Changes to agricultural and business relief explained

Government will publish a technical consultation in early 2025

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Julia Peake outlines coming changes to agricultural and business relief that advisers need to be aware of

The chancellor, in her Autumn Budget announced a whole raft of changes to get the economy growing, some that came in immediately, and some that we'll see coming through over the next couple of years. As always, in the days leading up to the Budget there was lots of speculation about what could be announced, one of those was that agricultural and business relief would be abolished, which caused some concern amongst clients. The chancellor stopped short of this, however, there are some changes coming that advisers need to be aware of, speak to affected clients and review the plans they hav...

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