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Close encounters with close companies (part 1): definitions and concepts

In the first of two articles examining the close companies rules, Hannah Manning and Ross McGregor (Travers Smith) explain why it should not be assumed that a company is not close without looking carefully at the relevant legislation.

For many tax advisers close companies are a regular feature of their practice because they advise owner managed businesses founder shareholders or companies backed by private equity.

Following the recent First-tier Tribunal (FTT) decisions in two cases concerning close companies – Quillan v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 421 (TC) and Powell v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 528 (TC) – now is a good time to go ‘back...

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