Where a transfer of value is made within one year of the death of the transferor and, by reason of an excess over the amount specified in section 24(1)(b) above, any tax is chargeable on a part of the value transferred which is attributable to property which becomes the property of a political party, no person other than the political party shall be liable for tax on that part.
(1)Where tax is chargeable under section 32 above on the occurrence of an event which is a chargeable event with respect to any property by virtue of subsection (2) or subsection (3)(a) of that section, the person liable for the tax is the person who, if the property were sold—
(a)in a case within subsection (2) of that section, at the time the tax becomes chargeable, and
(b)in a case within subsection (3)(a), immediately after the death,
would be entitled to receive (whether for his benefit or not) the proceeds of sale or any income arising from them.
(2)Where tax is chargeable under section 32 above on the occurrence of an event which is a chargeable event with respect to any property by virtue of subsection (3)(b) of that section, the person liable for the tax is the person by whom or for whose benefit the property is disposed of.
(3)The persons liable for tax charged under section 79(3) above are—
(a)the trustees of the settlement concerned, and
(b)any person for whose benefit any of the property or income from it is applied at or after the time of the event occasioning the charge.
(4)The person liable for tax chargeable under paragraph 1(1) or 3(1) of Schedule 5 to this Act is the person who, if the property were sold at the time the tax becomes chargeable, would be entitled to receive (whether for his benefit or not) the proceeds of sale or any income arising from them.
(5)The person liable for tax chargeable under paragraph 1(2) or 3(2) of Schedule 5 to this Act is the person by whom or for whose benefit the property is disposed of.
The person liable for tax chargeable under section 126 above in relation to a disposal is the person who is entitled to the proceeds of sale or would be so entitled if the disposal were a sale.
(1)A person shall not be liable under section 200(1)(a) above for tax attributable to the value of any heritable property in Scotland which is vested in him as executor in the circumstances and for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 18 of the [1964 c. 41.] Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.
(2)The persons liable for tax chargeable under section 147(4) above are the person who claims legitim and any person mentioned in section 200(1)(c) above.
(3)Section 200(1)(a) shall not apply in relation to tax chargeable under section 147(4) above, but section 204(1) shall apply in relation to the person who claims legitim as it applies in relation to the personal representatives of a deceased person.
Where any tax chargeable on a transfer of value is attributable to the value of an interest satisfying the conditions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 151(2) above, the persons liable for the tax shall not include the trustees of the scheme or fund concerned but shall, if the transfer is made on the death of the person entitled to the interest, include his personal representatives.