Question follow-through · 111371
Capital Gains Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an inflation adjustment mechanism for capital gains tax calculations.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an inflation adjustment mechanism for capital gains tax calculations.
9 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
An indexation allowance previously existed when Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was charged at income tax rates, with a top rate of 40 per cent. The current rates of 18 and 24 per cent are significantly below the higher rates of income tax, simplifying the calcul...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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