Question follow-through · 71093
Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of tapering the introduction of changes to unused pension funds and death benefits into scope of Inheritance Tax from 6 April 2027.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of tapering the introduction of changes to unused pension funds and death benefits into scope of Inheritance Tax from 6 April 2027.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
From 6 April 2027 most unused pension funds and death benefits will be included within the value of a person’s estate for Inheritance Tax purposes. This change was announced on 30 October 2024 and will only impact those who die on or after 6 April 2027. T...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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