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Changes to entrepreneurs’ relief qualifying period

04 December 2018 / Kevin Slevin
Issue: 4675 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Another year

KEY POINTS

  • From 6 April 2019 the period throughout which the qualifying conditions for entrepreneurs’ relief must be satisfied is increased to two years.
  • The importance of understanding when a business started.
  • A new provision will enable a pre-incorporation period to be taken into account when considering share ownership.
  • The new rules do not formally encompass share reorganisations so advisers and their clients must rely on HMRC’s interpretation.
  • A two-year period of uncertianty after incorporation.
  • An election may be made under TCGA 1992 s 169Q to disapply s 127 thereby triggering a taxable disposal for capital gains tax purposes.

From a policy standpoint I can...

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