historic shareprice for cgt

gooners1872

i purchased primar-e plc shares on 25/01/2000 but i dont know the purchase price, they went bust many years ago under name of glow communications plc but now i want to offset this loss against this years cgt gain , how do i find the purchase price please

leosayer

I normally use Yahoo for historic company share prices but I doubt you'll find this there.

How did you come by the shares? Could you contact the broker to get a copy of the contract note?

gooners1872

thanks for the reply , i'm trying to do that as well but thought i'd try here as might be quicker or a different website from what ive already tried, i thought the Lse historic prices would work but can't even find these shares on there

eskbanker

gooners1872 said:

i purchased primar-e plc shares on 25/01/2000 but i dont know the purchase price, they went bust many years ago under name of glow communications plc but now i want to offset this loss against this years cgt gain

Surely any losses need to be reported within four years in order to be used to offset gains?

https://www.gov.uk/capital-gains-tax/losses

gooners1872

ok, cheers i never read that properly the loss was probably in 2000 and ive never had to declare cgt before as rates were much higher , but apparently u have to declare loss to hmrc within 4 years of loss or liquidation then can be carried forward indefinitely , typical oh well ill be paying cgt this year for the first time