24% rise in taxpayers' estates hit with IHT bills
- Friday, 28 April 2023
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The number of taxpayers’ estates with Inheritance Tax on death rose to an estimated 41,000 in 2022/23 - up 24% increase on the previous year (33,000).
Read more...IHT receipts hit record £7.1bn
- Tuesday, 25 April 2023
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The government's inheritance tax (IHT) haul for the 2022/2023 tax year reached £7.1bn - £1bn higher than the record seen in the previous year.
Read more...Guest Column: Inheritance tax in 'dire need' of reform
- Monday, 27 March 2023
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Simon Hodges, director of policy at STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), questions whether the current rules surrounding Inheritance Tax (IHT) are fit for purpose.
Read more...Record-breaking IHT haul for Treasury
- Tuesday, 21 March 2023
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The inheritance tax take for 2022-23 to the end of February stands at £6.4bn, exceeding the £6.1bn the Treasury received during the whole of the 2021-22 financial year.
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