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Capital Gains Tax · East London

Capital gains tax returns in De Beauvoir

Capital Gains Tax for De Beauvoir residents from accountants who deal with it every week rather than once a year. Property, listed shares, employee share schemes, crypto, antiques, land and business sales each have their own rules on cost, timing and relief. One fixed fee per report, agreed in writing, with the figures explained in plain English.

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 De Beauvoir

Individuals and trustees in De Beauvoir 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 De Beauvoir, step by step

  1. Scope the job

    We find out what you need filed, when it is due and what state the records are in, and tell you which fixed-fee package applies.

  2. Agree the price

    The fee is confirmed in writing. There is no hourly billing and nothing added for questions during the work.

  3. Hand over the records

    Photographs, PDFs, software access or a spreadsheet, sent however suits you. We confirm what we have and what is missing within two working days.

  4. Approve, then we submit

    You review the draft with our explanation, sign off, and we file. Receipts, copies and the next deadlines come back to you immediately.

Why IGI

The IGI way of working, in De Beauvoir

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

We work to the HMRC and Companies House calendar, not an appointment diary. Clients in De Beauvoir get reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before each date that applies to capital gains tax.

No appointments, no travel across East London, no parking. Everything for capital gains tax in De Beauvoir happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.

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

The output for De Beauvoir clients is never just a form. It is the form, a one-page summary of what it says, and a note of the decisions it points to for capital gains tax.

Nothing is filed for De Beauvoir 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 De Beauvoir

De Beauvoir is in East London, within Hackney, in the N1 postcode district, England. For businesses in England the tax rules are those set by the UK Parliament: the 20/40/45% income tax bands, Class 4 National Insurance for the self-employed at 6% and 2%, Corporation Tax at 19% to 25%, and Stamp Duty Land Tax on property. Business rates are set locally by the council.

Nearby places we also serve for capital gains tax
PlaceDistanceDirection
De Beauvoir Town0.1 miNE
Haggerston, Hackney0.2 miE
Dalston0.3 miNE
Dalston Junction0.5 miNE
Canonbury0.5 miNW
Hoxton0.5 miSW
Essex Road0.7 miW
Queensbridge0.7 miE

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

Closing a company

Striking off a company is cheap but must be done in order: stop trading, file the final accounts and CT600, pay the tax, close VAT and PAYE, distribute the remaining assets, close the bank account, then apply. Anything left in the company at dissolution passes to the Crown. Distributions up to £25,000 are taxed as capital gains; above that a formal liquidation is usually needed to keep capital treatment.

Switching accountants

You can switch accountant at any point in the year. The new firm requests clearance and your records from the old one, which cannot withhold your own documents though it may hold its own working papers until its fees are settled. Agent authorisations with HMRC and Companies House are transferred, and the next deadline is picked up without a gap.

Allowable expenses

Expense claims are where a return is won or lost in an enquiry. The test is wholly and exclusively for the trade; where a cost is mixed, the business proportion can be claimed if it can be identified. Capital items such as equipment and vans are relieved through capital allowances rather than as expenses, except under the cash basis where they are simply deducted when paid.

Record keeping

HMRC requires records of all income and expenses, bank statements, invoices and receipts to be kept for at least five years after the 31 January filing deadline of the tax year they relate to, and companies must keep records for six years from the end of the accounting period. Digital copies are acceptable. Under Making Tax Digital the records must be kept in compatible software.

The 60-day property CGT return

Selling UK residential property that was not your main home for the whole period of ownership triggers a separate Capital Gains Tax return, due within 60 days of completion along with payment of the tax. This is in addition to the annual Self Assessment. The gain is taxed at 18% or 24% depending on your income band, after the £3,000 annual exempt amount.

Crypto records and reporting

HMRC treats cryptoassets as property. Swapping one token for another, spending crypto or gifting it are all disposals for Capital Gains Tax, and staking and lending rewards are income. Gains are computed under pooling rules with same-day and 30-day matching. From 2026 HMRC receives data from exchanges worldwide under the Cryptoasset Reporting Framework, so unreported activity is increasingly visible.

The trading and property allowances

Not every small income needs a tax return. The trading allowance exempts the first £1,000 of self-employment or casual income and the property allowance does the same for rental income, each measured on gross receipts. They cannot be combined with rent-a-room relief on the same income, and claiming the allowance means giving up the expense deduction for that source.

Questions

Capital Gains Tax questions from De Beauvoir

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.

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.

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.

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 is the 60-day property return?

When a UK resident sells UK residential property and tax is due, they must file a return through HMRC's Capital Gains Tax on UK property service and pay the tax within 60 days of completion. This is separate from and in addition to the annual Self Assessment. Late filing penalties mirror Self Assessment: £100 immediately, then daily and tax-geared penalties.

What are the Capital Gains Tax rates for 2026/27?

The annual exempt amount is £3,000. Gains above it are taxed at 18% to the extent they fall within your unused basic rate band and 24% above it, for all asset types including residential property. Gains qualifying for business asset disposal relief are taxed at 14% in 2025/26, rising to 18% from April 2026, on up to £1 million of lifetime gains.

Is capital gains tax in De Beauvoir really the same price as elsewhere?

Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in De Beauvoir pays and what a client in any other part of England pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.

Do you have an office in De Beauvoir?

No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve De Beauvoir and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for capital gains tax is the same in De Beauvoir as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.

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