taper relief

taper relief
A relief from capital gains tax (CGT) available to individuals, trustees or personal representatives which reduces the amount of a chargeable gain (chargeable gains) according to how long an asset is held after 5 April 1998.
The rules draw a distinction between business assets and non-business assets:
• Business asset taper relief reduces the effective rate of CGT paid by a higher rate tax payer from 40% to 10% where the business asset has been held for a qualifying period of two years.
• Non-business assets taper relief reduces the rate of CGT paid by a higher rate tax payer from 40% to 24% after ten years of ownership.
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