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Chapter CFM31070

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Vincent
Published date16 April 2016
Record NumberCFM31070
CTA09/S303(4)

CTA09/S303(4) specifically provides that debts arising from rights conferred by shares in a company are not treating as arising from the lending of money. Thus such a debt should not give rise to a loan relationship.

So, if the subscription issue in respect of a new share issue provides that the capital is to be subscribed in stages, any debt so created will not give rise to a loan relationship.

Shares with economic similarities to debt instruments

Some shares have similar characteristics to debt, such as redeemable fixed rate preference shares. These shares

  • are stated to be redeemable
  • offer a fixed return on capital.

Accordingly, the cash flow looks more like an investment by way of a loan than a subscription of share capital. CFM31080 gives an example. However, because the investor’s right to dividends and to return of capital on redemption are conferred by shares, the investor’s shareholding will not be a creditor loan relationship.

However, amounts may be brought into account under CTA09/PT5 by virtue of PT6. The relevant rules have been subject to change over time. Under current rules, the investor’s return on such shares would be taxed as “disguised interest” under S486B. Guidance on these...

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