IHT draft legislation includes no 'substantive change'

Inheritance tax and the Sustainabe Farming Scheme were hot topics of conversation at a breakfast briefing at the Royal Welsh Show

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Despite its ‘ugly drafting', Jeremy Moody of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (CAAV) said the Inheritance Tax (IHT) draft legislation announced yesterday (July 21) was the ‘clearest of steers...

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