Written questions

Small Businesses: Inheritance Tax

Commons · Question 82182 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support family-owned businesses with significant inheritance tax liabilities following company valuations.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 22 Oct 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, fixing the public finances, and funding public services. The reforms reduce t...