Britain’s wealthiest pay half the IHT rate of smaller estates

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'Some aspects of inheritance tax are ripe for reform', argues a wealth management firm after discovering that £10m+ estates tend to pay half the effective rate of smaller inheritances

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Main image: Analysis of HMRC data from Inheritance Tax forms for the 2015 to 2016 tax year (published by Office of Tax Simplification)

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