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capital gains tax

a tax charged on gains of a capital nature. More specifically, the charge to capital gains tax is on chargeable gains; these are gains accruing from the chargeable disposal of chargeable assets by chargeable persons. It follows from this that some disposals are chargeable disposals while others (such as a disposal on death by a testator to his executors) are not; likewise, some assets are chargeable and others are not (e.g. cash), and some persons are chargeable persons and others not (e.g. charitable trustees). Chargeable gains made by companies otherwise than in a fiduciary capacity are charged to corporation tax rather than capital gains tax. The current law has been consolidated into the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.

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Section 4 deals with the post war period and considers the reasons for Pigou's back down on the capital levy as well as his thoughts on 'stability' and Britain wining the peace in an economic sense.

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THE NFU is seeking urgent talks with First Milk after the co-operative announced it is delaying the next milk payment by two weeks, increasing capital levy contributions and recouping extra capital from farmers at a time of financial pressure.