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The history of inheritance tax can be traced back well over a century, and for much of that time death duties posed challenges for the continuity of family farms and businesses.

The CIOT’s and ATT’s latest news items include key updates on customs processes for shipping goods that require safety and security declarations from Great Britain to Northern Ireland and a sum

The Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament in June 2025, setting out how the Scottish Building Safety Levy (SBSL) on new residential property in Scotland

Family investment companies (FICs) are frequently touted by tax advisers as the silver bullet to a client’s estate planning problems.

The 2024 Budget announced several major changes for inheritance tax, marking a radical reform of this tax akin to the 2006 changes for trusts.

The consultation proposed two different approaches to reform:

The CIOT response

The CIOT supports the aligning of appeals processes between direct and indirect taxes because it would help to mitigate the confusion and misunderstandings that&n

The soft drinks industry levy (SDIL), or ‘sugar tax’ as it has been known in the media, came into effect in April 2018.

In our response we welcomed, in principle, simplification of the taxation of gambling.

In our response to the consultation document VAT treatment of business donations of goods to charity (tinyurl.com/2xpf8bfx), the ATT welcomes the propo