Section 261E | Meaning of “the maximum amount” for purposes of section 261D F1
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(1)For the purposes of section 261D “the maximum amount” is the amount on which the person would be chargeable to capital gains tax for the year of assessment if the following were ignored.
(2)The matters to be ignored are—
(a)any allowable losses falling to be carried forward to that year from a previous year for the purposes of section 1(3),F2
(b)section 1K(1) (annual exempt amount), andF3