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I want to sell my UK home; can I avoid capital gains tax?
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I’m a Jersey resident and hear that if I live in my UK house for a year, I don’t have to pay

Q I live in Jersey in the Channel Islands and am looking at selling a house in the UK that I have been renting out for more than 15 years. I have been told that if I were to live in my house in the UK for a year and then sell it, I would not be liable to capital gains tax. Or is it not that simple?A It’s not that simple.

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