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Capital Gains Tax · Scotland

Capital gains tax returns in Airdrie

Capital Gains Tax computations and returns for people in Airdrie selling property, shares, funds or a business. A share disposal report is £149; the 60-day UK property return is £199; multiple disposals in a year are £249. Fixed fees, published, and the same in Airdrie as everywhere in Scotland.

from £149 · fixed, per report

Next deadlines

  • UK residential property disposals: CGT return and payment within 60 days of completion
  • UK residential property disposals: CGT return and payment within 60 days of completion
  • Online Self Assessment filing deadline and balancing payment due
  • UK residential property disposals: CGT return and payment within 60 days of completion

Who this is for

Capital Gains Tax for Airdrie

Individuals and trustees in Airdrie disposing of assets: landlords selling a rental or a former home, investors selling shares or funds outside an ISA, employees exercising options or selling scheme shares, business owners selling a company or its assets, people gifting assets to family, and executors dealing with disposals during an estate administration.

What is included

Everything inside the fixed fee

  • Gain computed for each disposal with acquisition cost, enhancement expenditure and incidental costs allowed in full
  • 60-day UK residential property return filed through HMRC's online service with the tax paid on account
  • Private residence relief, lettings relief and periods of absence calculated for homes that were once let or vacant
  • Share and fund disposals matched under the same-day, 30-day and section 104 pooling rules
  • Business asset disposal relief, investors' relief, gift relief and rollover relief claimed where available
  • Losses identified and claimed, annual exempt amount and rate bands applied, Self Assessment pages completed

How it works

Capital Gains Tax from Airdrie, step by step

  1. Tell us your situation

    A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.

  2. Fixed fee in writing

    You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.

  3. Send records, review the draft

    Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.

  4. We file, you get the receipts

    Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.

Why IGI

Why Airdrie businesses file with IGI

One fixed fee for capital gains tax in Airdrie, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.

Nothing for Airdrie is left to the last week. Each deadline relevant to capital gains tax is tracked from the day you join, with the next four shown on every page we send you.

We serve Airdrie remotely by design: records by WhatsApp or email, drafts back for approval, filing electronic. The saving on premises is passed to you in the fee for capital gains tax.

A named person handles your capital gains tax from Airdrie and knows the file, so you are not re-explaining your business to a different helpdesk each time.

We explain capital gains tax in the words Airdrie business owners use, not in accountant's shorthand, and we show our working so you can check it.

Nothing is filed for Airdrie until you have reviewed and approved it. You see the draft, you ask questions, you sign off, then we submit and send you the receipt.

Local facts

About Airdrie

Airdrie is in Scotland, in the ML6 postcode district, Scotland. Scottish taxpayers pay income tax under six Scottish bands set by the Scottish Parliament, from the 19% starter rate through 20%, 21%, 42% and 45% to the 48% top rate, applied to non-savings income. Dividends and savings are taxed at UK rates, National Insurance and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and property purchases pay Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.

Nearby places we also serve for capital gains tax
PlaceDistanceDirection
Gartlea0.4 miSE
Rawyards0.5 miNE
Whinhall0.5 miNW
Cairnhill, North Lanarkshire0.7 miS
Drumgelloch0.7 miE
Thrashbush0.8 miN
Coatdyke0.9 miSW
Golfhill0.9 miNW

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Switching accountants

The main reasons people switch accountant are surprise invoices, missed deadlines and not understanding what they are being told. Switching involves a clearance letter between the firms, a transfer of records and agent authorisations, and a short handover of the current position. It takes about two weeks and should cost nothing extra.

Closing a company

A solvent company that has finished its purpose can be dissolved by voluntary strike-off: form DS01 with a £13 Companies House fee, after three months without trading and with all debts paid, final accounts and tax return filed, and assets distributed. HMRC objects to any application where returns or tax are outstanding, so the sequence matters more than the form.

Confirmation statements and identity verification

Every company must file a confirmation statement at least once a year, within fourteen days of its review date, with a £50 Companies House fee. Since November 2025 directors and people with significant control must also verify their identity with Companies House, and the confirmation statement is where existing officers confirm they have done so during the transition year.

CIS deductions

Under the Construction Industry Scheme, contractors deduct 20% from a registered subcontractor's labour invoices, or 30% if unregistered, and pay it to HMRC. The subcontractor reclaims the deductions against their actual tax through Self Assessment, usually producing a refund because deductions are on turnover while tax is on profit. Contractors file a monthly return by the 19th.

The VAT registration threshold

Watching the rolling twelve-month turnover figure is one of the quiet jobs of monthly bookkeeping, because the £90,000 VAT threshold arrives silently. Crossing it brings quarterly returns, Making Tax Digital software and a decision about schemes. Crossing it late brings a bill for VAT you could not recover from customers and a penalty for failing to notify.

Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief

Since April 2023 there have been two Corporation Tax rates, 19% small profits and 25% main, with marginal relief smoothing the transition between £50,000 and £250,000 of profit. The band is where planning matters: each pound of profit in it is taxed at an effective 26.5%, so pension contributions and capital expenditure timed to keep profit below £50,000 are worth more than they look.

Salary versus dividends

The salary-and-dividend split is the central planning decision for an owner-managed company. Salary costs employer National Insurance above £5,000 but is deductible; dividends are not deductible but attract lower personal rates and no National Insurance. The optimum changes each April with the thresholds and depends on the director's other income, so it should be set deliberately every year.

Questions

Capital Gains Tax questions from Airdrie

I am not UK resident but sold a UK property. Do I need to report?

Yes. Non-residents must report all UK land and property disposals within 60 days, whether or not tax is due, and residential property gains are generally rebased to April 2015 values. The rules differ from those for residents and the penalties for not reporting are the same. We handle non-resident returns regularly.

I am an executor. Do I report gains for the estate?

Yes. During the administration period the estate is a separate taxpayer with its own annual exemption and pays CGT at 24% on gains above probate value. Residential property sales by the estate are subject to the 60-day rule. We prepare the estate computations and the trust and estate return pages.

Do transfers between spouses trigger tax?

No. Transfers between spouses or civil partners living together are at no gain and no loss; the recipient takes over the original cost. This allows both annual exemptions and both basic rate bands to be used on a later sale, which is a common and legitimate way to reduce the tax on a jointly planned disposal.

What if I sell shares from an employee share scheme?

It depends on the scheme. Shares from a SAYE or SIP scheme have specific cost rules and sometimes income tax has already been paid on part of the value. Options exercised and sold on the same day may have no gain at all. We need the scheme documents and the exercise and sale figures, and we apply the correct treatment for each.

How do you work out gains on shares bought at different times?

Disposals are matched first to shares bought the same day, then to shares bought in the following 30 days, then to the section 104 pool, which holds all other shares of that class at their average cost. The same rules apply to funds and to crypto. We run the matching across your full history.

Can I use losses from previous years?

Yes, if they were claimed on a return within four years of the tax year in which they arose. Current-year losses are set against current-year gains first, even if that wastes the annual exemption; brought-forward losses are only used to the extent needed to bring gains down to the exemption. We check for unclaimed historical losses as standard.

Which deadlines matter most for capital gains tax?

The next four dates that apply to capital gains tax are shown at the top of this page, calculated from today. For Airdrie clients we diarise every one of them from the day you join and send reminders before each, so the work is done in good time rather than in the last week before a penalty.

How do I get started from Airdrie?

Message us on WhatsApp or email with a sentence about your business and what you need. We reply in working hours with any questions and a fixed fee for capital gains tax. Once you confirm, we tell you exactly which records to send and the work begins. Most Airdrie clients are set up within a day.

Ready to fix your fee in Airdrie?

Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

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