ROBERT JAMIESON MA, FCA, FTII provides an update of the degrouping charge rules in the light of the Finance Bill.
A TAX CHARGE exists under section 179, Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, where a subsidiary leaves a 75 per cent group, having acquired a chargeable asset from another group member within the previous six years. The subsidiary must still hold the transferred asset.
ROBERT JAMIESON MA, FCA, FTII, partner in Mercer & Hole, examines the new régime for fluctuating profits for creative artists introduced by section 71 of, and Schedule 24 to, the Finance Act 2001.