Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

Yn ddilys o 19/07/2006

[F1 506A Transactions with substantial donors U.K.

(1) This section applies to the following transactions—

(a) the sale or letting of property by a charity to a substantial donor,

(b) the sale or letting of property to a charity by a substantial donor,

(c) the provision of services by a charity to a substantial donor,

(d) the provision of services to a charity by a substantial donor,

(e) an exchange of property between a charity and a substantial donor,

(f) the provision of financial assistance by a charity to a substantial donor,

(g) the provision of financial assistance to a charity by a substantial donor, and

(h) investment by a charity in the business of a substantial donor.

(2) For the purposes of this section a person is a substantial donor to a charity in respect of a chargeable period if—

(a) the charity receives relievable gifts of at least £25,000 from him in a period of 12 months in which the chargeable period wholly or partly falls, or

(b) the charity receives relievable gifts of at least £100,000 from him in a period of six years in which the chargeable period wholly or partly falls;

and if a person is a substantial donor to a charity in respect of a chargeable period by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b), he is a substantial donor to the charity in respect of the following five chargeable periods.

(3) A payment made by a charity to a substantial donor in the course of or for the purposes of a transaction to which this section applies shall be treated for the purposes of section 505 as non-charitable expenditure.

(4) If the terms of a transaction to which this section applies are less beneficial to the charity than terms which might be expected in a transaction at arm's length, the charity shall be treated for the purposes of section 505 as incurring non-charitable expenditure equal to that amount which the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs determine as the cost to the charity of the difference in terms.

(5) A payment by a charity of remuneration to a substantial donor shall be treated for the purposes of section 505 as non-charitable expenditure unless it is remuneration, for services as a trustee, which is approved by—

(a) the Charity Commission,

(b) another body with responsibility for regulating charities by virtue of legislation having effect in respect of any Part of the United Kingdom, or

(c) a court.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 506A-506C inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 54(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 54(1)