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Capital Gains Tax

easymark
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Capital Gains Tax

Postby easymark » Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:42 am

I was renting out my private residence (the only property I own) to friends ( who were also paying the council tax there) whilst I was living in rented accommodation for several years. I now wish to sell my property. Am I likely to incur Capital Gains Tax or should I declare that I have been renting the property before I sell?

AmanSood
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Re: Capital Gains Tax

Postby AmanSood » Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:02 am

you should declare you rental income irrespective of whether or not you sell your property. The capital gains tax treatment will depend on how long you lived in the property, why you rented it out etc but likely there may be some CGT to pay on disposal.
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Ian McTernan CTA
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Re: Capital Gains Tax

Postby Ian McTernan CTA » Fri Feb 10, 2017 4:41 pm

Most people still don't realise that the SDLT return contains your name and address and this goes to HMRC, who seek to link it to a tax file.,,at which point they may decide to take a look and find out you failed to declare income.

You will incur a liability to capital gains tax on the sale. Whether PPR relief is available and how much will depend on the length of time you lived there as well as other reliefs.

You need to declare the rental income voluntarily NOW. There is a way of doing this which makes it reasonably straightforward but I would recommend you engage professional help with this and also with calculating your CGT liability.
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