General Distribution and Storage Limited v Revenue and Customs (Capital Gains Tax – Transfer of Headingley Cricket Stadium): FTTTx 30 Aug 2019

Capital Gains Tax. Transfer of Headingley Cricket Stadium and whether attached ‘business’ or ‘income streams’. Whether goodwill existed, was capable of transfer and was in fact transferred.
Held: transfer of business with attached goodwill and not merely income streams. Importance of evidence and the value of opinions when looking at facts. IRC v Muller and Co’s Margarine Ltd [1901] AC 217, Ramsay v HMRC [2013] UKUT 226 (TCC), Kenmir v Frizzell and Others – [1968] 1 All ER 414 considered and applied. Balloon Promotions Ltd and others v Wilson (Inspector of Taxes) and another SpC 524 (2006) considered and approved.

Citations:

[2019] UKFTT 559 (TC)

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Capital Gains Tax

Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.641317