VCM60520 - VCT scheme: general: withdrawal of approval: effects of the withdrawal of full approval

ITA/S281

If full approval is withdrawn the consequences of this are:

For the company:

  • its exemption from CT on chargeable gains is lost.

For the investor in the company:

  • 'front end' income tax relief may be withdrawn (see VCM64110);
  • any deferred gain comes into charge (see VCM68000 onwards);
  • subsequent dividends from the company will not be exempt from income tax (see VCM64200); and
  • any subsequent gains on disposal of shares in the company will not be exempt from CGT (see VCM66000 onwards).