Capital Gains Tax · South London
Capital gains tax returns in South Norwood
If you have made a disposal from South Norwood this year, the question is not just how much tax but what reliefs apply: private residence relief on a former home, business asset disposal relief on a company sale, the losses you forgot about from years ago. We work through all of it for clients across South London and file online, nothing submitted until you approve.
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 South Norwood
Individuals and trustees in South Norwood 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 South Norwood, 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
The IGI way of working, in South Norwood
One fixed fee for capital gains tax in South Norwood, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.
Nothing for South Norwood 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.
No appointments, no travel across South London, no parking. Everything for capital gains tax in South Norwood happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.
You get one contact for capital gains tax, not a queue. South Norwood clients message the same person throughout and get an answer in working hours, usually within a few hours.
The output for South Norwood 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.
Approval before filing is a rule, not a courtesy. For capital gains tax in South Norwood, every submission to HMRC or Companies House follows your written go-ahead.
Local facts
About South Norwood
South Norwood is in South London, within Croydon, in the SE25 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Norwood Junction | 0.1 mi | SE |
| Selhurst | 0.8 mi | SW |
| Woodside, Croydon | 0.9 mi | SE |
| Thornton Heath | 0.9 mi | W |
| Anerley | 1 mi | NE |
| Addiscombe | 1 mi | S |
| Bensham Manor | 1 mi | W |
| Clock House | 1 mi | E |
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.
Employer National Insurance
Employers pay National Insurance at 15% on each employee's earnings above the £5,000 secondary threshold, following the April 2025 changes. The Employment Allowance offsets up to £10,500 of this for eligible employers, which for a small team often removes the liability entirely, but companies where the director is the only employee do not qualify.
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.
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
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.
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.
Questions
Capital Gains Tax questions from South Norwood
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.
I sold my former home that I later let out. Is it all taxable?
No. Private residence relief exempts the gain for the period you lived there plus the final nine months of ownership, and certain periods of absence can qualify. The let period is taxable. Lettings relief now applies only where you shared occupation with the tenant. We apportion the gain by days and claim every qualifying period.
What costs can I deduct from the gain?
The purchase price, stamp duty and legal fees on purchase, capital improvements that are still reflected in the asset at sale (extensions, new kitchens, not repairs), and selling costs including agent and legal fees. For shares, dealing costs and stamp duty. For inherited assets, the probate value is the cost.
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.
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.
Do you have an office in South Norwood?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve South Norwood 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 South Norwood as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is capital gains tax in South Norwood really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in South Norwood 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.
One message from South Norwood, one fixed price
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.