Private Equity: Capital Gains Tax

(asked on 8th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of Capital Gains Tax annual exempt allowance tapers on private equity investment in early-stage businesses.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General
This question was answered on 16th September 2026

The government sets out the impacts of specific policies in the Tax Impact and Information Notes which are published alongside tax policy changes at each Budget.

The TIIN for the exempt amount changes is set out here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reducing-the-annual-exempt-amount-for-capital-gains-tax

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