Decision Number: | TC 08386 |
Appellant: | MR GEOFFREY RICHARD HAWORTH MR IAN FRANCIS LENAGAN KLEINWORT BENSON TRUSTEES LIMITED |
Respondent: | Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs |
Chairmen / Special Commissioners: |
Harriet MORGAN |
Date Of Decision: | 02/02/2022 |
Main Category: | PROCEDURE |
Main Subcategory: | Other |
Notes: | CAPITAL GAINS TAX - application of the UK/Mauritius double taxation treaty to a plan to avoid capital gains tax on the sale of shares - whether the trusts which sold the shares were resident in Mauritius at the relevant time - consideration of the -place of effective management- test - on the facts, the trusts were resident in the UK - whether the operation of the treaty is excluded on the basis that the two contracting states tax different persons - no - appeals dismissed |