Tractor Tax’ - Labour Expert Calls For Government U-Turn

[naomi24]

//The “tractor tax” row has taken a dramatic new turn after a pro-Labour tax expert used by Sir Keir Starmer to support the move called on him to reverse his decision.

Labour-supporting tax campaigner Dan Neidle says the Budget decision to charge death tax on family farms worth over £1m should be dumped in favour of a £20m threshold.

It would remove at a stroke the threat of farmers who want to pass on their farms to their children being forced to sell up to pay a massive tax bill, said Mr Neidle. Instead, the government should target rich landowners who use the current inheritance tax (IHT) exemption on farms as a tax dodge, he argued.//

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tractor-tax-starmer-farmer-inheritance-b2663947.html

 

Common sense - but will Starmer listen - and should he listen?

 

 

[nicebloke1]

No.

[Khandro]

Starmer doesn't do common sense.

[barry1010]

Hope so

[jourdain2]

He should listen - but he won't.  He thinks that not moving shows strength.