Investment Trusts – Redressing The Balance

A change to the tax treatment of investment trusts is desirable, say Gwen Souter and Alastair Macleod.

As part of its March Budget, the government announced its intention to modernise the tax legislation relating to investment trusts. This was a welcome move – the current legislation dates back to 1965, and modernisation is long overdue.

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