CTT took effect from 26 March 1974 and was introduced in Finance Act 1975 to replace estate duty which had come to be seen as a voluntary tax. CTT was designed as an integrated lifetime gift and death tax. It was based on the principle of lifetime cumulation and so the tax was levied based on the total value of all previous chargeable transfers since 26 March 1974,
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