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All the world's a stage

28 July 2005 / Martin Dawson , Chris Holden
Issue: 4018 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Capital Gains

MARTIN DAWSON and CHRIS HOLDEN contemplate the global nature of the capital gains tax legislation.


WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WROTE in As You Like It, that 'All the world's a stage'. While he could not have contemplated just how wide the territorial scope of the UK's capital taxes legislation would extend some 400 or so years later, the words are opportune when considering the subject.

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