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Background Quality Report: Capital Gains Tax statistics

This report relates to Capital Gains Tax statistics published annually by HM Revenue and Customs.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 27 October 2016
• Last updated: 27 August 2026
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  1. 27 August 2026

     Updated for the 2026 publication of the Capital Gains Tax statistics.

  2. 24 July 2025

     Updated for the 2025 Capital Gains Tax statistics publication

  3. 1 August 2024

     Updated for the 2024 Capital Gains Tax statistics publication

  4. 3 August 2023

     Updated Background Quality Report for the 2023 publication of the Capital Gains Tax National Statistics

  5. 4 August 2022

     Background Quality Report updated for the 2022 Capital Gains Tax National Statistics

  6. 13 December 2021

     This document replaces the ‘Capital Gains Tax supporting documentation’ and the previously published ‘Background Quality Report: Capital Gains Tax statistics’.

  7. 13 August 2020

     Background Quality Report updated for the July 2020 Capital Gains Tax National Statistics.

  8. 1 August 2019

     Updated to provide the relevant background information for the annual Capital Gains Tax statistics.

  9. 14 December 2018

     New edition created to accompany annual National Statistics update.

  10. 26 October 2017

      Updated report.

  11. 27 October 2016

      First published.

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This document contains background information relating to the Capital Gains Tax National Statistics publication, such as its relevance, coverage, methodology, accuracy, timeliness, comparability, and accessibility.