Written questions

Small Businesses: Inheritance Tax

Commons · Question 65143 · Tabled 4 Jul 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 14 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support family-owned SMEs with additional tax liabilities under reforms to Business Property Relief.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 14 Jul 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...