Not applicable
The taxpayer held a substantial number of shares in a publicly listed company. The shares had low capital gains tax values. A scheme designed to take advantage of the identification rules in TCGA 1992 s 106A and a double taxation agreement with Mauritius proceeded as follows:
- the taxpayer created a discretionary settlement of which he was a beneficiary and which had UK resident trustees;
- the taxpayer transferred 100 000 shares to the trust;
- the shares were subsequently sold on the open market;
- on the same day as the sale the UK trustees retired and were replaced with a Mauritius resident trust company;
- the next day the Mauritius trustee bought a number of shares equal to the net proceeds of the sale;
- the...
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