55% back abolishing or cutting inheritance tax

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- By Jonathan Walker Whitehall Editor

SUPPORT for abolishing or cutting inheritance tax stands at 55% according to a poll.

It is the most hated levy charged by the Government, considered to be unfair by more people than any other form of taxation.

The findings were published after inheritance tax receipts reached record highs, with £6.3billion paid in the nine months to January - up from £5.7billion in the same period in the previous year.

But there is concern about changes announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, which mean the number of bereaved families forced to pay will almost double.

Disastrous

John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "The public clearly recognise inheritance tax is an almost uniquely bad tax, given their unanimous support for cutting or abolishing it altogether.