Letters: "Good luck and good fortune will play a role as equally important as good tax planning"

Richard Barnett, of The Rural Partnership Group, Cheshire, responds to Andy Welford's Farming Matters column (FG, March 21) and shares his views on the Treasury's Inheritance Tax reforms

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Letters: "Good luck and good fortune will play a role as equally important as good tax planning"

I write following the Farming Matters column by Andy Welford (FG, March 21). Inheritance Tax While good succession planning becomes even more important under the new Inheritance Tax (IHT) rules, good...

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