Tools

There are eleven. The offer comparison, What will I keep and the exit roadmap help you weigh offers and plan your timing. Calculators cover the BADR saving, capital gains tax on selling shares, earn-out tax timing and inheritance tax after a sale. There's also an exit readiness quiz, an exit route comparison, an SSE checker and a leaving the UK residence checker.

Yes. All eleven tools are free to use, and you don't need to sign up or give your name or email address. There's no obligation to contact us afterwards, though we're happy to talk through your results if they raise questions about your own sale.

No. The tools run in your browser, and the figures and answers you enter aren't stored or sent anywhere. If you accept analytics cookies, we record only that a tool was used, not what you entered. Results aren't saved, so make a note of anything you want to keep.

Yes. They use the rules for the 2026/27 tax year, including Business Asset Disposal Relief at 18% from 6 April 2026, the £1m lifetime limit, capital gains tax at 18% and 24%, and the £3,000 annual exempt amount. The inheritance tax calculator includes the Business Relief changes from 6 April 2026.

The results are a general indication only and aren't advice. Each tool simplifies the rules: the share sale calculator, for example, assumes a UK resident individual paid in cash at completion, and the residence checker leaves out split year treatment. For a figure you can rely on, have your position reviewed by an adviser before you agree terms.

If a sale is some way off, start with the exit readiness quiz and the exit roadmap, then the exit route comparison. If you have an offer, What will I keep shows what reaches your account after tax, and the offer comparison sets two offers side by side. If the price includes an earn-out, a company is selling, or you're thinking about moving abroad, use the matching tool.

Start by making sure you meet the Business Asset Disposal Relief conditions for the two years before the sale, which could save up to £60,000 per person. Consider whether an Employee Ownership Trust, where only half the gain on a qualifying sale is taxed, suits your goals. Planning how the price is paid, and dealing with surplus cash and property early, also helps.

The capital gains tax calculators assume you're a UK resident individual, so they won't give a reliable figure if you're non-resident. If you're planning to leave, for example for the UAE, the residence checker shows whether you might still be UK resident in the year of the sale. Talk to us before you move, as the timing can make a big difference.

They're for owners of UK companies who are thinking about selling, whether the sale is years away or a buyer has already approached them. They also help accountants and other advisers start a conversation with clients about an exit. We advise on deals worth £1m to £50m.

Book a call, email taxadvisory@aswatax.co.uk, or phone or message +44 7537 143695 on WhatsApp, and we'll reply within one working day. Your enquiry goes to a senior adviser, and the team is led by a Chartered Tax Adviser with Big 4 training behind it.