Forms can be downloaded to report property disposals for capital gains tax

HMRC now provides direct access to the UK property capital gains tax forms on GOV.UK for use in cases where the normal digital process is not suitable.

As a result agents and taxpayers who are unable to use the online service to report relevant property disposals will be able to download a paper version of the form. Until now it has been necessary to ring HMRC to request a paper form which has caused problems for taxpayers and agents in part because of the wait times on HMRC’s helplines but also because of the time taken for forms to arrive in the post.

In a letter to the Chartered Institute of Taxation the department said: ‘HMRC considers that the existing online service is the most secure and efficient way to notify HMRC of a residential property disposal and pay the...