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CIOT spring conference

12 May 2009 / Mike Truman
Issue: 4205 / Categories: Events
CIOT spring conference Queens’ College Cambridge, 3-5 April 2009. Reported by MIKE TRUMAN

SPEAKERS REPORTED

  • Paula Tallon BDO
  • Mark Morton Mercia Group
  • Paul Tucker Smith & Williamson
  • Tim Beresford Davis Langdon
  • Giles Mooney Professional Training Partnership
  • Peter Vaines Squire Sanders & Dempsey
  • Neil Warren
  • John Tallon QC

Purchase of own shares

Paula Tallon considered the situation where a company purchases the shares of a major shareholder under the purchase of own share rules.

If this happens when the shares are standing at a loss is this a loss arising between connected persons which can therefore only be offset against subsequent gains on similar purchases (CGTA 1992 s 18)?

The answer is no because the section requires the acquisition of the shares by the connected...

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