The total amount of capital gains tax (CGT) liability was £16.7 billion for 394,000 taxpayers in 2021/22, new HMRC data has revealed.
HMRC noted that this liability was realised on £92.4 billion of gains.
The total take represented a 15 percent increase from the previous year, while the number of taxpayers increased by 20 percent.
The data also highlighted large increases in the amount of gains and tax and the number of taxpayers disposing of residential prope...