The client is reinvesting the proceeds but the purchase has not yet gone through.
The difficulty come in the fact that the client is reinvesting all of the proceeds but, in the interim, his tax return needs to submitted showing a CGT liability of £15,000. However, if he pays this tax he will not be able to complete the reinvestment.
The reinvestment will take place this year. Would the solution be to file the return showing the gain but not pay it and expalin to HMRC that relief will be claimed later in the year which will wipe out the gain or is there a better solution?
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