Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 section 138A

Use of earn-out rights for exchange of securities

Section 138A provides rules that allow earn-out rights — where the number or value of shares to be received as deferred consideration is not known at the time of a share sale — to be treated as securities, so that the normal share reorganisation rules can apply and no immediate tax charge arises.

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