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When calculating cgt i have an allowance of £11700 for last

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hi when calculating cgt i have an allowance of £11700 for last year but I do not use all my personal income allowance as I only have a small pension. Can the rest of that be used also before the final amount to declare?
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Customer: my only income is pension iof only £208 per month

Hi, my name is ***** ***** I am a Chartered Tax Advisor.

Unfortunately, unused personal allowance cannot be used to offset against chargeable gains. Any capital gains in excess of the annual exemption will be subject to capital gains tax at your marginal rate of capital gains tax, be that 10% or 20% for most assets, or for the sale of residential property 18% or 28%.

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Customer: replied 5 days ago.
Thank you. it was a property we had not lived in so I`m assuming I`ll pay 18%. Would that be correct