Section 102: Interpretation.

Inheritance Tax Act 1984 · 1984 c. 51View on legislation.gov.uk

Part IV: CLOSE COMPANIES

In this Part of this Act—

  • "close company" means a company within the meaning of the Corporation Tax Acts which is (or would be if resident in the United Kingdom) a close company for the purposes of those Acts;

  • "participator", in relation to any company, means any person who is (or would be if the company were resident in the United Kingdom) a participator in relation to that company within the meaning given by section 454 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010, other than a person who would be such a participator by reason only of being a loan creditor;

  • "qualifying interest in possession" has the meaning given by section 59 above.

References in this Part of this Act to a person's rights and interests in a company include references to rights and interests in the assets of the company available for distribution among the participators in the event of a winding up or in any other circumstances.

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