Summary
1.This section introduces two changes to Part 14 of Corporation Tax Act 2010 (CTA 2010), amending section 688 and introducing a new section 724A. The amendment to section 688 changes the definition of a significant increase in the amount of a company’s capital. The new section 724A provides for the disregard of a change of ownership of a company (C) where it is acquired by a new company (N) or there is a scheme of reconstruction involving a share cancellation and, broadly, the shareholders and shares of N after the acquisition or scheme are the same as shareholders and shares in C before.
