Neil’s 10 Tips Tip 3: Degrouping Charge

Neil’s 10 Tips Tip 3: Degrouping Charge

A popular area in the Advanced Tax group questions is the degrouping charge. (DGC). When a building is transferred between companies in the same 75% CGT group, the transfer takes place at nil gain/nil loss. If the company that now owns the building leaves the CGT...
Neil’s 10 Tips Tip 1:Rollover Relief

Neil’s 10 Tips Tip 1:Rollover Relief

Rollover relief is a popular topic in the Advanced Tax exam and tends to feature mostly in questions on companies. The gain on the old building is given such as £50,000 and the sale proceeds as well £200,000. If £190,000 is invested in a replacement freehold building,...
Close Companies Simplified

Close Companies Simplified

The recent Advanced Tax exams indicate that the examining panel is focusing more on small family companies as opposed to large groups. The vast majority of UK companies are close companies and controlled by a few individuals or a single-family. It was amazingly easy...