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There's an Obvious Way Rishi Sunak Can Fix Inheritance Taxes
Politicians wondering why IHT is so hated should think on this a bit more. Perhaps it’s because it is not really a tax on the rich.
Time to fix it.
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Will no one think of the tax accountants, lawyers, forestry experts and small-cap stock pickers?
So far, most of the conversation about who might win or lose from the abolition of inheritance tax in the UK (something, it is thought, that Rishi Sunak intends to announce) has focused on those who actually pay it. But there is another group of people who will be just as affected by any change: those who avoid it and those who help them.