HMRC investigates 1 in 4 inheritance tax returns
In the 2018/2019 tax year HMRC opened investigations into 5,537 inheritance tax returns submitted, according to figures gained from a freedom of information request by wealth managers Quilter. This represents 23% of the 22,000 estates on which inheritance tax was due. This number of investigations is 3.4% higher than in the previous year and 7.8% […]