Capital Gains

Benefits of incorporation when succession planning

A whisky collection has been built up over 20 years and is about to be sold. The owner believes the value is no more than the sum of the individual bottles

By John Woolley; £94.50; paperback; 459 pages inc. index; Claritax Books

P Stratton (TC2967)

The director of a Swiss company was awarded shares and paid UK income tax on them. A dividend has been issued on the shares, and has been described as a return of capital to shareholders

UK resident clients have sold a property in Florida. Once depreciation has been added back, a capital gains arises in respect of the sale, but unrelieved losses are brought forward from letting the property. US tax law provides that losses from passive income can be seat against a gain on the sale of the asset

The collapse of a relationship can be a key factor in a claim to only or main residence relief

Dr Amin Eghbal-Omidi (TC2841)

A husband and wife operate their consultancy through a limited company. They have purchased a small buy-to-let portfolio using directors’ loans

Resubmitted return was not relevant to calculation of tax

An elderly couple are selling their private residence at a reduced price in the hope that the purchasers will not develop the property. Part of the property was let to tenants for a modest rent

By Kevin Slevin; £155 (plus £6.70 p&p); Slevin Associates