Sarah Falk on unexpected points arising from the draft legislation on capital distributions
The draft legislation on company distributions addresses damaging uncertainty. But it also throws up a number of complications. What follows is a taste of some of the more unexpected points assuming familiarity with the basic proposals (see ‘Capital Distributions: where have we landed?’ Tax Journal dated 6 September):
Foreign law is still relevant
The draft legislation removes the requirement to test whether a distribution is of a capital nature which was interpreted as requiring an examination of the local corporate law (Rae v Lazard [1963] 1 WLR 555 HL). However local law remains relevant and will create uncertainty.
For example the income distribution code excludes amounts treated as ‘repayments of capital’ and it will be necessary to consider local law to determine whether this concept applies.
The draft...
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Sarah Falk on unexpected points arising from the draft legislation on capital distributions
The draft legislation on company distributions addresses damaging uncertainty. But it also throws up a number of complications. What follows is a taste of some of the more unexpected points assuming familiarity with the basic proposals (see ‘Capital Distributions: where have we landed?’ Tax Journal dated 6 September):
Foreign law is still relevant
The draft legislation removes the requirement to test whether a distribution is of a capital nature which was interpreted as requiring an examination of the local corporate law (Rae v Lazard [1963] 1 WLR 555 HL). However local law remains relevant and will create uncertainty.
For example the income distribution code excludes amounts treated as ‘repayments of capital’ and it will be necessary to consider local law to determine whether this concept applies.
The draft...
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