–85 95 10 962
1985–86 81 9 1,260
1986–87 87 10 1,373
1987–88 64 1,450
1988–89 53 1,356
1989–90 44 1,472
1990–91 44 1,418
1991–92 48 1,369
1992–93 46 1,224
1993–94 29 1,328
1994–95 24 1,387
1Converted using the GDP market price deflator.

For deaths on or after 13 March 1975, capital transfer tax—CTT—replaced estate duty and applied to transfers made after 26 March 1974. CTT was replaced by inheritance tax—IHT—for transfers on or after 18 March 1986. The figures for estate duty exclude receipts in Northern Ireland before 1973–74. Small residual amounts of estate duty receipts from 1987–88 are included with receipts from inheritance tax and capital transfer tax, separate estimates of which are not available.