英国财政大臣希利放弃提高资本利得税计划

英国财政大臣约翰·希利决定在10月28日即将发布的预算案中不提高资本利得税，尽管内阁多名高级官员曾支持这一举措12。财政部警告称，提高资本利得税可能促使富人延迟资产出售或将资产转移出国，最终导致国库损失而非增收1。希利曾表示优先考虑财富创造，希望避免其受到持续处罚1。

为弥补预算缺口，希利计划以对银行利润征税作为主要增收手段1。英国四大银行——汇丰、国民威斯敏斯特银行、巴克莱和劳埃德银行集团在过去五年共产生2000亿英镑的税前利润1。然而，英国借贷成本近期大幅上升，可能将前财政大臣瑞秋·里夫斯建立的240亿英镑财政缓冲减少近一半1。

保守党领导人贝登诺赫批评指出，如果希利不大幅削减支出，其预算将比前任财政大臣的预算更为严峻2。

UK Chancellor John Healey has decided against raising capital gains tax in his budget due on October 28, despite calls from senior cabinet colleagues to do so.1 The Treasury has warned that increasing the rate could prompt wealthy individuals to delay asset sales or relocate their holdings overseas, ultimately reducing government revenue rather than boosting it.1

Instead, Healey plans to rely on taxation of bank profits as his primary revenue-raising measure.1 The UK's four largest banks—HSBC, National Westminster Bank, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group—generated £200 billion in pre-tax profits over the past five years.1 The Chancellor previously indicated his preference for prioritizing wealth creation and avoiding continued penalties on prosperity.1 Meanwhile, rising borrowing costs have begun to erode the £24 billion fiscal buffer established by his predecessor, potentially reducing it by nearly half.1