Political Parties: Finance
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has issued guidance on whether a donation by an individual taxpayer of a (a) non-cash donation or (b) cryptocurrency to a political party or regulated donee creates a capital gains tax liability for the donor.
Answered by Dan Tomlinson
HMRC provides guidance on how inheritance tax applies to gifts in the Inheritance Tax Manual. Gifts to qualifying political parties are exempt from Inheritance Tax where certain conditions are met. Guidance on this exemption is available here: IHTM11191 - Gifts to political parties: introduction - HMRC internal manual - GOV.UK. There is no Inheritance Tax exemption for gifts to regulated donees.
On capital gains tax, I would refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave to UIN 129858 and UIN 1344
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