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Capitol Gains on Land

billgatt
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Capitol Gains on Land

Postby billgatt » Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:34 am

I was gifted approximately five acres of agricultural land from my late parents around twelve years ago, land was valued at around £24k at that time. During my ownership I purchased a tractor (£3.5K)and a few small pieces of equipment plus fuel etc to help maintain the land. I subsequently sold the land July 2017 for £41k. Under current tax rules I pay tax at 20%. I'm aware that I can set my annual CGT allowance (£11300) and solicitor costs against the gain but are there other items I can add to these to help reduce my tax bill. It is not my intension to quote any specific figures provided through this site but if someone could provide me a hypothetical calculated example of what I could reasonable expect to pay Id very much appreciate the help.

AGoodman
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Re: Capitol Gains on Land

Postby AGoodman » Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:18 pm

It's as you thought - deduct the acquisition price, costs of sale and annual allowance and multiply the result by 20%.

You can't deduct for the tractor or repairs etc


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