What is the point of inheritance tax?
It is less important for social mobility, and more important for tax revenue, than you think.
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David Sturrock is a senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
It is less important for social mobility, and more important for tax revenue, than you think.
By Arun Advani and David Sturrock