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Charitable disposal

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24 August 2010

Issue: 4269 / Categories: Forum & Feedback , Capital Gains

A charitable company has disposed of several properties. Does the general exemption for income extend to gains?

I have a new client that is a charitable company limited by guarantee. The company has made a number of property disposals (capital not trading) in the past year. It has an accounting date of 31 May.

This is the first charitable company that I have dealt with. Previously all my charitable clients were trusts.

I initially assumed that the company’s disposals would be exempt from tax (corporation tax on gains) but looking at TCGA 1992 s 256 it is not immediately clear that it extends to companies.

Can readers help?

Are there any other pitfalls that I ought to be aware of or can I continue to treat contributions to the company and income and gains of the company in the same way as I would for a charitable trust?

Query 17 654 – Homer

Reply from Thommo

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Charitable disposal

© Copyright LexisNexis 2024. All rights reserved.

24 August 2010

A charitable company has disposed of several properties. Does the general exemption for income extend to gains?

I have a new client that is a charitable company limited by guarantee. The company has made a number of property disposals (capital not trading) in the past year. It has an accounting date of 31 May.

This is the first charitable company that I have dealt with. Previously all my charitable clients were trusts.

I initially assumed that the company’s disposals would be exempt from tax (corporation tax on gains) but looking at TCGA 1992 s 256 it is not immediately clear that it extends to companies.

Can readers help?

Are there any other pitfalls that I ought to be aware of or can I continue to treat contributions to the company and income and gains of the company in the same way as I would for a charitable trust?

Query 17 654 – Homer

Reply from Thommo

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