Inheritance Tax receipts by year
Inheritance Tax receipts.
£8.5 billion
0.9%
HMRC records Inheritance Tax receipts of £8.5 billion in 2025 to 2026, 0.9% of all HMRC receipts that year. That compares with £8.2 billion in 2024 to 2025, a change of +2.6% in cash terms. Its share of total HMRC receipts ranged from 0.6% (2009 to 2010) to 1.0% (2024 to 2025).
Receipts by year
| Tax year | Receipts | Change on previous year | Share of HMRC receipts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 to 2026 | £8.5 billion | +2.6% | 0.90% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £8.2 billion | +10.0% | 0.96% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £7.5 billion | +5.8% | 0.91% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £7.1 billion | +17.1% | 0.90% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £6.1 billion | +13.7% | 0.85% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £5.3 billion | +4.0% | 0.91% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £5.1 billion | -4.4% | 0.81% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £5.4 billion | +3.0% | 0.86% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £5.2 billion | +7.9% | 0.88% |
| 2016 to 2017 | £4.8 billion | +3.7% | 0.85% |
| 2015 to 2016 | £4.7 billion | +22.2% | 0.87% |
| 2014 to 2015 | £3.8 billion | +11.8% | 0.74% |
| 2013 to 2014 | £3.4 billion | +9.6% | 0.69% |
| 2012 to 2013 | £3.1 billion | +7.0% | 0.66% |
| 2011 to 2012 | £2.9 billion | +6.8% | 0.61% |
| 2010 to 2011 | £2.7 billion | +14.0% | 0.60% |
| 2009 to 2010 | £2.4 billion | -16.0% | 0.57% |
| 2008 to 2009 | £2.8 billion | -25.8% | 0.64% |
| 2007 to 2008 | £3.8 billion | +7.9% | 0.84% |
| 2006 to 2007 | £3.5 billion | 0.83% |
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Sources and receipts
- HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK: statistics table, HM Revenue and Customs.
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