CH82332 - Penalties for Inaccuracies: Calculating the penalty: Losses impact on potential lost revenue calculation: Losses available Capital Gains Tax example

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Deepak returns capital gains of £65,000 and notifies capital losses of £35,000 for 2010-11. He also has £25,000 unused allowable capital losses brought forward from earlier tax years. Deepak’s income uses up all his basic rate band so all gains (other than those qualifying for entrepreneurs’ relief) are taxable at 28%.

Gains	£65,000
Less current period losses	£35,000
Net gains	£30,000
Less losses brought forward	£19,900	Losses carried forward £5,100
	£10,100
Less annual exempt amount	£10,100
Chargeable to CGT	Nil

The 2010-11 return is found to contain a careless inaccuracy in the calculation of the losses for the tax year. True allowable capital losses in the year are £13,000.

The potential lost revenue (PLR), assuming liability at 28% on his taxable amount, is

Gains	£65,000
Less current period losses	£13,000
Net gains	£52,000
Less losses brought forward	£25,000	Losses carried forward NIL
	£27,000
Less annual exempt amount	£10,100
Chargeable to CGT	£16,900

PLR is 16,900 x 28% = 4,732

The wrongly recorded current period loss has been wholly used by deduction from the gains so only the normal rule applies. No part of the wrongly recorded loss is unused so the 10% rule does not apply.