
Loophole used by super rich to avoid tractor tax unavailable to family farms
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Most family farms will not be able to benefit from a loophole that is used by the super rich to avoid inheritance tax, meaning smaller estates are likely to be hit especially hard by the government’s tax raid. open image in gallery Hundreds of farmers arrive in Westminster to protest the inheritance tax changes Stuart Maggs, a tax lawyer at Howes Percival, told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee that it means family farm owners simply cannot plan for the inheritance tax changes. “So farms are going to have to sell land or sell up and its going to happen a lot.” open image in gallery Nigel Farage joining farmers at the latest tractor tax protest It comes hundreds of farmers arrive in Westminster to protest the inheritance tax changes for the second time. Last month, around 13,000 people rallied in London against the changes to inheritance tax outlined in Rachel Reeves’s Budget which will see farmers paying a 20 per cent levy on agricultural assets worth more than £1m - half the usual death duty rate of 40 per cent, having previously been exempt.
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