What will I pay in tax?

Five stops through the UK position: what makes a coin exempt, where VAT sits, and what happens when you come to sell.

5 stopsAbout 25 minutes

1Lesson7 min

The sovereign and the Britannia

The two UK legal tender coins, because the tax treatment follows the coin.

2Lesson8 min

Capital Gains Tax, and why legal tender is different

The exemption is a fact about the coin, not about gold. This is where that distinction gets made.

3Lesson6 min

VAT and investment gold

Why investment gold sits outside VAT, and where the boundary of that definition falls.

4Lesson6 min

Selling: how a sale is priced, and planning the exit

What happens when you come to sell: how a quote is built, and what to plan for first.

5Lesson8 min

Passing it on: gifting, inheritance and records

What happens to a holding at the other end, and the record worth keeping from the start.

At the end of this path

Then bring what is left over to a specialist

Tax questions get specific fast, and the general position only takes you so far. Fifteen minutes on the phone will settle the parts that depend on your own circumstances.

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Investments in bullion are not regulated by the FCA, and there is no access to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme or the Financial Ombudsman Service. The value of gold can fall as well as rise, and past performance is not a guide to future returns. Nothing in the Academy is financial or tax advice.

Tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and can change. Nothing here is tax advice.