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What is private residence lettings relief?

Question:
I'm selling a property I rented out and need to know whether I qualify for private residence lettings relief. I haven't lived in that property before.

Arthur Weller replies: 
If you look at www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/capital-gains-manual/cg64650 you can see that private letting relief is available to an individual for a house they have at some time used as their main residence, but if not, the relief is not available.

I'm selling a property I rented out and need to know whether I qualify for private residence lettings relief. I haven't lived in that property before.

Arthur Weller replies: 
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This question was first printed in Property Tax Insider in October 2016.