Deutsche Bank Group Services (UK) Ltd v HMRC [2011]
April 2011
This sheme was an "off-the shelf" scheme from a Big 4 firm. It was held to work technically. But the First-tier Tribunal had no difficulty in finding its sole purpose was tax avoidance, Parliament had not intended the statutory exemptions in relation to restricted securities to apply, and so the scheme failed.
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