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Tax alchemy

MARK MCLAUGHLIN looks at two income tax anti-avoidance rules potentially affecting receipts of capital

KEY POINTS

The introduction of a higher capital gains tax rate of 28% in respect of gains accruing from 23 June 2010 has gone some way to bridging the gap between capital gains tax rates and the 50% top rate of income tax for individuals.

However this 10% increase in capital gains tax for higher rate taxpayers fell some way short of many commentators’ predictions and means that there is still a potentially considerable incentive to...

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