Capital gains

Capital gains

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: Abolition of non-dom regime: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Labour government confirmed that it will proceed with plans of the former Conservative administration to abolish the remittance basis of taxation and replace it with a residence-based regime, to commence on 6 April 2025. For information on these changes, including legislation introduced in Finance Act 2025, see: Autumn Budget 2024—Private Client analysis—International, Autumn Budget 2024 (paras 2.56 and 5.51), OOTLAR (para 1.3) and TIIN: Reforming the taxation of non-UK domiciled individuals.

When a person disposes of an asset and makes a profit that is capital in nature, this has the potential to be a taxable capital gain. It may be possible to avoid a tax charge by using an exemption or relief, or by reducing the gain using capital losses that have arisen on disposals of other assets.

Capital gains tax is payable by individuals, including personal representatives, trustees of settlements and individuals carrying on a trade or business in partnership. Companies do not pay capital gains tax, but instead must include any capital (or chargeable) gains in their total profits within

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