Petitions/Only apply capital gains tax to gains above the rate of inflation
StatusOngoing
Opened16 Mar 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

We call on the Government to reform capital gains tax so that it is payable only on the gain above inflation, as we believe it is unreasonable not to take into account inflation.

We believe taxing citizens on the asserted gain in value of an asset caused purely by inflationary effects is completely unreasonable because there is no actual gain. When you are taxed on an asset because it has allegedly risen in value because of the effects of inflation, we feel it unfairly takes away from people as we believe you haven't actually made any gain unless it goes up by more than inflation. We feel it is a totally unreasonable tax in its current form.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Wera Hobhouse
1Wera Hobhouse MP
Bath
2
Nigel Farage
2Nigel Farage MP
Clacton
2
Helen Maguire
3Helen Maguire MP
Epsom and Ewell
2
Tom Gordon
4Tom Gordon MP
Harrogate and Knaresborough
2
Harpreet Uppal
5Harpreet Uppal MP
Huddersfield
2
Sarah Olney
6Sarah Olney MP
Richmond Park
2
Dr Andrew Murrison
7Dr Andrew Murrison MP
South West Wiltshire
2
Wendy Morton
8Wendy Morton MP
Aldridge-Brownhills
1
Sojan Joseph
9Sojan Joseph MP
Ashford
1
Mohammad Yasin
10Mohammad Yasin MP
Bedford
1