Written Question·Treasury·UIN 19797

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying a working farm test which would exempt estates actively being used for farming from changes to Inheritance Tax rules at the Autumn Budget 2024.

Answer

James Murray
The longstanding rules already mean agricultural property relief is currently only available if the property includes agricultural land that is occupied for agricultural purposes. It may be occupied by the owners of the land or others, such as a tenant fa...

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