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27 April 2010 / Anastasia Tennant
Issue: 4252 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Companies
ANASTASIA TENNANT explains how the exemption for private treaty sales applies to companies

KEY POINTS

  • The extension of tax relief to corporate bodies.
  • The type of assets that might qualify.
  • How the ‘douceur’ works in practice.
  • The potential percentage benefits to both parties.
  • Comparative examples before and after the legislative change.

It is well known that any gain on the private treaty sale by an individual or the trustees of a settlement to a museum or other body mentioned in IHTA 1984 Sch 3 of a work of art or one of the ‘heritage’ assets mentioned in IHTA 1984 s 31 (see below) which has been conditionally exempted from A spoon
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