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2016 Budget - Capital Gains Tax |
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Annual exemption
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2016/17 |
2015/16 |
Individuals and deceased estates |
£11,100 |
£11,100 |
Most trusts |
5,550 |
5,550 |
Notes
- Each individual is entitled to an annual exemption, but that exemption may be denied if he claims the remittance basis (see Personal Taxation).
- The annual exemption cannot be transferred or carried forward or back to another tax year.
Tax rate
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2016/17 |
2015/16 |
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Residential property |
Other |
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Individual - to limit of basic rate band |
18% |
10% |
18% |
Individual - above basic rate band |
28% |
20% |
28% |
Trusts and deceased estates |
28% |
20% |
28% |
Notes
- CGT is payable on capital gains made in the tax year, after deduction of capital losses, available reliefs and the annual exemption.
- In 2016/17, receipts of carried interest by venture capital investors are taxed at the same rates as residential property.
- When a chargeable asset is given away, the donor is treated as receiving the full market value and is liable for CGT accordingly.
- There is no charge on disposals between spouses or registered civil partners who are living together. On such disposals, the transferee takes over the transferor’s CGT cost.
- There is no CGT on gains accrued to the date of a taxpayer's death. Instead, the value of the estate may be subject to Inheritance Tax
Entrepreneurs' Relief (ER)
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2016/17 |
2015/16 |
Lifetime limit |
£10m |
£10m |
CGT on qualifying disposals |
10% |
10% |
Notes
- Disposals made by individual or certain trustees can qualify for ER.
- The asset disposed of must have been owned for at least a year and be one of:
- a business or an interest in a business
- business assets sold within three years of the business ceasing
- shares in a trading company of which the individual is an officer or employee and holds at least 5% of the ordinary share capital, or acquired the shares under an EMI scheme
- assets used by the shareholder's personal company or partnership and sold at around the same time as 5% or more of the company's shares or partnership interest
Other CGT reliefs
Asset |
Conditions |
Taxpayer's only or main home |
Gain is exempt for the periods the taxpayer lives there, or is deemed to live there, plus the last 18 months of ownership. |
Chattels (tangible movable property) |
If bought and sold for less than £6,000. |
Gifts to charity |
Not charged to CGT, and gifts of quoted shares and land also enjoy an income tax relief. |
Assets which become of negligible value |
Deemed to be sold at nil, to create loss, when an election is made. |
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