Quote Originally Posted by Dorcus View Post
They could always get a loan to pay the tax off. That's what us mere mortals do when we're strapped for cash
its more to do with having to sell off land to pay the IHT bill. this is then taken out of the family and most likely snapped up by a larger farm or corporate farm, rather than staying with a family run farm.

this is definitely throwing the baby out with the bath water and i suspect the law of unintended consequences will rear its head at some point