What is a Capital Gains Calculator?
A Capital Gains Tax Calculator helps determine how much tax a client will be liable to pay based on the profit they accumulate through an invested asset.
A Capital Gains Tax Calculator helps determine how much tax a client will be liable to pay based on the profit they accumulate through an invested asset.
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however, this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available, then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
There's no limit to the amount of assets you can enter on the calculator. Add as many as you or your client needs!
The acquisition cost is essentially the entire amount of money invested in the asset; this includes purchase cost as well as any renovations/restorations carried out during the time the property has been owned.
The sale proceeds is the amount the property was sold for, deducting any fees which were paid during the selling of the property.
Entrepreneurs’ Relief reduces the amount of Capital Gains Tax on a disposal of qualifying business assets on or after 6 April 2008, as long as you’ve met the qualifying conditions throughout a one-year qualifying period either up to the date of disposal or the date the business ceased. Qualifying capital gains for each individual are subject to a lifetime limit as follows:
Entrepreneurs’ Relief is available to individuals and some trustees of settlements, but it’s not available to companies or personal representatives of deceased persons or in relation to a trust where the entire trust is a discretionary settlement.
More information on entrepreneurs relief can be found here.
If the qualifying conditions are met then a property in which the owner had previously lived in can receive a discount from the amount of the gains that are liable for CGT.
The time in which can be discounted consists of the entire period in which the property was lived in by the owner plus the last 18 months of ownership regardless whether the property was lived in or not.
The discount is calculated as follows:
(Total Gain / Total Period Of Ownership) * Time Exempt From CGT
More information on Partial Private Residence Relief can be found here.
Gains can be gifted away to a spouse and this can be a useful method to reduce the amount of CGT that a person pays. This is because both individuals have access to the annual allowance of gains that are not taxed. This means that if one person makes gains and the other does not then their annual allowance can be used to reduce the amount of tax which is payed by receiving a gift from their partner.
In the calculator, this is done by selecting if the client is married as "Yes" and also selecting if the gains can be gifted as "Yes". This will produce an extra box of inputs as well as a slider; this slider is what controls how much of the gains are gifted. You can control what percentage of the gains can be gifted and visibly see the amount of tax which is payed by each person change in real time; along with the total amount of tax payed with that particular split.
When it comes to CGT planning you can deduct any qualifying losses from the current year as well as unclaimed losses from the previous year against the amount of gain which has been made. This results in less overall gains being made and therefore reducing the amount tax which would have to be made.
In the calculator this is achieved by entering the values into their corresponding boxes; these values are then deducted from the corresponding category's total gains.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
Rates for 2017/18:

These inputs have no effect on the calculations, but they do allow you to show more precise outputs to your client.
Contracting out pensions no longer exists; however, you may notice this still listed in your created report, due to it having recently been in place.
If a client has "contracted out" of the State Second Pension Plan (S2P), then they are subject to the rates set by the National Insurance Category Letter D.
To view more about the phasing out of contracting-out, click here
By being registered as blind, the client is eligible for tax relief at the value of £2,320 (2017/18).
In this video, our director, Ray Adams, walks through a Salary Tax Example:
By checking the 'Include Dividends?' box, you will be able to include any dividend income for the year into your salary tax calculation. It takes the tax away based on the income inserted into the 'Basic Salary' field- which then confirms the tax band the client will fall into. The net dividend payment is then added to the gross salary figures in the calculator's output to contribute towards the total take-home amount.
2017/18 Dividend tax rates:
Above £5,000, dividends are taxed for
For additional properties, click here.
For Stamp Duty (Land and Buildings Transaction) Tax in Scotland, click here.
For the 2019-2019 Tax Year, the following rates apply:
For main residences, click here
For Stamp Duty (Land and Buildings Transaction) Tax in Scotland, click here
For the 2018/2019 Tax Year, the following rates apply:
For the 2018/2019 Tax Year the following rates apply:

With regards to additional properties in Scotland, there is an additional 3% charge on top of the above rates.
In this video, our director, Ray Adams, walks through a Stamp Duty Example:
A VCT Tax Calculator helps project a clients Venture Capital Trust investments and illustrates how much tax relief they may be entitled to depending on how long the client keeps investing their money.
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available, then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page, simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
An EIS Tax Calculator helps project a clients Enterprise Investment Scheme investments and illustrates how much tax relief they may be entitled to depending on how long the client keeps investing their money.
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page, simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
Our Total Expense Ratio Calculator allows clients to calculate the TER of a selection of up to 70 funds.
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however, this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page, simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself, its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
In this video, our director, Ray Adams, walks through a TER/OCF Example:
Our Average Growth Calculator allows clients to calculate the average growth of a selection of up to 30 funds.
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available, then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page, simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
The average annualised performance calculator will look at the details of a policy and determine a number of details about how the policy performed over its lifetime.
It will produce:
It takes into account:
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however, this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available, then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page, simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
The rental yield calculator allows you to enter an asset along with it's value, a cash account value, assumed asset income and assumed asset growth. These can then be used to produce a set of records showing the growth of the asset along with the cash amount as a result of any profitable income.
A series of expenditures can also be entered which will affect the outcome of the cash amounts value/profit as these costs will have to be covered.
The cash amount will never go below zero. It is assumed in the calculator that the client will meet any shortfalls from elsewhere.
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available, then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page, simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
Our Life Insurance and Critical Illness Cover Calculator can produce illustrations of a clients monthly and annually expenditures by generating a breakdown of their mortgages, loans, or other payments as well as family protection and other contributions.
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however, this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page, simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself, its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
You can add up to a maximum of 10 children to the Childcare Costs table.
To ensure Childcare Costs are appropriate for each individual user, the liability of the expenditures is dependent on how many "LIVES" have been declared.
If only "Life 1" has been declared throughout the calculator, the liability of the Childcare Costs will fall under "Life 1" expenditures.
If either "Life 2" or "Joint" is declared anywhere throughout the calculator, the liability of Childcare Costs will fall under "Joint" expenditures.
An Income Protection / PHI Calculator can help a client to assess their potential income protection against their current cover by comparison based on the clients salary, sick pay, existing coverage as well as any protection provided by a pension scheme.
If you are creating a forecast for the first time, you will be taken directly into the calculator and the forecast name will be automatically generated to today's date; however this can be changed via a shortcut menu that will appear at the top of the screen.
If there is already a forecast available then you will be taken to the forecast selection page. To create a new forecast from this page simply click the 'Add new forecast' button; then simply enter a forecast name, select which planner you would like to appear on the forecast and click the 'Add' button.
If you are currently on the forecast selection screen then the forecasts can be edited or deleted by clicking the corresponding buttons in the end column of the selection table.
If you are inside the calculator itself its just as easy to change/delete a forecast; hover over the 'Options' button in the top right of your screen and select either 'Edit forecast name' or 'Delete forecast' from the drop down menu.
Our Investment & Other Calculators module includes a wide range of Investment and Tax tools to help you give good quality advice to your clients.
Our Investment & Other Calculators module includes:
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CashCalc is a modular system, meaning you can add different tools to create your own personalised suite. Our Investment & Other Calculators module is therefore an optional addition and can be purchased for £30 per-month + VAT per-adviser.
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