Petition · HM Treasury

Require political parties to pay inheritance tax on gifts

Closed 62 signatures

What the petition asks

The gov website article on inheritance tax states that gifts to charities and political parties are exempt from inheritance tax. Why do political parties get this special treatment?
We think there is no good reason gifts to political parties should be exempt from IHT. In some circumstances people who have received gifts have to pay inheritance tax and we don't see why political parties should be any different. When there are what we think are outrageous rates of IHT on other gifts (that has already been taxed multiple times in our relatives' lives); what makes it fair that this doesn't have to apply to political parties? We think the politicians seem to do whatever they like.

Timeline

18 Feb 2025 Petition opened for signatures
18 Aug 2025 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 62
Status Closed
Department HM Treasury
Opened 18 Feb 2025
Closed 18 Aug 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 17 Aug 2026.