IHTM34140 - Qualifying investments: foreign stock exchanges

You may treat listed investments on the stock exchanges described in the list below as qualifying investments for the purposes of loss on sale of shares relief. If a claim is made in respect of investments on any other foreign stock exchange you should refer the IHT 35 to TG (IHTM01081) for advice.


The Athens Stock Exchange

 The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange

The Australian Stock Exchange (and any of Its stock exchange subsidiaries) 

The Malta Stock Exchange (with effect from 29 December 2005)

The Bermuda Stock Exchange with effect from 4 December 2007

The Mexico Stock Exchange

The Bond exchange of South Africa (BESA) with effect from 16 April 2008).

The New Zealand Stock Exchange

The Colombo Stock Exchange

The Rio De Janeiro Stock Exchange

The Copenhagen Stock Exchange

The Sao Paulo Stock Exchange

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (with effect from 22 June 2009)

The Singapore Stock Exchange

The Helsinki Stock Exchange

The Stockholm Stock Exchange

The Iceland Stock Exchange (with effect from 31 March 2006)

The Stock Exchange of Thailand

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange

The Swiss Stock Exchange

The Korea Stock Exchange

 

 

Any stock exchange in the following countries which is a stock exchange within the meaning of the law of the particular country relating to stock exchanges (or as specified below) 

Austria

Belgium (includes EASDAQ)

Canada – any stock exchange prescribed for the purposes of the Canadian Income Tax Act

France

Germany

Hong Kong – any stock exchange recognised under Section 2A(1) of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance

Republic of Ireland

Italy

Japan

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Spain

USA – any exchange registered with the Securities and exchange Commission of the 

United States as a national securities exchange

USA – The NASDAQ Stock Market as maintained through the facilities of the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. and its subsidiaries.