Written questions

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

Commons · Question 73697 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed Inheritance Tax changes on family (a) businesses and (b) farms.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 9 Sep 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...