Tax when you sell property

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Businesses

You may get tax relief if you sell property that you use for business. This may reduce or delay the amount of Capital Gains Tax you pay.

If the purpose of your business is to buy and sell property (you’re a property developer, for example) you do not pay Capital Gains Tax when you sell a property. Instead, you pay:

There are special rules for limited companies that dispose of a single residential property worth more than £2 million.