CGT - on property sale
Discussion
I was hoping the CGT will be nil as I paid £0.5m, spent £0.1m and will sell for £0.6m. So no gain...
The land split/sale was done during my time living there.
If they deem the sale price was £0.8m (i.e. the proceeds of the previous land sale and house sale, then they could deem a gain). The £0.2m land sale was rolled into my purchase of my new home at the time.
The land split/sale was done during my time living there.
If they deem the sale price was £0.8m (i.e. the proceeds of the previous land sale and house sale, then they could deem a gain). The £0.2m land sale was rolled into my purchase of my new home at the time.
brickwall said:
As above - you’ll need to work out the detailed costs.
Prima facie it looks like you might have to, as you acquired the asset for a total of £0.6m, and are selling it for a total of £0.8m (albeit across two separate transactions).
I obviously hope this is not the case as the gain has primarily been on the land sale, which at the time was covered by the main residence property relief. It would perhaps be fairer to re-value the original property when I purchased excluding the land which was sold off. Had I purchased the house only it probably would have cost £0.45m instead of £0.5m - i.e. the land was not worth very much. Seems very unfair to apply CGT against a sale more than 2 years ago. Prima facie it looks like you might have to, as you acquired the asset for a total of £0.6m, and are selling it for a total of £0.8m (albeit across two separate transactions).
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