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Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

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2706.This Chapter rewrites the provisions exempting from income tax dividends from Venture Capital Trusts (“VCTs”). The sections are based on section 332A of and Schedule 15B to ICTA.

2707.The VCT scheme is one of three venture capital schemes (the other two being the Enterprise Investment Scheme and the Corporate Venturing Scheme).

2708.The VCT scheme is aimed at encouraging individuals to invest indirectly in unquoted trading companies. VCTs are companies listed on the London Stock Exchange and are a special type of investment trust approved for the purpose of the VCT scheme by the Inland Revenue.

2709.The exemption from income tax on dividends is one of the benefits of investing in a VCT. Schedule 15B to ICTA sets out the tax relief available on the investment in a VCT and sections 151A and 151B of and Schedule 5C to TCGA give certain reliefs from capital gains tax.

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