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Venture Capital Trusts – a closer look at the “permitted maximum”

Investors can purchase as many shares in VCTs as they like, in either new share issues or in the secondary market. However, there is a limit on how many of those shares will qualify for the tax reliefs. That limit is known as the permitted maximum and is currently set at £200,000 worth of VCT share purchases a year, including purchases of newly-issued shares and purchases in the secondary market. 

January 16, 2020