99+Why Lewis Goodall is 100% Wrong on 100% Inheritance Tax100% inheritance tax is legalised robbery - and a flawed premise that should be scrapped altogetherIain DaleAug 22, 2025My colleague, the brilliant political commentator Lewis Goodall, and I usually get on famously and find plenty of shared perspectives. Yet, on the subject of inheritance tax, we stand at opposite ends of a chasm. His recent suggestion that inheritance tax should be set at 100% has left me not just in disagreement but genuinely outraged. The argument for a high inheritance tax is based on a flawed premise. Inheritance tax at its current rate of 40% on estates over a certain threshold is already a criminal amount.