One lesser-known CGT solution...

With interest rates continuing at their all time low and income tax rates of 40% (or even 50%), income-seeking investors are finding it difficult to achieve meaningful returns and are turning their attention to those asset classes that achieve returns in the form of capital growth. This allows the investor to use their annual capital gains tax (CGT) exemption before paying CGT at 18% or 28%. However, although investors appear to be paying a lower rate of CGT compared with income tax, they are paying CGT on the entire gain of an asset, even where the gains are purely attributable to infla...