How to claim double tax relief and deferring gains on UK property disposals

We've released a couple of very good articles to the site. How to claim double tax relief This looks at how you can avoid double taxation when you have both UK and overseas assets or income, and in practical terms how you would go about claiming for either a UK tax exemption or UK tax credit. In general terms there are three different options for double tax relief. You could either be:

• Claiming relief as a dual resident
• Claiming relief as a resident overseas under a DTT
• Claiming relief but not under a DTT and not in the above categories

The method that you'll use to claim tax relief (to relieve double taxation) will depend on the type of relief your claiming. Check out the article for more details on exactly how you'll go about it. Deferring CGT on property disposals Can you sell a UK property, reinvest the proceeds into more UK property and then claim a deferral of any tax arising on the disposal? There seems to be a pretty widespread view that you can. This article looks at exactly when you can and can't claim a tax deferral on the disposal of property.