French tax residents brought their principal residence (French building) to a real estate company (French société civile immobilière or “SCI”) and then sold the shares to a British company of which they were partners. They then sold all the shares of the British company to their son, a Belgian tax resident. The administration implemented the tax abuse procedure and considered that the transfer was fictitious and concealed a donation because no payment of the sale price of the securities took place. The French Committee on Tax Abuse (CADF) approved this analysis.

CADF, 14 nov. 2024, n° 2024-05 et 2024-06

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