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Working out and paying Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if you sell shares, claiming tax relief
You may have to pay Capital Gains Tax if you make a profit (‘gain’) when…
You’ll need to work out your gain to find out whether you need to pay…
There’s a different way of working out your cost if you’ve sold the same…
You work out your gain differently if you’ve bought and sold shares…
You may be able to reduce or delay the amount of Capital Gains Tax you…
Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim
You may be able to pay less Capital Gains Tax when you sell (or ‘dispose…
How you work out your tax depends on whether all your gains are eligible…
You can claim Business Asset Disposal Relief either: through your Self…
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
Your employer may offer you company shares as a reward for working for…
This gives you the option to regularly save and buy shares. If you get…
This is a savings-related share scheme where you can buy shares with your…
This gives you the option to buy up to £60,000 worth of shares from 6…
A company can offer you Enterprise Management Incentives (EMIs) if it has…
To be an employee shareholder, you must own shares in your employer’s…
You can transfer up to £20,000 of employee shares into a stocks and shares…
The ‘gain’ is the profit you make when you sell shares that have increased…
Holdover relief on gifts means you do not pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you give away business assets and some shares - eligibility, how it works, how to claim it
Apply for a share valuation check for an award of shares under an employee shareholder agreement.
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