Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

[F1 8 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule a company holds a “substantial shareholding” in another company if it holds shares or interests in shares in that company by virtue of which— U.K.

(a) it holds not less than 10% of the company’s ordinary share capital,

(b) it is beneficially entitled to not less than 10% of the profits available for distribution to equity holders of the company, and

(c) it would be beneficially entitled on a winding up to not less than 10% of the assets of the company available for distribution to equity holders.

This is without prejudice to what is meant by “substantial” where the word appears in other contexts.

[F2 (2) Chapter 6 of Part 5 of CTA 2010 (group relief: equity holders and profits or assets available for distribution) applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) as it applies for the purposes of the provisions mentioned in section 157(1) of that Act, [F3 but as if—

(a) in section 158 of that Act after subsection (2) there were inserted—

“(2A) But for those purposes a person carrying on a business of banking is not treated as a loan creditor of a company in respect of any loan capital or debt issued or incurred by the company for money lent by the person to the company in the ordinary course of that business.”, and

(b) sections 171(1)(b) and (3), 173, 174 and 176 to 181 of that Act were omitted.]]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7AC inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 44(3)(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), Sch. 8 para. 1

F2 Sch. 7AC para. 8(2) substituted for Sch. 7AC para. 8(2)(3) (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 269(3) (with Sch. 2)

F3 Words in Sch. 7AC para. 8(2) substituted (with retrospective effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Corporation Tax Act 2010 (Amendment) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2902), arts. 1(1), 2(3)