Capital Gains Tax Relief
Capital gains tax relief
The last budget introduced a change to the current 7-year capital gains tax exemption (“CGT”) which allows for investors to sell their property after 4 years instead of the previous minimum 7-year holding period.
This means that rather than holding the property for a minimum of 7 years, taxpayers can sell the property between the 4th and 7th anniversary of the acquisition date and qualify for full exemption from CGT. This change only applies to disposals on or after 1 January 2018.
No relief is available if the property is sold during the initial four-year acquisition period.
If the property is held for longer than seven years, relief will only apply to the portion of the gain relating to the first 7 years ownership and the balance is taxable in the normal way.
Taxpayers must continue to meet the other conditions of the relief to qualify for the CGT exemption.
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