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31Abolition of advance corporation tax1

No company resident in the United Kingdom shall be liable to pay advance corporation tax in respect of any qualifying distribution made on or after 6th April 1999.

2

For the purposes of the Tax Acts, no distribution made on or after 6th April 1999 shall be treated as giving rise to the making of a franked payment.

3

No franked investment income which is attributable to a distribution made on or after 6th April 1999 shall be used to frank any distributions of a company.

4

Section 238(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 shall apply for the purposes of subsection (3) above as it applies for the purposes of Chapter V of Part VI of that Act.

5

Schedule 3 to this Act (which makes provision for and in connection with the abolition of advance corporation tax) shall have effect.

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