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Can I give my wife £20,000 tax-free to put into a Cash ISA?

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  • zagfles
    zagfles Posts: 21,652 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Chutzpah Haggler
    It is strange how many of the public seem to be aware of a relatively obscure rule about IHT and gifting £3K, and how the large majority of them totally misunderstand it. We regularly have posters like the OP ( and I know people personally) who think there is some kind of tax when giving gifts.
    A friend of ours was convinced that by giving gifts you end up paying more IHT that you would have otherwise, which of course is not the case at all. 
    That's going to depend on what the "otherwise" is. If instead of gifting it you put it in a pension, spend it on a world cruise, or donate it to charity, then you could well end up paying more IHT gifting it than "otherwise".
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