HMRC · 5 July 2024present

Inheritance Tax receipts during the Labour 2024– government

Year ending March 2024Year ending March 2026 · 2 periods

12.9%+£968m £ million

Inheritance Tax receipts rose by 12.9% over the period, from £7.5bn £ million (Year ending March 2024, the level when the government took office) to £8.5bn (Year ending March 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2024: £7.5bn
  2. Latest Year ending March 2026: £8.5bn
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Inheritance Tax receipts: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour03k5k8k2010201520202025Year ending March 2007: £3.5bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2008: £3.8bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2009: £2.8bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2010: £2.4bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2011: £2.7bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2012: £2.9bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2013: £3.1bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2014: £3.4bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2015: £3.8bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2016: £4.7bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2017: £4.8bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2018: £5.2bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2019: £5.4bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2020: £5.1bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2021: £5.3bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2022: £6.1bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2023: £7.1bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2024: £7.5bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2025: £8.2bn £ million · published 21 August 2026Year ending March 2026: £8.5bn £ million · published 21 August 2026

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Definition and caveats

Inheritance Tax received in the financial year.

Doesn’t measure: How many estates paid it, or the value of estates that fell below the threshold.