High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take capital gains tax into account when calculating the resale value of land bought by his Department under a compulsory purchase order for the Birmingham-Crewe leg of HS2.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 20th October 2023

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is only paid by individuals and trusts, not by government departments.

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