Commentary on Sections Structure of Chapters Overview Section 441: Market value acquisitions
1782.This section deals with all the situations in which the acquisition cost of deeply discounted securities is to be determined at market value. It is based on paragraphs 4, 5, 8 and 9 of Schedule 13 to FA 1996.
1783.Subsection (2) provides a list of the disposals giving rise to acquisitions to which the rule in subsection (1) applies. The list includes the acquisition of a deeply discounted security as the result of the conversion of a security into shares or other securities – subsection (2)(b). See Change 86 in Annex 1.
1784.Also included in subsection (2)(a) of the list is the acquisition of a security transferred to a legatee by personal representatives. See Change 86 in Annex 1.