Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 708
Capital Gains Tax
The Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2008
Made
12th March 2008
The Treasury make the following Order in discharge of the duty imposed upon them by section 3(4) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992( 1 ):
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Capital Gains Tax (Annual Exempt Amount) Order 2008.
Exempt amount of capital gains for 2008-09
2. The amount specified as the exempt amount for the year 2008-09 by virtue of section 3 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 is, unless Parliament otherwise determines, Β£9,600.
Dave Watts
Alan Campbell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majestyβs Treasury
12th March 2008
1992 c.12 ; section 3 was amended by section 83 of the Finance Act 1993 (c.34) , paragraph 3 of Schedule 21 to the Finance Act 1998 (c.36) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 28 to the Finance Act 2003 (c.14) . The annual exempt amount was last increased by S.I. 2007/942 .