Anika sold her entire holding of 3,000 £1 ordinary shares in Distribo Ltd, a trading company, to her son, Hemi, for £53,000 on 14 July 2015. The market value of the shares on that date was £98,000.
Anika had purchased the 3,000 shares on 28 October 2004 for £41,500. She has never worked for Distribo Ltd.
What amount of Gift Relief is Available?
The answer for Gift relief is £45,000, but I can’t understand why? could someone please explain this to me.
Hi Suzanne – firstly my apologies for taking so long to reply but I do hope that you have used the time to look at the OT Study Notes and lectures where this issue of sale at undervalue is clearly dealt with – see Study Notes Chapter 14 Section 4.5 and example 9 on page 86.