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N Pike v HMRC

Loss claim: whether loan stock was a relevant discounted security

In N Pike v HMRC (TC01151 – 7 June) an individual (P) purchased a newly incorporated company on 28 March 2000.

On 31 March 2000 he paid £6 000 000 for loan stock in the company. On 5 April 2000 he transferred the loan stock to a newly created trust of which he and his wife were trustees.

He subsequently submitted a tax return claiming that he had made a loss of more than £3 400 000 on a relevant discounted security.

HMRC rejected the claim and P appealed contending that the loan stock had had a market value of £2 600 000 when he transferred it to the trust.

The First-tier Tribunal dismissed his appeal finding that ‘the transactions at issue in this appeal were part...

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