More than a third, 35%, of wealthy people have sold investments or will do before the Budget due to worries about a capital gains tax rise, according to a new survey.

Total Capital Gains Tax (CGT) receipts collected by the government jumped 89% to £24.2bn in the 2024/25 tax year, mainly due to a rise in the main rates for the tax during the year.

Extra tax collected by HMRC from capital gains tax investigations jumped 46% in the last year to £266m, up from £182m the year before.

Potential changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) under an Andy Burnham Government could see families hit by a double tax bill on inherited property, according to a new report.

Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts rose 2% to £8.5bn in the 2025/26 tax year (2024/25: £8.2bn), marking a fifth consecutive annual record.

The majority of financial advisers say tax planning has grown in importance over the past 12 months, according to a new survey.

Latest HMRC data reveals that Capital Gains Tax (CGT) receipts hit £17bn in January, up £7bn from the £10bn recorded a year earlier in January 2025.

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) receipts fell 8.4% in 2025 to £13.65bn, down from £14.9bn in 2024, according to data released this morning.

The OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Estimates publication shows that capital gains tax (CGT) is now estimated to raise an additional £6.1bn between 2025-26 and the end of the decade.

HMRC collected inheritance tax (IHT) receipts of £3.1bn in the first four months of 2025/26, an increase of £229m (8%) compared to the same period in 2024/25 (£2.8bn).

Capital gains tax receipts for January to June 2025 were £11.77bn, a 12.9% drop year-on-year, according to the latest data from HMRC.

Quilter Financial Planning expert Rachael Griffin has warned that a rumoured near doubling of the Capital Gains Tax to 39% in the Budget could alter investor behaviour.