Capital Gains Tax receipts during the Coalition 2010–2015 government
Year ending March 2010 → Year ending March 2015 · 5 periods
↑ 123.2%+£3.1bn £ million
Capital Gains Tax receipts rose by 123.2% over the period, from £2.5bn £ million (Year ending March 2010, the level when the government took office) to £5.6bn (Year ending March 2015, the last complete period before it left office).
Inherited level Year ending March 2010: £2.5bn
Level when it left Year ending March 2015: £5.6bn
method: latest complete period before start / before end
Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.
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Definition and caveats
Capital Gains Tax received in the financial year, mostly through Self Assessment and therefore lagging the year in which the gains were realised.
Doesn’t measure: Gains that were not realised, or gains covered by reliefs and exemptions.