Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4)

Part 23 U.K. Company distributions

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 23 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 1, s. 554AC(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 14 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 2)

Chapter 5 U.K. Demergers

Exempt distributions U.K.

1078 Division of business in a cross-border transfer U.K.

(1) This section applies to a distribution which consists of—

(a) the transfer of part of a business by a company to one or more other companies (“the transferee company or companies”), and

(b) the issue of shares by the transferee company or companies to the members of the company making the transfer.

(2) A distribution to which this section applies is an exempt distribution if either—

(a) each of the tests in paragraphs (a) to (f) of section 140A(1A) of TCGA 1992 (cross-border transfers: division of UK business) is met in relation to it, or

(b) each of the tests in paragraphs (a) to (e) of section 140C(1A) of TCGA 1992 (cross-border transfers: division of non-UK business) is met in relation to it.