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My girlfriend and I then bought and moved into a new house. I kept the flat and have rented it out since then. My girlfriend and I are now splitting up and are discussing the possibility of me buying her out of the house we bought together. To finance this, I would need to sell the flat and understand that I will have to pay capital gains tax when I do so.  Continue reading&#8230;&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#13;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2015\/nov\/19\/sell-flat-capitals-gains-tax\" target=\"_blank\">I have to sell a flat that&#8217;s rented out \u2013 how much capital gains tax will I pay?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; I am wondering if I would avoid the tax if I moved back into the&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-2R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":846,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-calculate-capital-gains-tax-when-selling-a-home-you-no-longer-live-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":177,"position":0},"title":"How to calculate capital gains tax when selling a home you no longer live in","date":"February 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A reader has rented out her flat for six years. 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