Comment on Scrapping inheritance tax would cost £15bn a year by 2032, says IFS

Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Kellamity@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  ‘Cost’ is applicable, because this money is money that has factored into the budget and public soending every year. To make up for not having it, you would need to find or cut the same amount of money elsewhere.

  For what its worth, the reason that Tories want to cut this is because it disproportionately taxes the wealthy, and specifically generational wealth. Assets under £375,000 (iirc) are not taxed on inheritance

  Of course tax billionaires and business properly, but cutting inheritance tax will increase the wealth gap and cost the goverment money at a time when vital public services are still suffering from 13 ongoing years of austerity

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  • doleo@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You make a good point; if tories want to do it, you can be sure that it benefits them more than you

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• ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Abolish this tax that largely impacts the rich (when they don’t get around it with trusts and exemptions) and tax the rich…?

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• tkc@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think it only kicks in at 1 million anyway, and I wouldn’t disagree to it being raised to say 5 million, as it’s entirely possible from a regular person to get a well paying job, and have invested and saved their way to that figure by retirement.

  But scrapping it entirely removes one of the only ways that we do tax billionaires. One of the last thing I’d want is billionaire generational wealth.

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  • ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It kicks in at £325,000, plus any additional adjustments.

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    • tkc@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I really thought it was higher to be honest. That’s even worse. Fully support it being raised, but not removed.

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      • ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There are a bunch of adjustments, chief among them that if you inherit spouse to spouse then it isn’t taxed and if that spouse 1 passes away without using their inheritance tax amount then you get to use their inheritance tax amount too when you pass away, effectively doubling the limit. Among others.

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