Section 169VA: Overview of Chapter

Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 · 1992 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

Part V: Transfer of business assets, business asset disposal relief and investors' relief — Chapter 5: Investors' relief

This Chapter provides for a relief, in the form of a lower rate of capital gains tax, in respect of disposals of (and disposals of interests in) certain ordinary shares in unlisted companies.

Section 169VB defines "qualifying shares", "potentially qualifying shares" and "excluded shares".

Section 169VC creates the relief, and relief under that section is to be known as "investors' relief".

Section 169VD makes provision about disposals from holdings consisting partly of qualifying shares.

Sections 169VE to 169VG contain rules for cases where there have been previous disposals from a holding, to determine which shares remain in the holding.

Sections 169VH and 169VI make provision about disposals by trustees of a settlement.

Section 169VJ makes provision about disposals of interests in shares.

Sections 169VK and 169VL provide for a cap on the amount of investors' relief that can be claimed.

Section 169VM makes provision about claims for investors' relief.

Sections 169VN to 169VT make provision about how investors' relief applies following a company's reorganisation of its share capital, an exchange of shares or securities or a scheme of reconstruction.

Sections 169VU to 169VY contain definitions for the purposes of this Chapter.

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