Amendments to the Income Tax Clearance Procedure in estates

Revenue have published a new ebrief. It is brief 146/24 of 23 May 2024 which has set out some additional information with respect to the steps to take in relation to income tax clearance in death cases. I attach a link below to the revised manual. They are relatively minor and reminders really of issues…

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Post-Death Variations and the SA.2

A question sometimes arises: if there has been a post-death variation, does that impact what goes into the SA.2? Some reflections on this question. Analysis Firstly, the SA.2 should reflect the date of death position. So (but see comments below) regardless of what happens after death, the date of death snapshot must be reflected in…

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Reflections on S. 115 and Election

Just a reminder on the key elements of s. 115 of the Succession Act. It applies where a bequest is made to a spouse but that bequest is not stated to be in addition to the spouse’s legal right share. In that case, the spouse must elect to take the bequest or their legal right…

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Section 55 of the Succession Act – Part 2 – Observations

Last week we looked at section 55 of the Succession Act and some of its core elements. We also set out some of the limitations of section 55 and set out some of the reasons as to why the section doesn’t regularly come across your desk. Having said that, we set out here some of…

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E-Probate is coming

The latest update from the Principal Probate Register Anne Heenan is that e-probate will be part of probate practice over the coming years. What is e-probate? It is unclear what e-probate will be, but it appears that it will be a method by which the majority of forms that we use for probate will be…

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Changes to the Fair Deal Scheme

Just a quick reminder to some of key changes to the fair deal scheme which have come into effect over the last number of years Care Representative With the advent of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, the ability to appoint a care representative has been removed and now replaced with a DMR under the…

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Voluntary Transfers and Non-Residents

Overview A question arises about liability to capital gains tax for solicitors when they are assisting non-resident beneficiaries with respect to voluntary transfers of land. We might be familiar with S 45AA of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (CATCA). Essentially this is the section that imposes secondary liability for CAT for solicitors who…

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Title on Renunciations and Other Forms

Just a quick note to say that if you are submitting renunciations or powers of attorney with your oaths, its important that you replicate the title on these forms just as much as in the oath. Otherwise, your application will be queried. There is no clear indication that this is the position, because the main…

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