英国财政大臣约翰·希利已拒绝在其于10月28日公布的首份预算中提高资本利得税的呼声，而是选择优先考虑经济增长和商业投资，泰晤士报周一报道。
British finance minister John Healey has rejected calls to raise capital gains tax in his first budget on October 28, opting instead to prioritise economic growth and business investment, the Times reported on Monday.
希利在被警告称更高的资本利得税可能最终减少政府税收——如果富裕人士离开英国或推迟出售资产——后排除了这一举措，泰晤士报称英国财政部拒绝置评，表示“税收决策是财政大臣在财政事件中阐明的问题，而非例行对传闻、猜测或提议发表评论。” 报道称，预算的主要增收措施将是对银行征收税费，所得款项将用于资助有针对性的、临时性的生活成本支持方案。
希利面临压力，需要在首份预算中筹集数十亿英镑税收，以抵消更高的借贷成本并资助首相安迪·伯纳姆增加国防支出和扩大社会护理的计划。
Healey ruled out the move after being warned that higher capital gains taxes could ultimately reduce government revenues if wealthy individuals left Britain or delayed selling assets, the Times said Britain's Treasury declined to comment, saying that “decisions on tax are a matter for the Chancellor to set out at fiscal events, rather than routinely commenting on rumour, speculation or proposals.”The budget's main revenue-raising measure will be a levy on banks, with the proceeds used to fund a targeted, temporary package of cost-of-living support, the report said Healey is under pressure to raise billions of pounds in tax at his first budget to offset higher borrowing costs and fund Prime Minister Andy Burnham's plans for more defence spending and expanded social care.
《金融时报》上周报道称，希利已排除将资本利得税提高至与所得税税率相当的方案，尽管有消息称小幅增加正在考虑之中。
资本利得税目前对基本税率纳税人征收18%，对高税率纳税人征收24%，在2025/26财政年度为政府贡献了240亿英镑（319.2亿美元）的税收。
The Financial Times reported last week that Healey had ruled out raising capital gains tax to match income tax rates, though a smaller increase was reported to be under consideration Capital gains tax, currently charged at 18% for basic-rate taxpayers and 24% for higher-rate taxpayers, raised £24 billion ($31.92 billion) in the 2025/26 tax year