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Tax traps and tax-smart ways to build a house in your garden

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 | Posted by: Stuart Maggs
Categories: Personal, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, property, capital gains tax, CGT, income tax, residence, Stuart Maggs, sale, PPR, development, income from property, property trading, reliefs, house, building in your garden, second property, plot, garden, planning permission, let, land

From time to time an Englishman stands and stares at his back garden and thinks, “You know, I think there’s room to fit another house in there.” The question of how to develop your property while minimising the potential tax liability then arises – and it’s a regular one for tax advisers.

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Private residence relief – not just for MPs

Friday, July 24, 2009 | Posted by: Richard Jameson
Categories: Protecting your wealth | Tags: CGT, Richard Jameson, PPR, private residence relief, income from property, property trading, main residence, MPs expenses, capital gains relief, tax on property income

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The clamour over MPs’ expenses has died down for now. But when the press revealed a number of individual MPs who had claimed capital gains tax (CGT) relief on the sale of a ‘private residence’, it was a great reminder of just how generous this relief is. So what is it all about – and how do you claim it? 

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