Capital Gains Tax - Revised Entrepreneur Relief

Section 597AA (inserted by the Finance Act 2015) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 introduced a revised relief for entrepreneurs disposing of certain business assets. It provides that a 20% rate of CGT applies in respect of a chargeable gain or chargeable gains on a disposal or disposals of qualifying business assets on or after 1 January 2016 up to a lifetime limit of €1m.

Details of the revised relief are set out in the "Capital Gains Tax revised entrepreneur relief" Tax and Duty Manual Part 19-06-02b.

07 October 2016