Finance Act, 1994

PART VI

Capital Acquisitions Tax

Chapter I

Business Relief

Interpretation ( Chapter I ).

124.—(1) In this Chapter—

“agricultural property” has the meaning assigned to it by section 19 of the Principal Act (as amended by the Finance Act, 1994);

“associated company” has the meaning assigned to it by section 16 (1) (b) of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1986 ;

“business” includes a business carried on in the exercise of a profession or vocation, but does not include a business carried on otherwise than for gain;

“excepted asset” shall be construed in accordance with section 134 ;

“full-time working officer or employee”, in relation to one or more companies, means any officer or employee who devotes substantially the whole of his time to the service of that company, or those companies taken together, in a managerial or technical capacity;

“holding company” and “subsidiary” have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by section 155 of the Companies Act, 1963 ;

“the Principal Act” means the Capital Acquisitions Tax Act, 1976 ;

“quoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means quoted on a recognised stock exchange and “unquoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means not so quoted;

“relevant business property” shall be construed in accordance with section 127 .

(2) In this Chapter a reference to a gift shall be construed as a reference to a taxable gift and a reference to an inheritance shall be construed as a reference to a taxable inheritance.

(3) For the purposes of this Chapter a company and all its subsidiaries and any associated company of that company or of any of those subsidiaries and any subsidiary of such an associated company are members of a group.