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1 October 1996

Give and Take - A Trust and Tax Conflict

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Article by Dr Colin Masters

A recent UK tax decision involving a trust and what the Inland Revenue claimed was a reservation of benefit in an asset caused a flurry of excitement in the media over tax planning to mitigate Inheritance Tax.

The case shows the need to comply with one of the 'certainties' in trust formation that is the need to completely constitute a trust.

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