Maximising business asset disposal relief

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Owner-Managed Businesses

Guidance

This guidance note considers some practical and planning points relating to business asset disposal relief (BADR), previously known as entrepreneurs’ relief. For guidance on the calculation of and qualifying conditions for BADR, see the Conditions for business assets disposal relief guidance note.

As this note considers planning, the conditions for BADR are considered to be those that are in place after 5 April 2019, which accounts for the changes made by FA 2019, s 39 and Sch 16.

Spouses’ shares

Spouses and civil partners (hereafter ‘spouse’) are often involved in the running and ownership of owner-managed businesses. This offers a number of benefits with regards to tax planning, in particular making the use of two individuals’ entitlement to allowances and entitlement to reliefs which have a limit for each individual. BADR is such a relief, with each individual subject to a lifetime limit of £1m of capital gains (for disposals prior to 11 March 2020, the limit was £10m). Where spouses jointly own a business, this enables them to utilise the remainder of both of their lifetime

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