Direct-line gift and inheritance allowance lowered to €100,000 and look-back period extended to 15 years
Article 5 of the second amending finance act for 2012 lowers from €159,325 to €100,000 the allowance applicable to transfers in the direct line (parents and children) for gift and inheritance duties. The period after which earlier gifts are no longer taken into account rises from ten to fifteen years. These rules apply to estates opened and gifts made from 17 August 2012. The annual updating of allowances and scale brackets is removed from 1 January 2013.
Measure originators
A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.
Measure impact
Direct-line transfers above €100,000 per parent and per child become taxable from a lower amount, and gifts must be spaced fifteen years apart to benefit from the allowance again. According to the Senate finance committee report, the yield of all the measures in the article is estimated at €140 million in 2012, €1,220 million in 2013 and €1,425 million from 2014.
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