Written questions

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

Commons · Question 36399 · Tabled 7 Mar 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 12 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on the ability of farming families to pass on agricultural (a) businesses and (b) property to future gener

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 12 Mar 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 advant...