Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 section 138

Treatment of dividends on certain preference shares

Section 138 is an anti-avoidance measure that targets artificial preference share arrangements where what is in reality a loan is disguised as an investment in specially created preference shares, allowing lending institutions to receive interest in a tax-free form.

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