This article is within the scope of WikiProject Taxation, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.TaxationWikipedia:WikiProject TaxationTemplate:WikiProject TaxationTaxation
This article is within the scope of WikiProject United Kingdom, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the United Kingdom on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.United KingdomWikipedia:WikiProject United KingdomTemplate:WikiProject United KingdomUnited Kingdom
It would be great if someone with knowledge could add the change in late 2024 that means farms are no longer fully exempt, but still retain special treatment. It this citable?
Historically, landowners - agricultural land (farms) avoids inheritance tax. Examples of wealthy people buying up many farms like Dyson. They just get someone and to manage the farm.
Landowners still receive special treatment:
For a couple who own a farm, the tax-free threshold where tax starts is 2,000,000, it is possibly as high as 3,000,000, either way this threshold is enormously higher than for other assets.
so most farm owners in the UK are actually exempt.
The more expensive farms that do qualify to pay inheritance tax, only have to pay 20%, not the 40% rate that applies to other things.
Protests from TV celebrity Jeremy Clarkson in Dec 2024, Jeremy Clarkson's farm is in the top 10% of farm sizes, he would have to pay the tax.
Maybe this will cause farms to decrease in value, ordinary people may be able to afford to buy a decent sized farm and make a living.
