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Most People Want To See Changes To Rules Around Inheritance Tax

Four in five people want a family home to be exempt from inheritance tax.

Most people want to see changes to rules around inheritance tax.

Four in five people want a family home to be exempt from inheritance tax, according to a survey by investments company Royal London Ireland.

The inheritance tax rate is currently 33 per cent, however, children who are gifted, or willed, up to 400-thousand euro from their parents don't have to pay any tax.

Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, Barra Roantree, doesn't think the current system should be changed:

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