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How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
How to work out your taxable capital gain or loss if you are not resident in the UK and are making direct or indirect disposals of UK property or land.
Find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT if you buy or sell second-hand vehicles (VAT Notice 718/1).
Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
If you sell second-hand houseboats or caravans in the UK, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
Selling or giving away an asset you claimed capital allowances on - balancing charges, balancing allowances, closing your business, how to claim and pay tax on your tax return
Find out if you could claim the cost of training as an allowable business expense if you are a self-employed individual.
Tax and reporting rules for assets bought, sold or given
If you sell horses or ponies in the UK, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
Find out if you need to pay Capital Gains Tax when you sell or give away cryptoassets (like cryptocurrency or bitcoin).
If you’re an agent, find out how to use a VAT margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
The process you need to follow to repay your Help to Buy: Equity Loan when you decide to sell your home.
Find out which method you should use to calculate the customs value if you’re a selling agent or branch office.
If you provide services to a seller or buyer in the UK, find out about the auctioneers' VAT margin scheme and how to account for VAT (VAT notice 718/2).
Paying Corporation Tax when your limited company sells an asset for more than it paid - includes chargeable gains, intangible assets, working out inflation
Working out and paying Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if you sell shares, claiming tax relief
How to use VAT margin schemes - records you need to keep, invoicing and VAT return reporting
If you're a pawnbroker who sells unredeemed pawns in the UK, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
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