Finance Act 2014

Amendment of section 626B of Principal Act (exemption from tax in the case of gains on certain disposals of shares)

44. (1) Section 626B of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (3):

“(3A) (a) In this subsection ‘relevant treatment of a gain’ means the treatment, provided by this section or section 626C, of a gain as not being a chargeable gain.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 590, the relevant treatment of a gain shall not apply for the purposes of section 590, but this is subject to paragraph (c).

(c) The relevant treatment of a gain shall apply for the purposes of section 590 where the participator (within the meaning of that section) is a company.”.

(2) This section applies as respects disposals on or after 18 November 2014.