I own a property (property A) that was transferred to me in 2011 from a non-UK resident family member as a gift. It is a family asset that I own and keep on behalf of the whole family.
At the time of gifting and on the land registry papers the property is valued at £190,000.
It is currently let out, and I have never lived in the property since owning it.
I am now a high rate tax payer and wish to buy myself a more valuable property for around £350,000. This is to live in for myself (it is in the area that I live and work unlike property A).
However with new stamp duty rules I learn that this would incur around £10k extra stamp duty due to ownership of property A.
Ideally I would like to gift property A to my brother who just graduated and not working. This will be more tax efficient for the rental income also.
The value of property A is now around £300,000. So I understand this will incurr CGT.
I do not have the cash to pay CGT or extra stamp duty, it would eat too much into my deposit for property B. The only way I can think of is to sell the property and pay the tax once sold.
Is there an option for me to somehow transfer ownership of property A to my brother without incurring CGT?
(I read something about locking the property [and any gains] into a trust where CGT will only be paid once it's sold?)
Secondly, the valuation was genuinely too low when it was transferred to me in 2011. It should be more like £250,000. Can this somehow be corrected with "evidence" from a conveyancer?
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