CG65760 - Transfer of a business to a company: example: consideration partly satisfied by sum credited to director’s loan account
A transfers his business to A Ltd, a company in which he holds 2 shares which he acquired for a cash consideration of £2.
A Ltd issues 98 shares to A in part consideration for the transfer of the business. The rest of the consideration is satisfied by the conversion of A’s capital account balance into a director’s loan account.
The balance sheet of the business at the date of transfer of the business is as follows:
£ | £ | ||
---|---|---|---|
Capital account | 26,000 | Freehold property | 14,000 |
Creditors | 12,000 | Goodwill | 2,000 |
Non-chargeable assets | |||
including cash | 22,000 | ||
38,000 | 38,000 |
The following values were agreed as representing the current market values of the assets at the time of the transfer so that the total value of the business transferred to A Ltd was £60,000:
£ | |
---|---|
Non-chargeable assets | 22,000 |
Property | 37,000 |
Goodwill | 13,000 |
72,000 | |
Less creditors | 12,000 |
Net values of assets transferred | 60,000 |
Gains on transfer of chargeable assets:
£ | £ | |
---|---|---|
Property | 37,000 | |
Less Cost | 14,000 | |
Gain | 23,000 | |
Goodwill | 13,000 | |
Less Cost | 2,000 | |
Gain | 11,000 | |
Aggregate net gains | 34,000 |
The consideration received by A for the transfer of the business was 98 shares in A Ltd plus the value of sum credited to his director’s loan account, £26,000. The total consideration is equal to the value of the business transferred, £60,000.
The value of the 98 shares in A Ltd is therefore (£60,000 - £26,000) £34,000.
Proportion of aggregate net gains appropriate to consideration in shares:
£34,000 x | 34,000 (B) | = £19,267 |
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60,000 |
This amount is to be deducted from the cost of the 98 shares in A Ltd. The revised cost is therefore £14,733 (£34,000 - £19,267).
The balance of aggregate net gains, (£34,000 - £19,267) £14,733 is chargeable in the tax year in which the transfer took place.