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Disposal of chattels and wasting assets ― individuals

Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance

Disposal of chattels and wasting assets ― individuals

Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance
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The term ‘chattel’ means tangible moveable property, ie assets that can be seen, touched and moved.

Examples of chattels include paintings, antiques, racehorses and computers. Assets such as buildings, land, leases or shares are not chattels because they cannot be seen, touched and moved. Land and buildings are not moveable assets, and assets such as leases and shares are intangible assets.

A wasting asset is an asset with a predictable useful life not exceeding 50 years. A wasting asset may or may not also be a chattel. An example of a wasting asset that is not a chattel is fixed plant and machinery (ie it is not moveable).

This guidance note considers the capital gains tax consequences of disposing of:

  1. •

    cheap chattels (including anti-avoidance where the transactions are linked)

  2. •

    wasting chattels

  3. •

    wasting assets that are not chattels

  4. •

    wasting assets or wasting chattels that have been subject to claims for capital allowances

Advisers may also find the discussion of the rules in relation to specific chattels in CG76870P useful.

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