Income Tax Act 2007

260 Other tax reliefs relating to VCTs

(1) Chapter 5 of Part 6 of ITTOIA 2005 (venture capital trust dividends) provides that, if conditions are met, no liability to income tax arises in respect of dividends paid in respect of shares in a VCT.

(2) Section 100 of TCGA 1992 (exemption for venture capital trusts etc) provides that gains accruing to a VCT are not to be chargeable gains.

(3) Section 151A of TCGA 1992 (venture capital trusts: reliefs) provides that a gain or loss accruing to an individual on a qualifying disposal of any ordinary shares in a company which—

(a) was a VCT at the time when the individual acquired the shares, and

(b) is still a VCT at the time of the disposal,

is not to be a chargeable gain or, as the case may be, an allowable loss.

(4) Schedule 5C to TCGA 1992 (venture capital trusts: deferred charge on re-investment, but only in relation to shares issued before 6 April 2004) provides that, if conditions are met, an individual’s unused qualifying expenditure on shares in a VCT may be set against what would otherwise be chargeable gains.