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Harding v HM Revenue and Customs: ChD 30 Jan 2008

In section 117 the word ‘security’ identified an asset in the nature of an investment. It was used as meaning something distinct from the debt on it referred to in section 117(1)(a), but it was not simply a reference to the document which evidenced the debt. Briggs J [2008] EWHC 99 (Ch), [2008] STC 1865 … Continue reading Harding v HM Revenue and Customs: ChD 30 Jan 2008

Harding v Revenue and Customs: CA 23 Oct 2008

Lapsed Currency conversion option lost status The taxpayer appealed his assessment to Capital Gains Tax on his redemption of loan notes arising following the sale of his computer company. He said that they were qualifying corporate bonds. The question was whether a security in which a currency conversion option has lapsed, becomes (as the taxpayer … Continue reading Harding v Revenue and Customs: CA 23 Oct 2008

Weston v Garnett (Inspector of Taxes): ChD 25 Jun 2004

The taxpayer entered into a scheme for the issue and disposal of corporate loans. He appealed a finding that the loans were caught by section 115 which disallowed exemption because they did not represent a normal commercial loan. Held: It was a requirement that the debt ‘has at all times represented a normal commercial loan’, … Continue reading Weston v Garnett (Inspector of Taxes): ChD 25 Jun 2004

Weston v Garnett (HM Inspector of Taxes): CA 16 Jun 2005

Convertible loan notes had been issued as a channel for future gains. Held: The loan notes were not a normal commercial loan as defined in Schedule 18 to the 1988 Act, and therefore did not fall within the section so as to allow qualification for exemption from liability to tax. The conditions relating to ‘normal … Continue reading Weston v Garnett (HM Inspector of Taxes): CA 16 Jun 2005