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Transferring part ownership of property to family member.
I have a client who bought the family home some years ago. It was purchased by the client his wife and his daughter in one-third shares.
The parents and the daughter’s family have occupied it as their only or main residence since acquisition.
The mother and father each wish to transfer one-half of their share in the property to their daughter but the two families will continue to occupy it.
The market value of the one-third share the parents wish to transfer is £400 000. They are considering two options. First they could make an outright gift to their daughter. Alternatively they could each make a gift of £200 000 to her and she could buy a one-third share from her parents.
In either scenario I believe that only or main residence relief for capital gains tax will be available to the mother and father on...
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