Section 192 — Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992: Tax exempt distributions.

Tax exempt distributions. 192 1 This section has effect for facilitating certain transactions whereby trading activities carried on by a single company or group are divided so as to be carried on by 2 or more companies not belonging to the same group or by 2 or more independent groups.

2 Where a company makes a distribution which is exempt by virtue of section 1076 of CTA 2010 —

a the distribution shall not be a capital distribution for the purposes of section 122;

and b sections 126 to 130 shall, with the necessary modifications, apply as if that company and the subsidiary whose shares are transferred were the same company and the distribution were a reorganisation of its share capital.

3 Subject to subsection (4) below, section 179 shall not apply in a case where a company ceases to be a member of a group by reason only of an exempt distribution.

4 Subsection (3) does not apply if within 5 years after the making of the exempt distribution there is chargeable payment; and the time for making an assessment under section ... 179 by virtue of this subsection shall not expire before the end of 3 years after the making of the chargeable payment.

5 In this section— “ chargeable payment ” has the meaning given in section 1088 of CTA 2010 ; “ exempt distribution ” means a distribution which is exempt by virtue of section 1076 or 1077 of CTA 2010 ; and “ group ” means a company which has one or more 75 per cent. subsidiaries together with that or those subsidiaries.

6 In determining for the purposes of this section whether one company is a 75 per cent. subsidiary of another, the other company shall be treated as not being the owner of—

a any share capital which it owns directly in a body corporate if a profit on a sale of the shares would be treated as a trading receipt of its trade; or b any share capital which it owns indirectly and which is owned directly by a body corporate for which a profit on the sale of the shares would be a trading receipt.