In the 2007 Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor announced radical changes to the rules governing UK capital gains tax (CGT).
Capital gains tax reform
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
United Kingdom
February 1 2008
Richard Ballard, Sarah Falk, David Taylor
United Kingdom
February 1 2008
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