Section 162 Roll-over relief on transfer of business.C1
United Kingdom
This section shall apply for the purposes of this Act—
where a person who is not a company transfers to a company a business as a going concern, together with the whole assets of the business, or together with the whole of those assets other than cash, and the business is so transferred wholly or partly in exchange for shares issued by the company to the person transferring the business F2, and
the person makes a claim in respect of the transfer, including such information as the Commissioners may require, on or before the first anniversary of the 31 January following the tax year in which the transfer of the business took place.
Any shares so received by the transferor in exchange for the business are referred to below as “the new assets”.
The amount determined under subsection (4) below shall be deducted from the aggregate of the chargeable gains less allowable losses (“the amount of the gain on the old assets”).
For the purpose of computing any chargeable gain accruing on the disposal of any new asset—
the amount determined under subsection (4) below shall be apportioned between the new assets as a whole, and
the sums allowable as a deduction under section 38(1)(a) shall be reduced by the amount apportioned to the new asset under paragraph (a) above;
and if the shares which comprise the new assets are not all of the same class, the apportionment between the shares under paragraph (a) above shall be in accordance with their market values at the time they were acquired by the transferor.
The amount referred to in subsections (2) and (3)(a) above shall not exceed the cost of the new assets but, subject to that, it shall be the fraction—
of the amount of the gain on the old assets where—
“A” is the cost of the new assets, and
“B” is the value of the whole of the consideration received by the transferor in exchange for the business;
and for the purposes of this subsection “the cost of the new assets” means any sums which would be allowable as a deduction under section 38(1)(a) if the new assets were disposed of as a whole in circumstances giving rise to a chargeable gain.
References in this section to the business, in relation to shares or consideration received in exchange for the business, include references to such assets of the business as are referred to in subsection (l) above.
In this section, “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 162(1) renumbered as s. 162(1)(a) (with effect in accordance with s. 39(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 39(2)(a)(5)
- F2
S. 162(1)(b) and word inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 39(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 39(2)(b)(5)
- F3
S. 162(6) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 39(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 39(3)(5)
Modifications
- C1
S. 162 modified by The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/964), reg. 85Z3 (as inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2010/294, regs. 1(1), 21)
- C2
S. 162(4) modified (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 of the affecting S.I.) by The Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3001), regs. 1(1), 46(2)
- C3
S. 162(4) modified by The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/964), reg. 85Z7 (as inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2010/294, regs. 1(1), 21)
Notes on Part V
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Pt. 5 heading inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)
- F2
Words in Act substituted (with effect for the tax year 2020-21 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 3 paras. 7(2)(a), 8 (with Sch. 3 para. 7(3))
Notes on Chapter I
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Pt. 5 Ch. 1 heading inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 14 para. 1(2)