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Morrison 2002 Maintenance Trust, The Trustees of and Others v Revenue and Customs (Capital Gains Tax/Taxation of Chargeable Gains : Disposal): FTTTx 13 Apr 2016

FTTTx CAPITAL GAINS TAX – Tax avoidance scheme; trusts; sale of shares; put option; effect of contingencies, whether sale of trust assets to Irish trust under option agreement, subsequent sale for market value and ‘repatriation’ of the trust to Scotland avoids liability to capital gains tax; or whether there is a single composite transaction on … Continue reading Morrison 2002 Maintenance Trust, The Trustees of and Others v Revenue and Customs (Capital Gains Tax/Taxation of Chargeable Gains : Disposal): FTTTx 13 Apr 2016

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M Group Holdings Ltd v Revenue and Customs (Substantial Shareholding Exemption): FTTTx 12 Mar 2021

substantial shareholding exemption – schedule 7AC Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 – paragraphs 7 and 15A – whether relief available when the shares have been owned by a company in a group for less than 12 months – no Citations: [2021] UKFTT 69 (TC) Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Capital Gains Tax Updated: … Continue reading M Group Holdings Ltd v Revenue and Customs (Substantial Shareholding Exemption): FTTTx 12 Mar 2021

Longson v Baker (Inspector of Taxes): ChD 5 Dec 2000

The test of whether land attached to a private dwelling in excess of a half hectare, was required for the reasonable enjoyment of the property was an objective one. The individual circumstances and requirements of the taxpayer should not affect the assessment. In this case, although the residence included stabling, land used for the horses … Continue reading Longson v Baker (Inspector of Taxes): ChD 5 Dec 2000

Quinn (Insepctor of Taxes) v Cooper: ChD 20 Jul 1998

Where there were losses on the sale of BES shares purchased before 1986, they were valued by applying indexation allowance to the value calculated as acquisition cost less allowable deductions. Citations: Times 20-Jul-1998 Statutes: Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 53 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Capital Gains Tax Updated: 25 March 2022; Ref: scu.85097

W T Ramsay Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners: HL 12 Mar 1981

The taxpayers used schemes to create allowable losses, and now appealed assessment to tax. The schemes involved a series of transactions none of which were a sham, but which had the effect of cancelling each other out. Held: If the true nature of the transactions could be seen by looking at them all together, then … Continue reading W T Ramsay Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners: HL 12 Mar 1981

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

Futter and Another v Revenue and Customs; Pitt v Same: SC 9 May 2013

Application of Hastings-Bass Rule F had created two settlements. Distributions were made, but overlooking the effect of section 2(4) of the 2002 Act, creating a large tax liability. P had taken advice on the investment of the proceeds of a damages claim and created a discretionary trust. Unfortunately it was done in such a way … Continue reading Futter and Another v Revenue and Customs; Pitt v Same: SC 9 May 2013

Futter and Another v Futter and Others: ChD 11 Mar 2010

Various family settlements had been created. The trustees wished to use the rule in Hastings-Bass to re-open decisions they had made after receiving incorrect advice. Held: The deeds were set aside as void. The Rule in Hastings-Bass derives from trust law, not the law of mistake. The principle does not exist to relieve advisors from … Continue reading Futter and Another v Futter and Others: ChD 11 Mar 2010