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Section 747A Capital gains tax: rate of charge

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Section 747A inserted by Finance Act 1998 section 66 as respects disposals on or after 12 February 1998.

(1) In this section "material interest", "non-qualifying fund" and "offshore fund" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them in Chapter 2 of this Part.

(2) This section shall apply to a disposal, on or after the 12th day of February, 1998, by a person of an asset, if at the time of the disposal―

(a) the asset constitutes a material interest in an offshore fund which is not nor was at any material time a non-qualifying offshore fund, or

(b) the asset constitutes an interest in a company resident in the State or in a unit trust scheme, the trustees of which are at that time resident in the State and at a material time on or after the 1st day of January, 1991, the company or unit trust scheme was an offshore fund other than a non-qualifying offshore fund and the asset constituted a material interest in that fund.

What rules apply to a disposal of a non-qualifying offshore fund?

(1)-(2) These rules apply to a disposal on or after 12 February 1998 of a material interest (section 743) in an offshore fund, which:...

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(3) Subsections (2) to (7) of section 741 shall apply for the purposes of this section as if references in those subsections to a non-qualifying offshore fund were references to an offshore fund.

What rules apply to a disposal of a material interest in an offshore fund that was not a non-qualifying fund?

(3) The rules in section 741(2)-(7) apply to a disposal of such a material interest.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of section 28, the rate of capital gains tax in respect of chargeable gains accruing to a person on the disposal of an asset to which this section applies shall be 40 per cent.

What is the CGT rate in respect of disposals of a material interest in a qualifying fund?

(4) Capital gains tax is charged at 40% on disposals of a material interest in a qualifying offshore fund (and not at the general 25% rate mentioned in section 28(3))....

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