Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

Yn ddilys o 06/04/2005

[F1 349ZA Extension of section 349: proceeds of sale of UK patent rights U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) a person who is a non-UK resident is chargeable to tax under section 587 of ITTOIA 2005 on profits from the sale of the whole or part of any patent rights, and

(b) the net proceeds of the sale consist wholly or partly of a capital sum.

(2) Subsection (1) of section 349 of this Act applies to any payment of the net proceeds of sale, or of an instalment of them, as if the net proceeds or instalment were, so far as consisting of the capital sum—

(a) an annual sum to which paragraph (a) of that subsection applies, and

(b) payable otherwise than out of profits or gains charged to income tax.

(3) For the purposes of this section the net proceeds of the sale is the amount of the proceeds net of any incidental expenses of the sale which are deducted before payment.

(4) Sections 597 to 599 of ITTOIA 2005 (licences connected with patents etc.) apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of sections 587 to 596 of that Act.

(5) Section 4 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (meaning of “capital sums” etc.) applies in relation to this section as it applies in relation to Chapter 2 of Part 5 of ITTOIA 2005 (receipts from intellectual property).

(6) In this section “a non-UK resident” means a person who is not resident in the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 349ZA inserted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 149 (with Sch. 2)