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Private equity chief says CGT is too low

By Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent

Published: December 29 2007 02:11 | Last updated: December 29 2007 02:11

A leading private equity executive on Friday broke ranks with his industry by arguing it does not pay enough tax and warning that the government’s capital gains tax reforms, designed principally to tackle perceived abuses in the sector, would not be sufficient to silence critics.

The intervention by Jon Moulton, founder of the Alchemy private equity group, will resonate within the sector because he had previously argued against tax increases.

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