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Ferguson-Davie v HMRC: FTT (Tax) rejects carried interest transitional relief; 'in connection with' refers to post-8 July 2015 triggering disposal, not pre-8 July gains

Published on: 30 April 2024

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Ferguson-Davie and another v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 321 (TC)

These appeals were designated as lead cases pursuant to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Tax Chamber) Regulations 2009, rule 18, with the related appeals of 24 other individuals, each a limited partner in the relevant limited partnership, stayed behind them pending determination. The issue was whether section 103KA of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, and following (the ‘Carried Interest Legislation’, applying to carried interest arising on or after 8 July 2015), governed the relevant carried interest sums for the amounts at issue in dispute, or whether the transitional provision in section 43(2) of the Finance (No 2) Act 2015 (the ‘Transitional Provision’) applied, which would mean the carried interest sums were taxed in line with the position before the Carried Interest Legislation took effect. If the relevant carried interest sums were within the scope of the Transitional Provision, no chargeable gain would have been realised...

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