Propose a change

Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

1H The main rates of CGT

(1) This section makes provision about the rates at which capital gains tax is charged but has effect subject to— (a) section 169N (business asset disposal relief: rate of 18%), and (b) section 169VC (investors' relief: rate of 18%). (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Chargeable gains ... accruing in a tax year to an individual are charged to capital gains tax at a rate of 18% or 24%. (4) The question as to which of the rates applies to the gains concerned is determined by section 1I (income taxed at higher rates or gains exceeding unused basic rate band). (4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) ... Chargeable gains accruing in a tax year to the personal representatives of a deceased individual are charged to capital gains tax at a rate of 24%. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) ... Chargeable gains accruing in a tax year to the trustees of a settlement are charged to capital gains tax at a rate of 24%. (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Your change, as a redline

1H The main rates of CGT

(1) This section makes provision about the rates at which capital gains tax is charged but has effect subject to— (a) section 169N (business asset disposal relief: rate of 18%), and (b) section 169VC (investors' relief: rate of 18%). (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Chargeable gains ... accruing in a tax year to an individual are charged to capital gains tax at a rate of 18% or 24%. (4) The question as to which of the rates applies to the gains concerned is determined by section 1I (income taxed at higher rates or gains exceeding unused basic rate band). (4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) ... Chargeable gains accruing in a tax year to the personal representatives of a deceased individual are charged to capital gains tax at a rate of 24%. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) ... Chargeable gains accruing in a tax year to the trustees of a settlement are charged to capital gains tax at a rate of 24%. (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.

Sign in to file it

Think it through

Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

Questions to start with
Think it through
Legal information from the published text, not advice for your case. Check the sources. Find a law · What the register holds