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Land Securities plc v HMRC

Scheme intended to create capital loss

In Land Securities plc v HMRC (TC01442 – 13 October) a company (L) entered into a series of transactions between March and September 2003 which were intended to exploit a perceived loophole in TCGA s 106 and create a capital loss for tax purposes of £200 000 000.

HMRC rejected the claims on the basis that the value-shifting provisions of TCGA 1992 s 30 applied to diminish the loss. L appealed.

The First-tier Tribunal reviewed the evidence in detail and dismissed the appeal.

Judge Nowlan accepted the company’s contention that there had been a disposal which was within the scope of s 106.

However he held that the combined effect of ss 30(9) and 106 was that in the circumstances here there should be an ‘adjustment and increase to...

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