Written questions

Inheritance Tax: Construction

Commons · Question 32611 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 28 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to business property relief on the construction plant-hire sector in (a) Devon, (b) the South West and (c) the UK.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 28 Feb 2025

The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advanta...