Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003 (Number 1 of 2003)
71 Exemption for spouses (inheritances).
[FA 1985 s59(1)]
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, an inheritance taken by a successor, who is at the date of the inheritance the [1]>spouse<[1][1]>spouse or civil partner<[1] of the disponer, is exempt from tax and is not taken into account in computing tax.