Ben Taylor - Roythornes Solicitors: "The yield from this [IHT] measure is not likely to reach a steady state for at least 20 years"

Mr Taylor writes about changes to ABR and BPR, alongside the revenue it will raise for the Treasury

Chris Brayford
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Ben Taylor is a senior associate at Roythornes Solicitors. He said: "The changes proposed do not appear to increase revenues by a huge amount in the context of what the revenue bring in, and not, at least, for a few years."
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Ben Taylor is a senior associate at Roythornes Solicitors. He said: "The changes proposed do not appear to increase revenues by a huge amount in the context of what the revenue bring in, and not, at least, for a few years."

There has been great concern and uncertainty since the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) were announced in October. Much of the conversation...

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