Summary
1.This section changes the meaning of ‘trading company’ and ‘trading group’ as those terms are used for the purposes of entrepreneurs’ relief on capital gains tax. Under the new rules, whether a company is a trading company or the holding company of a trading group will be determined by reference to that company’s own activities (or the activities of group companies). Activities of joint venture companies in which a company holds shares will no longer be treated as carried on by the shareholder company. Activities carried on by a company in its capacity as a partner in a firm will not be treated as trading activities. These rules come into effect on 18 March 2015.
