article_snippet: Inheritance tax takings will double in the next four years at the current threshold, as middle-income families are dragged into paying the levy.
article_snippet: Forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility revealed the taxman will rake in £6.4billion in 2019 – up from £3.4billion in 2013.
article_snippet: Once targeted at the wealthy, tens of thousands of ordinary families now pay the death tax following years of rapid house price growth.
article_snippet: Unchanged since 2009, it is charged at 40 per cent of the value of any estate above £325,000, or £650,000 for a couple with a joint estate.