Making a system more complicated when it needs simplicity
Tim Weir, head of Thompsons private client department and an expert on personal tax issues, writes for The National newspaper giving his views on the UK government changes to inheritance tax in the budget. Tim argues that the changes make the system ever more complicated and amount effectively to a sleight of hand constructed by the Tory Government for their own partisan advantage.
Budget Reaction: Inheritance tax ... Making a system more complicated when it needs simplicity - The National 9th July 2015
