Rumourmill: Treasury considers Mansion Tax with CGT on high-value homes

Reports suggest the government 'is trying to work out how it can tap into the vast wave of wealth that will be transferred from baby boomers when they die.'

Stamp Duty on additional homes is going up from tomorrow, but there's no change to CGT on residential property.

Inheritance Tax payments will more than double over the next ten years, suggests the Institute for Fiscal Studies, as it pitches a significant rejig of the death tax regime.