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Capital Gains Tax on a home
Tax on selling a second home or buy-to-let, and the 60-day deadline to report.
For a home that was never your main home, sold by a UK resident individual. Private Residence Relief, letting relief, losses carried forward and non-resident rules are not included. Check with HMRC’s own calculator or a tax adviser.
Sources
- GOV.UK – Capital Gains Tax: what you pay it on, rates and allowances · checked 2026-11-05
- GOV.UK – Capital Gains Tax rates · checked 2026-11-05
- GOV.UK – Report and pay Capital Gains Tax on UK property (60 days) · checked 2026-11-05
- GOV.UK – Income Tax rates and bands · checked 2026-11-05
- HMRC Capital Gains Manual CG14250 – date of disposal (exchange of contracts) · checked 2026-11-05