7 flats on one title to 7 flats on 7 titles/leases - CGT issues??

Richard Faulkner · 2005-09-10T01:21:27+00:00

Hi, I'm not sure if I have asked this before, but I cant find it by googling, so here goes..... I have 7 flats in one house under one title. In order to take advantage of buy to let interest rates, (which are better than the commercial rate I get from my bank), I am in the process of separating the 7 flats into 7 separate titles, each held by myself, and leased from myself. I could save around £3,000 p.a. by doing this. My solicitor has suggested that I check the CGT situation with my accountant and, whilst his initial thought was that there was no disposal, and therefore no CGT on the gains made to date, he has left a message for me suggesting that he has looked at his tax reference books, and that there is, in fact, a CGT issue. I havent been able to get hold of him, and will have to sweat on this until Monday. So i am wondering if anyone here has any idea which particular rule, or precedent, he may have found. My problem is that if there is a gain, each flat has a cost of around £40,000, (including all expenses), and a current value in the region of £95,000. Taper relief will be minimal as I bought the building in 2001, so I could have a gain of around £350,000, with no way of paying the CGT, (nor would it make sense to save £3,000 p.a. in interest costs, only to lose it in interest lost on savings, or incurred on a loan to pay the tax). I have searched the Government web site/s and cant find a specific example of what I am doing. Any ideas would be really helpful.

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Doug Ramage 20 years ago

Yes, sorry about the triple posting - just trying to emphasise the point. :)

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