Question follow-through · 96725
Venture Capital Trusts: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on future VCT fundraising by reducing upfront VCT Income Tax relief from 30% to 20% from April 2026; and when her Department will publish that impact a
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on future VCT fundraising by reducing upfront VCT Income Tax relief from 30% to 20% from April 2026; and when her Department will publish that impact a
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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12 Dec 2025
Answer published
At Budget, the government announced a comprehensive package of entrepreneurship tax measures designed to provide substantially enhanced support for scaling businesses across the UK. This includes doubling the maximum amount that a company can raise throug...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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