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Business asset disposal relief for sole traders

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Business asset disposal relief for sole traders

Produced by a Tolley Owner-Managed Businesses expert
Owner-Managed Businesses
Guidance
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This guidance note discusses the application of business asset disposal relief (BADR), previously known as entrepreneurs’ relief, for sole traders only.

See also the following guidance notes:

  1. •

    Conditions for business asset disposal relief

  2. •

    Business asset disposal relief for partnerships

  3. •

    Business asset disposal relief on shares and securities

  4. •

    Maximising business asset disposal relief

For further detail, see Simon’s Taxes C3.1302C–C3.1303A.

Overview

To be eligible for business asset disposal relief, a disposal must be:

  1. •

    a material disposal of business assets

  2. •

    an ‘associated disposal’ where an asset is disposed of which is associated with a relevant material disposal’ eg where an asset is owned personally but used for the purpose of the business carried on by a company or partnership

  3. •

    a disposal of trust business assets, see the Business asset disposal relief (entrepreneurs’ relief) ― trusts guidance note

TCGA 1992, s 169H

However, only the first option is applicable to sole traders. An associated disposal can only take place where there is a material disposal which

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