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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to inheritance tax on (a) small family farm closures and (b) internal food production security.

answeredCameron ThomasTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
9 Dec 2024
Answer
13 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of proposed changes to inheritance tax on (a) small family farm closures and (b) internal food production security.

  2. 9 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Government published information about the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief at www.gov.uk/government/publications/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms. It is expected that up to around ...

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