Part 6Venture capital trusts
Chapter 2VCT relief
Supplementary
271Provision of information
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If an event occurs that results in any VCT relief falling to be withdrawn or reduced, the individual by whom the relief was obtained must, within 60 days of coming to know of the event, give notice to an officer of Revenue and Customs containing particulars of the event.
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If a company which is a VCT issues to any individual eligible shares to which section 261(4) applies, it must—
a
at the time of the issue of those shares, give the individual a notice stating that the individual is not eligible for VCT relief by reference to those shares, and
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not later than 3 months after the issue of those shares, give a copy of that notice to an officer of Revenue and Customs.
5
No obligation as to secrecy imposed by statute or otherwise prevents an officer of Revenue and Customs from disclosing to a VCT that VCT relief has been obtained by reference to a particular number or proportion of its shares.