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Reduced rates for Inheritance Tax now apply to those estates where the deceased died after 6 April 2012 and the deceased leaves at least 10% of their net estate to charity. The Inheritance Tax rate is then reduced to 36% and not 40%. The legislation still requires Royal Assent later this year but HMRC will accept the lower rate of tax on a provisional basis subject to this approval.
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