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Capital Gains Tax

Our coverage on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) focuses on the financial, legislative, and policy developments shaping the taxation of asset disposals in the UK. Accountancy Today reports on CGT rate changes, allowance adjustments, and the fiscal strategies adopted by HMRC and the Treasury to reform capital taxation. We analyse the implications of these changes for property, business assets, and investment portfolios, with particular attention to how they affect personal tax planning, trust structures, and corporate transactions. Our editorial also explores compliance requirements and the advisory challenges faced by accountants navigating CGT on behalf of clients. This coverage provides accountants, tax advisers, and financial planners with essential insight into a dynamic area of UK tax policy.

Capital Gains Tax

Our coverage on Capital Gains Tax (CGT) focuses on the financial, legislative, and policy developments shaping the taxation of asset disposals in the UK. Accountancy Today reports on CGT rate changes, allowance adjustments, and the fiscal strategies adopted by HMRC and the Treasury to reform capital taxation. We analyse the implications of these changes for property, business assets, and investment portfolios, with particular attention to how they affect personal tax planning, trust structures, and corporate transactions. Our editorial also explores compliance requirements and the advisory challenges faced by accountants navigating CGT on behalf of clients. This coverage provides accountants, tax advisers, and financial planners with essential insight into a dynamic area of UK tax policy.

Accountancy industry warns businesses may struggle following budget

Yesterday (30 October) chancellor Rachel Reeves increased employers’ national insurance…

Budget: Increases to employers’ NI and minimum wage

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves has increased employers’ national insurance contributions in a…
IHT receipts rise 10.3% ahead of budget

IHT receipts rise 10.3% ahead of budget

Inheritance tax receipts rose 10.3% to £4.3bn for the period between April and September…

Businesses’ profit expectations at three-year low ahead of Autumn Budget

Grant Thornton UK LLP has found that mid-market business confidence is faltering ahead of…
IFS urges Labour to make ‘serious reforms’ to current CGT system

IFS urges Labour to make ‘serious reforms’ to current CGT system

The Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) is urging the Labour Party to make “serious” reforms…

Locking in current CGT rates on corporate transactions

The forthcoming Budget on the 30 October has led to understandable concern amongst share…

Budget attack on IHT ‘could harm the economy’, Hurst says

Entrepreneurs could be driven away from the UK if the Labour government “attacks business…

HMRC issues nudge letters to crypto owners over unpaid tax

HMRC has started to issue nudge letters to crypto owners who are suspected of failing to pay…

Inheritance tax receipts hit £2.1bn in Q2

HMRC data has revealed that inheritance tax receipts for the period between April and June…

John Lamb Hill Oldridge launches advisory team for IBIPs

Financial advisory firm John Lamb Hill Oldridge has announced the formation of a specialised…
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