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Depositary receipts

22 May 2012
Issue: 4354 / Categories: News
Revenue and Customs Brief 14/12

HMRC have confirmed in Revenue and Customs Brief 14/12 that their approach to determining who holds beneficial ownership of shares underlying depositary receipts has not changed following the First-tier Tribunal decision in HSBC Holdings & Bank of New York Mellon v HMRC.

In essence, they will continue to treat such receipts as conferring beneficial ownership as according to its established interpretation of the principles of English law.
 

Issue: 4354 / Categories: News
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