Morrison v HM Revenue and Customs: SCS 23 Dec 2014

(Inner House) The House was asked whether the settlement payment of pounds 12 million by the appellant was made for a contingent liability in respect of representations made on a disposal by way of sale of the appellant’s shares in MPLC within the meaning of section 49(1)(c) of the Act, so as to require an adjustment of the appellant’s liability to capital gains tax under section 49(2).

The Lord President
[2014] ScotCS CSIH – 113, 2015 SLT 169, 2015 SC 392, [2015] STC 659, 2015 GWD 2-56, [2015] BTC 1, [2014] CSIH 113
Bailii
Scotland

Capital Gains Tax

Updated: 02 January 2022; Ref: scu.550118