Question follow-through · 100088
Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process will be used to value family businesses after the changes to Business Property Relief are introduced.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process will be used to value family businesses after the changes to Business Property Relief are introduced.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The inheritance tax value of a person’s estate is the open market value of all their assets and liabilities. The forthcoming changes to business property relief will not change the existing rules on valuing a business. Valuation assumes a sale between a h...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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