Written Question·Treasury·UIN 3433

Inheritance Tax

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will make an (a) estimate of the potential costs and (b) assessment of the potential merits of extending inheritance tax relief to long-term cohabiting and co-dependent siblings.

Answer

James Murray
There is a longstanding inheritance tax exemption for transfers between spouses and civil partners to reflect the formal legal obligations that marriage and civil partnerships involve. As with all taxes, reforms to inheritance tax, such as the potential e...

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