Tax Planning

More than 17,000 vicars, teachers and doctors have signed a petition urging Chancellor George Osborne to scrap plans to increase capital gains tax (CGT).

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) plans to seize an extra £4bn in 2010/11 through more aggressive tax investigation work and tougher powers, warns an accountancy firm.

Entrepreneurs will not be damaged by any changes to capital gains tax (CGT), Business Secretary Vince Cable has assured MPs.

Deputy PM Nick Clegg has said a taper rule for capital gains tax (CGT) is one of the plans currently being "considered" by the coalition Government.

The Chancellor is "listening" to concerns about a planned rise in capital gains tax (CGT), Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has said.

The row over raising capital gains tax (CGT) to the level of income tax has spiralled all the way to the Treasury, with a senior Tory MP writing to the department in protest.

A group of investors are poised to bring legal action against the FSA for allegedly mismanaging, and losing, $17.5m of their money.

The CEO of Rolls-Royce has sold nearly half his shares ahead of an expected capital gains tax (CGT) rise which has prompted open rebellion from grassroots Tories.

Fidelity International is urging the Government to consider the effect of inflation when introducing its planned rise in capital gains tax (CGT).

Bestinvest's Adrian Lowcock reveals five top tips to avoid capital gains tax (CGT) as the Government moves to raise the rate on non business assets to as high as 50%.