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Inheritance tax changes: agents told to start acting now to avoid potentially costly burden next year

Business advice
Edward Robertson
28 August 2025

Proposed changes to inheritance tax mean business owners must get their affairs in order to mitigate any risk, reports Edward Robertson.

A person sorting their tax affairs at a desk with files, pen and a small model house
(Credit: Perawit Boonchu / iStock)

Inheritance tax is an important consideration for travel's very many SME business owners, like agents (Credit: Perawit Boonchu / iStock)

Agency owners thinking about passing on their businesses to their families should act before April 2026, or face losing a portion of their estate to new taxes.

Changes to inheritance tax relief announced in last year’s autumn Budget will kick in on 6 April, White Hart Associates head of travel and leisure Chris Photi told TTG.

While much of the debate around inheritance tax has centred on farmers losing agricultural relief on certain assets, the same changes have been introduced to business relief, with potential consequences for travel businesses.