Following the change to the CGT rate in June 2010, the rules for claiming Entrepreneurs’ Relief (ER) were changed so that relief is now given as a 10% tax rate, rather than the previous subtly different mechanism of reducing the gain but applying the normal rate of CGT.
In certain circumstances it may be possible to achieve an effective tax rate of 5.6% on cashing the loan notes or to receive additional ER where the lifetime limit was previously breached (but there is now some available due to the increase of lifetime gains to £10million).
If you or your clients have QCBs issued between April 2008 and June 2010, please get in contact with Eaves and Co Specialist Tax Advisors, Leeds and Southport to see if we can help.