Effectiveness of Labour's immediate CGT hike under question

Autumn Budget 2024

Jen Frost
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The government’s move to hike capital gains tax (CGT) rates in last week's (30 October) Autumn Budget may have been more effective had it waited to bring in changes from the next tax year rather than immediately, a tax expert has said.

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