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Time to venture down the rabbit hole into the strange world of capital gains tax entrepreneurs’ relief, where nothing is quite what it seems
KEY POINTS
- The implications of non-business activities – including woodlands – on entrepreneurs’ relief.
- The capital gain on the growing of trees is exempt under TCGA 1992 s 250.
- The commercial occupation of UK woodlands is not a trade or part of a trade for any income tax purpose.
- Are the woodlands part of a larger parcel of land or completely separate?
- For trustees’ disposals it is necessary to look at each asset and apply the business use test.
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