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A chattel is a tangible moveable property, such as a painting. I have seen questions were a painting is used in a question on chattels and on general capital gains.
Is the only thing that prompts you to use the chattels rule the value? For example, someone sells a painting for £100,000, you treat it as a normal CGT question, but if it was sold for £4,000 – £8,000 (say) it should trigger your memory for the £6,000 chattels rule?
Or is there more to consider?
Non wasting chattels:
Life of more than 50 years and are not exempt from CGT right?
Gross proceeds < 6,000 and cost < 6,000 there is no gain the transaction is exempt.
Gross proceeds > 6,000 you can restrict the gain by:
5/3 x (Gross proceeds – 6,000)
Gross proceeds < cost i.e. you make a loss on the non wasting chattel:
Loss is restricted by deeming proceeds to be a minimum of 6,000.
I’m refreshing my memory here, so if I’m wrong somebody please correct me.
they have covered all situations so in addition to above..
if painting had proceeds and cost over 6000 – normal computation
if both less than 6000 – exempt
