Capital Gains
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Capital Gains Tax Advice
There is now a new 18% flat-rate of CGT. To replace the withdrawal of business asset taper relief and any associated accrued indexation a new relief (entrepreneurs’ relief) was announced. This new relief provides that gains on disposals of qualifying businesses and shares up to a value of £1m would be taxed at an effective rate of only 10% rate.
The annual allowance has now increased to £9,600, and it is after this that the 18% rate will apply.
Here’s a few examples:
A person buys a property to rent out in September 2004 for £115,000, in May 2008 it was sold for £200,600. The profit of £85,600 is reduced by the annual allowance of £9,600 to £76,000. It is this amount that attracts the 18% tax charge. So £*** will be payable irrespective of whether the persons marginal rate of tax is at the lower or the higher rate.
Now take a sole trader who sells his business and has a profit of £250,000. This is subject to the new entrepreneurs relief. To get the 10% effective rate the profit of £250,000 adjusted by the fraction 4/9ths which gives a revised profit of £138,888 which at 18% gives £25,000.
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