17 articles tagged with Calc Capital Gains Tax.
How to declare capital gains on your Self Assessment. Shares, crypto, second properties, the £3,000 annual exemption, 60-day property reporting, pooling rules and worked examples for 2025/26.
How a family business is valued and divided on divorce, and the Capital Gains Tax and Business Asset Disposal Relief pitfalls of transferring or selling shares as part of a settlement in 2026/27.
Transfers of shares between married couples and civil partners are treated as 'no gain, no loss' for Capital Gains Tax, letting couples double up their annual exempt amount and use each other's tax band. Here is how it works in 2026/27.
A holiday home in France creates UK tax obligations even though it never generates UK-sourced income — from declaring rental income on Self Assessment to double taxation relief and eventual UK Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax exposure. Here is how it works in 2026/27.
Selling a second home or BTL property in the UK? You pay CGT at 18% or 24% on the gain, after the £3,000 annual exemption. Plus the 60-day reporting rule. Worked examples
Selling a controlling stake in your company to an Employee Ownership Trust can be entirely free of capital gains tax for the seller. Here's how the relief works and what conditions must be met.
Buying fractional shares of expensive US stocks is now common on UK investing apps, but the tax mechanics differ depending on whether your platform uses a legal or beneficial ownership model. Here's what to check.
Crowdfunding platforms like Seedrs and Crowdcube market SEIS and EIS tax reliefs heavily, but the relief depends entirely on the individual company, not the platform. Here's how to check before you invest.
Bed and ISA strategy: sell shares in a General Investment Account to realise CGT-free gains (GBP 3,000 AEA), rebuy in ISA. No wash-sale rules. Annual saving of GBP 720-GBP 1,440.
Complete guide to UK crypto taxation 2026/27. CGT on disposal, income tax on mining/staking, NFT tax treatment, DeFi lending, GBP 3,000 AEA, pooling rules, and HMRC reporting thresholds.
UK CGT on shares is 18% (basic rate band) or 24% (higher rate band) after the £3,000 annual exemption. Here's how Section 104 pooling works, when to report, and how 'Bed and ISA' avoids tax
The CGT annual exempt amount is just GBP 3,000 in 2026/27. Bed and ISA and bed and spouse both reset your gains tax-free. Here is when to use each, with worked numbers.
From January 2025 UK crypto exchanges report user activity to HMRC. Here's how crypto is taxed — CGT, income tax on staking and airdrops, pooling rules, and what enforcement looks like in 2026
From April 2024 the UK aligned CGT on residential property and other assets at 18% basic / 24% higher. Side-by-side worked examples on a £40,000 share gain and a £40,000 BTL gain — same headline rate, different reliefs, different reporting deadlines.
Bed-and-ISA looks like a clever loophole — sell a holding, repurchase it inside your ISA, lock in tax-free growth. But the 30-day rule, frozen £3,000 CGT allowance and reduced dividend allowance change the maths. Here's what actually works in 2025/26.
Section 24, 5% SDLT surcharge, 24% CGT, vanishing CGT allowance, lower yields and tighter EPC rules — the maths on selling a BTL in 2026. A full worked example on a £250,000 property bought for £180,000.
The 2025/26 UK tax year ends 5 April 2026. Use-it-or-lose-it allowances: £20k ISA, £4k LISA, £60k pension, £3k CGT, £3k IHT gifts, Marriage Allowance backdate. Step-by-step checklist.
