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Capital gains tax on corporate bonds

12 July 2017 / Oliver Walker , Stuart Pibworth
Issue: 4607 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Two types of bond

KEY POINTS

  • The recent case of Hancock sheds light on the operation of the rules relating to qualifying and non-qualifying corporate bonds.
  • Exemptions and tax deferments apply depending on the type of bond.
  • The share capital reorganisation provisions apply to the conversion of securities ‘with any necessary adaptations’.
  • A conversion of chargeable securities into QCBs creates a deemed gain that is payable on a subsequent disposal.
  • The court adopted a purposive approach to overcome perceived technical shortcomings in the legislation.
  • As a result of Hancock the tax treatment of QCBs may now be less certain.

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