Varty (Inspector of Taxes) v British South Africa Co: HL 13 May 1965

HL Income Tax, Schedule D – Finance company – Loan granted in return for option to subscribe at par for shares in borrower – Option exercised, and loan correspondingly reduced, when shares standing at premium – Whether profit realised.

Citations:

[1965] UKHL TC – 42 – 406, [1965] 2 All ER 395, 42 TC 406, [1965] 3 WLR 47, [1966] AC 381

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Income Tax

Updated: 14 June 2022; Ref: scu.559795