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Shares and securities—identification rules for disposals
C2.701 Shares and securities disposals—overview
When there is a disposal of shares or securities, it is necessary to determine the cost of acquisition of the shares being disposed. Unless the disposal represents the whole of the holding of that type of share or security this means matching the shares in the disposal with previous acquisitions and the legislation provides specific rules to do this. These rules are different for capital gains tax purposes ie tax on chargeable gains assessed on individuals and trustees and for corporation tax on chargeable gains realised by companies and other concerns within the charge to corporation tax. Set out below are summaries of the different identification
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