Capital Gains Tax · South East
Capital gains tax returns in Folkestone
Capital Gains Tax computations and returns for people in Folkestone 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 Folkestone as everywhere in England.
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 Folkestone
Individuals and trustees in Folkestone 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 Folkestone, step by step
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.
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.
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.
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
What you get in Folkestone
One fixed fee for capital gains tax in Folkestone, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.
Nothing for Folkestone 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 Folkestone 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 Folkestone 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 Folkestone business owners use, not in accountant's shorthand, and we show our working so you can check it.
Nothing is filed for Folkestone 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 Folkestone
Folkestone is in South East, in the CT20 postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Foord | 0.7 mi | N |
| Coolinge | 1 mi | W |
| Morehall | 1 mi | NW |
| Sandgate | 2 mi | W |
| Cheriton, Folkestone and Hythe | 2 mi | W |
| Shorncliffe Camp | 2 mi | W |
| Capel Street | 2 mi | NE |
| Capel le Ferne | 2 mi | NE |
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
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.
Dormant companies
A dormant company is one with no significant accounting transactions in the year, where the only permitted entries are the payment for shares on incorporation, Companies House fees and penalties. It still files a confirmation statement and simplified dormant accounts every year. A bank charge or an accountant's fee paid from the company ends dormancy and requires full accounts.
The trading and property allowances
The first £1,000 of trading income and, separately, the first £1,000 of property income each year is tax free under the trading and property allowances. Below those figures no return is needed for that income. Above them you can deduct the £1,000 allowance instead of actual expenses if that is better, which suits side businesses and single-room lets with few costs.
Employer National Insurance
The cost of an employee is more than the salary. Employer National Insurance at 15% above £5,000 a year, the 3% minimum pension contribution, holiday pay, equipment and management time all come on top. The Employment Allowance of £10,500 reduces the National Insurance for most employers with more than one person on the payroll.
Workplace pensions and auto-enrolment
Auto-enrolment duties begin the day you take on your first employee, not when the Pensions Regulator writes to you. Eligible staff must be enrolled, contributions paid every pay period and re-enrolment carried out every three years. Director-only companies without employment contracts are usually exempt. Fines for non-compliance are fixed and escalating.
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.
Questions
Capital Gains Tax questions from Folkestone
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.
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.
What is business asset disposal relief?
Formerly entrepreneurs' relief: a reduced rate on gains from selling all or part of a trading business, or shares in a trading company where you held at least 5% and were an officer or employee for two years. The lifetime limit is £1 million. The rate rose to 14% in April 2025 and to 18% from April 2026. Our £299 service prepares and supports the claim.
I gave a property to my child. Is there tax?
Yes. Gifts to anyone other than your spouse or civil partner are disposals at market value, and the gain is taxable even though no money changed hands. The 60-day return applies to residential property. Gift relief can defer gains on business assets, but not on investment property. We value, compute and report the gift.
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 Folkestone 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 Folkestone?
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 Folkestone clients are set up within a day.
Ready to fix your fee in Folkestone?
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.