CG16615 - Valuation: post transaction valuation checks: costs of negotiation
The costs reasonably incurred by a customer in making any valuation or apportionment submitted for a post transaction valuation check are allowable deductions but any costs incurred in actually making the submission or in furthering subsequent negotiations are not deductible in computing the gain or loss on the relevant disposal.
A fuller explanation of whether valuation costs are or are not allowable as deductions in computing a gain is given at CG15260.