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1. Residential Enhancement
ResidentialEnhancement(RE)isthemaximumlevelofresidencenilratebandRNRBforanindividual
inaparticulartaxyear.Thismaximumamountmaybereducediftheperson’sestateexceedsthetaper
threshold(gotonote5below).
It’s the unused percentage of the RNRB that’s transferred, not the unused amount.
2. Rates of Residential Enhancement
TheamountoftheResidentialEnhancementinthefollowingtaxyearsis:
• £100,000to5April2018
• £125,000in2018to2019
• £150,000in2019to2020
• £175,000in2020to2026
Wherethespouseorcivilpartner’sdeathoccurredbefore6April2017,theResidentialEnhancement
atthattimeisdeemedtohavebeen£100,000.
3. Direct descendants
Adirectdescendantofthedeceasedis,forexample,achild,grandchild,great-grandchildorgreat-greatgrandchild.
And for the purpose of RNRB a ‘child’ includes:
• achildwhois,orwasthedeceased’sstep-child
• anadoptedchildwhowasachildofthedeceased
• afosterchildwhoistreatedasachildofthedeceased
If the deceased was an appointed guardian or special guardian for a child who was under 18 at that time,
the child is treated as a child of the deceased
ForRNRBpurposesa‘child’doesnothavetobeunder18atthedeceased’sdateofdeath,anda‘step-child’
islimitedtosomeonewhoseparentis,orwas,thespouseorcivilpartnerofthedeceased.
Adirectdescendantalsoincludesaspouseorcivilpartnerof,forexample,thechild,grandchildorgreat-grandchild,
(includingtheirwidow,widowerorsurvivingcivilpartner,providedthatthewidow,widowerorsurviving
civilpartnerhadnotremarriedorenteredintoanewcivilpartnershipbeforethedeceased’sdateofdeath).
Directdescendantsdonotincludenephews,nieces,siblingsorotherrelativesnotincludedinthelistabove.
4. Taper threshold
Thetaperthresholdinthefollowingtaxyearsis£2millionfrom6April2017to5April2026.Wherethespouseorcivil
partner’sdeathoccuredbefore6April2017,thetaperthresholdisdeemedtohavebeen£2million.
TheREgraduallytapersaway,foranestatevaluedatmorethan£2millionevenifahomeisleftto
directdescendants.TheREwillgodownby£1forevery£2thatthevalueoftheestateisoverthe£2million
taper threshold.
TaperingcanalsoreducetheamountofunusedREavailabletotransfertoasurvivingspouseorcivilpartner,
when the first of the couple dies.
5. ‘Default Allowance’ or ‘Adjusted Allowance’
TheDefaultAllowanceforanindividual’sestateisthetotaloftheResidentialEnhancement(gotonote2above)
plusanytransferredRNRBthattheywereentitledto.IftheirestateexceededtheTaperThreshold
(gotonote4above),the‘DefaultAllowance’isreducedortaperedaway.
Thisreducedvalueiscalledthe‘AdjustedAllowance’.Iftaperingappliedonthespouseorcivilpartner’sestate,
youneedtoinsertthe‘AdjustedAllowanceatquestion16.Iftaperingdidnotapplyonthespouseor
civilpartner’sestate,youneedtoincludethe‘DefaultAllowance’.
IfRNRBwaspartlyusedonthespouseorcivilpartner’sestate,thesevaluesshouldhavebeenreturnedon
their Inheritance Tax return.