FROM
BURCHELLS,
28
LETTER TO
The Controller, Estate Duty Office.
SHEET NO.
DATE
10.7.36.
There does not appear to be any decided case on the
point and in the absence of definite authority we are instructed
to inquire if you would let us know for the information of the
Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the practice of
Somerset House in cases such as the above and whether your
Department would demand payment of Estate Duty on the cesser
of an annuity to a widow given by her husband's Will, and whether
any difference is made between the cases where a fund is, and is
not, set apart and appropriated for payment of the annuity.
If you require any further information or wish to
discuss the matter with us we shall be happy to attend at Somerset
House for an interview.
The Controller,
Estate Duty Office,
Somerset House,
W.C.2.
We are,
sir,
Your obedient Servants,
Purshells.