fascinating2 Oct 2020 14:46
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Surrey pays more in death duties than any other region in Britain, with inheritance-tax-paying residents of the historic home county forking out around £234,000 on average.
More than 1,100 families of Britain’s “inheritance tax capital” paid £259m in IHT during 2017-18, the latest data available from HM Revenue & Customs showed.
Surrey contributed more in death duties than Scotland, where 1,032 estates raised £209m. The county's contribution was larger than those of Wales and Northern Ireland combined where a total of 609 families paid £82m in Wales in while 166 estates paid £25m in Northern Ireland.
meanwhile its envisaged ... share holders in Scancell could be on the hook and beat Surrey .. if the age of the shareholders is considered