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GAAR Advisory Panel opinion of 2 March 2020: Reducing an estate's value for inheritance tax via subscription for shares in a new company and gifting shares to an employee succession trust

Use the GAAR Advisory Panel opinion on reducing an estate's value via subscription for shares in a new company and gifting shares to an employee succession trust to help you recognise abusive tax arrangements.

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Use this opinion together with the General Anti-Abuse Rule (GAAR) guidance to help you recognise abusive tax arrangements.

This opinion covers reducing an estate’s value via subscription for shares in a new company and gifting shares to an employee succession trust.

It affects Inheritance Tax.

The GAAR Advisory Panel’s opinion is the entering into of the tax arrangements is not a reasonable course of action in relation to the relevant tax provisions, and the carrying out of the tax arrangements is not a reasonable course of action in relation to the relevant tax provisions.

Published 6 May 2020