Basic Accounting Quick Help Required

Basic Accounting Quick Help Required

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xto

Original Poster:

261 posts

175 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Hi all,

Kinda off the wall question, and I know that you will need much more detail to give accurate response but if we can try and help just with the information provided. ok here goes:

Person A Says: Due to the sales of certain properties, you will potentially be liable for a £6million tax bill if the sales where done using off shore companies and the beneficiaries are UK BASED.

Person B says: Am I right to to assume: to pay a £6million in tax would mean that you made circa £22million in profits in sales….. say that most property investors or developers only sell to show a 20% return on investments, that would mean that the total sales, to generate a £22million profit, which will then cause a £6million tax liability would need to be £110,000,000.+

does that make sense?

xto

Original Poster:

261 posts

175 months

Sunday 26th October 2014
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Hi,

The assumption is that in the uk one has to pay cgt at 28% on profits earned. This is based on uk property being transacted.

So if someone claims that the cgt payment is £6m then I was working backwards to see what would the the initial gross sale figure using the assumption that an investor in the property world would only sale to achieve 20% profit.

xto

Original Poster:

261 posts

175 months

Sunday 26th October 2014
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Hi,

The assumption is that in the uk one has to pay cgt at 28% on profits earned. This is based on uk property being transacted.

So if someone claims that the cgt payment is £6m then I was working backwards to see what would the the initial gross sale figure using the assumption that an investor in the property world would only sale to achieve 20% profit.

xto

Original Poster:

261 posts

175 months

Sunday 26th October 2014
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And if the companies are off shore then the question goes as to who is behind them and that person tax position as well as citizenship.

Then I assume the straight 28% tax rate is placed on the person if the person behind the off shore spv is a uk citizenship