Question follow-through · 3397
Shares: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a share buyback tax.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 30 Aug 2024
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Aug 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a share buyback tax.
3 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Sept 2024
Answer published
Share buybacks are already subject to taxation in the form of Stamp Taxes on Shares (STS), which raise important revenue – up to £4.4bn per year – that helps to fund our public services. There are also rules in place to ensure that any returns that arise ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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