Son gifts unquoted shares to father (gain held over) and 1 month later he sells all the shares paying only 10% tax (ER), whereas the son would have paid 28%. The proceeds will remain with the father.
Clearly the transaction was carried out to minimise the tax liability but I wonder what HMRC would say and what would the worst case scenario be?
Many thanks
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how does father pay only 10%...
surely ER not available as shares held for less than 1 year?
Cash with father
The key here is that the sale proceeds remain with the father. If they came back to the son, there would be a serious risk of challenge. In absence of that I think HMRC would struggle to challenge it successfully.