Written question asked by Rupert Lowe (Independent (affiliation)) on Thursday, 30 October 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 3 November 2025. It was answered by Dan Tomlinson (Labour) on Friday, 7 November 2025 on behalf of the Treasury.
Inheritance Tax
- Question
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the administrative cost of collecting Inheritance Tax as a proportion of total revenue.
- Answer
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The figure for the cost of collecting Inheritance Tax (pence per pound collected) for 2024/25 is 0.78. This means as a proportion of total Inheritance Tax revenue, the administrative cost of collecting Inheritance Tax was 0.78% in that year.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 86907
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Costs Inheritance tax Tax collection
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2025-11-07 10:27:54 +0000
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