Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12)

Part VIII U.K. Supplemental

272 Valuation: general. U.K.

(1) In this Act “market value” in relation to any assets means the price which those assets might reasonably be expected to fetch on a sale in the open market.

(2) In estimating the market value of any assets no reduction shall be made in the estimate on account of the estimate being made on the assumption that the whole of the assets is to be placed on the market at one and the same time.

[F1 (3) The Treasury may make regulations as to the manner for determining for the purposes of this Act—

(a) the market value at any time of shares or securities which are included in the official UK list, and

(b) the market value at any time of shares or securities which are listed on a recognised stock exchange outside the United Kingdom.

(4) The regulations may—

(a) make different provision for different cases, and

(b) contain incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision and savings.]

(5) In this Act “market value” in relation to any rights of unit holders in any unit trust scheme the buying and selling prices of which are published regularly by the managers of the scheme shall mean an amount equal to the buying price (that is the lower price) so published on the relevant date, or if none were published on that date, on the latest date before.

[F2 (5AA) In this Act “market value” in relation to shares of a given class in an open-ended investment company the prices of which are published regularly by the authorised corporate director of that company (whether or not those shares are also quoted in The Stock Exchange Daily Official List) shall mean an amount equal to the price so published on the relevant date, or if no price was published on that date, on the latest date before that date.

(5AB) In subsection (5AA) “authorised corporate director” has the meaning given by subsection (10) of section 468 of the Taxes Act, read with subsections (16) and (17) of that section, as those subsections are added by regulation 10(4) of the Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997; and accordingly the reference in subsection (16) of that section to “the Tax Acts” shall be construed as if it included a reference to this Act.]

(6) The provisions of this section, with sections 273 and 274, have effect subject to [F3 sections 25A and 41A and] Part I of Schedule 11.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 272(3)(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 26 para. 4(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 26 para. 4(1); S.I. 2015/635, art. 2

F2 S. 272(5AA)(5AB) inserted (28.4.1997) by The Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1154), regs. 1(1), 22(b)

F3 Words in s. 272(6) inserted (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 9 para. 6(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 272 applied (retrospective to 11.1.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 252(3), Sch. 24 para. 18(5)

C2 S. 272 applied by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), ss. 591C-591D (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 61(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 61(1))

C3 S. 272 applied (E.W.S.) (8.11.1995) by Gas Act 1995 (c. 45), ss. 17(1), 18(2), Sch. 5 para. 10(2)

C4 S. 272 applied by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53), s. 102C(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 2(2) of the amending Act) by Building Societies (Distributions) Act 1997 (c. 41), s. 1(1))

C5 S. 272 applied (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 278(1) (with Sch. 36)

C6 Ss. 272-274 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 210(1), 1184(1) (with Sch. 2)

C7 S. 272(2)-(4) applied (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 37, s. 12, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 24(5)

C8 S. 272(5) applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 of the affecting S.I.) by The Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3001), regs. 1(1), 10(2)

273 Unquoted shares and securities. U.K.

(1) The provisions of subsection (3) below shall have effect in any case where, in relation to an asset to which this section applies, there falls to be determined by virtue of section 272(1) the price which the asset might reasonably be expected to fetch on a sale in the open market.

(2) The assets to which this section applies are shares and securities which are not [F4 listed] on a recognised stock exchange at the time as at which their market value for the purposes of tax on chargeable gains falls to be determined.

(3) For the purposes of a determination falling within subsection (1) above, it shall be assumed that, in the open market which is postulated for the purposes of that determination, there is available to any prospective purchaser of the asset in question all the information which a prudent prospective purchaser of the asset might reasonably require if he were proposing to purchase it from a willing vendor by private treaty and at arm’s length.

Textual Amendments

F4 Word in s. 273(2) substituted (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 26 para. 8(5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 Ss. 272-274 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 210(1), 1184(1) (with Sch. 2)

C9 S. 273(3) applied (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 37, s. 12, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 24(6)

274 Value determined for inheritance tax. U.K.

Where on the death of any person inheritance tax is chargeable on the value of his estate immediately before his death and the value of an asset forming part of that estate has been ascertained (whether in any proceedings or otherwise) for the purposes of [F5 the application of that tax to the estate], the value so ascertained shall be taken for the purposes of this Act to be the market value of that asset at the date of the death.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in s. 274 substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 9(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 4 para. 8

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 Ss. 272-274 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 210(1), 1184(1) (with Sch. 2)

275 Location of assets. U.K.

[F6 (1)] For the purposes of this Act—

(a) the situation of rights or interests (otherwise than by way of security) in or over immovable property is that of the immovable property,

(b) subject to the following provisions of this subsection, the situation of rights or interests (otherwise than by way of security) in or over tangible movable property is that of the tangible movable property,

(c) subject to the following provisions of this subsection, a debt, secured or unsecured, is situated in the United Kingdom if and only if the creditor is resident in the United Kingdom,

(d) shares or [F7 debentures] issued by any municipal or governmental authority, or by any body created by such an authority, are situated in the country of that authority,

[F8 (da) subject to paragraph (d) above, shares in or debentures of a company incorporated in any part of the United Kingdom are situated in the United Kingdom,]

(e) [F9 subject to paragraphs (d) and (da)] above, registered shares or [F10 debentures] are situated where they are registered and, if registered in more than one register, where the principal register is situated,

(f) a ship or aircraft is situated in the United Kingdom if and only if the owner is then resident in the United Kingdom, and an interest or right in or over a ship or aircraft is situated in the United Kingdom if and only if the person entitled to the interest or right is resident in the United Kingdom,

(g) the situation of good-will as a trade, business or professional asset is at the place where the trade, business or profession is carried on,

[F11 (h) patents, trade marks, registered designs and corresponding rights are situated where they are registered, and if registered in more than one register, where each register is situated, and licences or other rights in respect of any such rights are situated in the United Kingdom if they or any right derived from them are exercisable in the United Kingdom,]

[F12 (j) copyright, design right, franchises and corresponding rights, and licences or other rights in respect of any such rights, are situated in the United Kingdom if they or any right derived from them are exercisable in the United Kingdom,]

(k) a judgment debt is situated where the judgment is recorded,

(l) a debt which—

(i) is owed by a bank, and

(ii) is not in sterling, and

(iii) is represented by a sum standing to the credit of an account in the bank of an individual who is not domiciled in the United Kingdom,

is situated in the United Kingdom if and only if that individual is resident in the United Kingdom and the branch or other place of business of the bank at which the account is maintained is itself situated in the United Kingdom.

[F13 (2) In subsection (1) above—

(a) in paragraphs (d), (da) and (e), the references to shares or debentures, in relation to a company that has no share capital, include any interests in the company possessed by members of the company, and

(b) in paragraphs (d) and (e), the references to debentures, in relation to a person other than a company, include securities.

(3) In subsection (1) above, in each of paragraphs (h) and (j), “corresponding rights” means any rights under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom that correspond or are similar to those within that paragraph.

[F14 (3A) Section 835BA of ITA 2007 (deemed domicile) applies for the purposes of subsection (1)(l)(iii).]

(4) Subsection (1) above is subject to—

• section 265(3) (securities issued by designated international organisations to be taken to be situated outside UK),

• section 266 (securities issued by Inter-American Development Bank to be taken to be situated outside UK), and

• section 275C (location of assets: interests of co-owners).]

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 275 renumbered as s. 275(1) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 4(2)

F7 Word in s. 275(1)(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 4(3)

F8 S. 275(1)(da) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 4(4)

F9 Words in s. 275(1)(e) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 4(5)(a)

F10 Word in s. 275(1)(e) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 4(5)(b)

F11 S. 275(1)(h) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 4(6)

F12 S. 275(1)(j) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 4(7)

F13 S. 275(2)-(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 4(8)

F14 S. 275(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 8(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 8(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10 S. 275 applied (27.7.1993 with effect in relation to accounting periods beginning after 31.12.1992 as mentioned in Sch. 19AC) by 1988 c. 1, Sch. 19AC (as inserted by 1993 c. 34, s. 97, Sch. 9 para.1)

C11 S. 275(h) modified (31.10.1994) by Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26), s. 109(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 1994/2550, art. 2

[F15 275A Location of certain intangible assets U.K.

(1) This section applies for the purpose of determining whether the situation of an intangible asset (“asset A”) is in the United Kingdom if the situation of asset A is not otherwise determined (see section 275B(1)).

(2) In this section “intangible asset” means—

(a) intangible or incorporeal property and includes a thing in action, or

(b) anything that under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom corresponds or is similar to intangible or incorporeal property or a thing in action.

(3) If asset A is subject to UK law (see section 275B(2)) at the time it is created, it shall be taken for the purposes of this Act to be situated in the United Kingdom at all times.

(4) Subsections (5) to (9) below have effect if asset A—

(a) is a future or option (see section 275B(3)), and

(b) is not subject to UK law at the time it is created.

(5) If, as a result of the application of the rule in subsection (6) below in relation to asset A or any other asset or assets, asset A falls to be treated as being subject to UK law at the time it is created, it shall be taken for the purposes of this Act to be situated in the United Kingdom at all times.

(6) That rule is that where, in the case of any intangible asset,—

(a) the asset is a future or option,

(b) the underlying subject matter (see section 275B(4)) of the asset consists of or includes an asset which is an intangible asset, and

(c) either—

(i) that intangible asset is subject to UK law at the time it is created and, on the assumption that there were no rights or interests in or over that asset, the situation of that asset would not be otherwise determined, or

(ii) that intangible asset is treated by this subsection as being so subject at that time,

the intangible asset mentioned in paragraph (a) above is to be treated for the purposes of subsection (5) above and this subsection as being so subject at the time it is created.

(7) If—

(a) asset A is not taken to be situated in the United Kingdom by virtue of subsection (5) above, and

(b) as a result of the application of the rule in subsection (8) below in relation to asset A or any other asset or assets, asset A falls to be treated as being situated in the United Kingdom at any time,

it shall be taken for the purposes of this Act to be situated in the United Kingdom at that time.

(8) That rule is that where, in the case of any intangible asset,—

(a) the asset is a future or option, and

(b) the underlying subject matter of the asset consists of or includes an asset—

(i) which is, by virtue of subsection (9) below or of any provision of this Act apart from this section, situated in the United Kingdom at any time, or

(ii) which is treated by this subsection as being so situated at any time,

the intangible asset mentioned in paragraph (a) above is to be treated for the purposes of subsection (7) above and this subsection as being so situated at that time.

(9) Where—

(a) the underlying subject matter of a future or option consists of or includes shares or debentures issued by a company incorporated in any part of the United Kingdom, but

(b) at the time the future or option is created, those shares or debentures have not been issued,

the underlying subject matter of the future or option, so far as consisting of or including those shares or debentures, is to be taken, for the purposes of subsection (8) above, to consist of or include an asset which is situated in the United Kingdom at all times.

Textual Amendments

F15 Ss. 275A, 275B inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 5

275B Section 275A: supplementary provisions U.K.

(1) For the purposes of section 275A, the situation of an asset is not otherwise determined if, apart from that section, this Act does not make any provision for determining—

(a) the situation of the asset, or

(b) whether the situation of the asset is in the United Kingdom.

(2) For the purposes of section 275A, an intangible asset is subject to UK law at a particular time if any right or interest which comprises or forms part of the asset is, at that time,—

(a) governed by, or otherwise subject to, or

(b) enforceable under,

the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

[F16 (3) In section 275A—

• “future” has the meaning given by section 581 of CTA 2009, and

• “option” has the meaning given by section 580 of that Act.]

(4) For the purposes of section 275A—

(a) the underlying subject matter of a future is the property which, if the future were to run to delivery, would fall to be delivered at the date and price agreed when the contract is made, and

(b) the underlying subject matter of an option is the property which would fall to be delivered if the option were exercised.

(5) Section 275A is subject to section 275C (location of assets: interests of co-owners).

(6) This section is to be construed as one with section 275A.]

Textual Amendments

F15 Ss. 275A, 275B inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 5

F16 S. 275B(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 383 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

[F17 275C Location of assets: interests of co-owners U.K.

(1) This section applies for determining for the purposes of this Act—

(a) the situation of an interest (see subsection (4)) in an asset, or

(b) whether the situation of an interest in an asset is in the United Kingdom.

(2) The situation of the interest in the asset shall be taken to be the same as the situation of the asset, as determined in accordance with subsection (3) below.

(3) The situation of the asset for the purposes of subsection (2) above shall be determined on the assumption that the asset is wholly-owned by the person holding the interest in the asset.

(4) In this section “interest”, in relation to an asset, means an interest as a co-owner of the asset (whether the asset is owned jointly or in common and whether or not the interests of the co-owners are equal).]

Textual Amendments

F17 S. 275C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 4 para. 6

276 The territorial sea and the continental shelf. U.K.

(1) The territorial sea of the United Kingdom shall for all purposes of the taxation of chargeable gains (including the following provisions of this section) be deemed to be part of the United Kingdom.

(2) In this section—

(a) “exploration or exploitation activities” means activities carried on in connection with the exploration or exploitation of so much of the seabed and subsoil and their natural resources as is situated in the United Kingdom or a designated area; and

(b) “exploration or exploitation rights” means rights to assets to be produced by exploration or exploitation activities or to interests in or to the benefit of such assets; and

(c) references to the disposal of exploration or exploitation rights include references to the disposal of shares deriving their value or the greater part of their value directly or indirectly from such rights, other than shares [F18 listed] on a recognised stock exchange; and

(d) “shares” includes stock and any security as defined in [F19 section 1117(1) of CTA 2010]; and

(e) “designated area” means an area designated by Order in Council under section 1(7) of the M1 Continental Shelf Act 1964.

(3) Any gains accruing on the disposal of exploration or exploitation rights shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as gains accruing on the disposal of assets situated in the United Kingdom.

(4) Gains accruing on the disposal of—

(a) exploration or exploitation assets which are situated in a designated area, or

(b) unquoted shares deriving their value or the greater part of their value directly or indirectly from exploration or exploitation assets situated in the United Kingdom or a designated area or from such assets and exploration or exploitation rights taken together,

shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as gains accruing on the disposal of assets situated in the United Kingdom.

(5) For the purposes of this section, an asset disposed of is an exploration or exploitation asset if either—

(a) it is not a mobile asset and it is being or has at some time been used in connection with exploration or exploitation activities carried on in the United Kingdom or a designated area; or

(b) it is a mobile asset which has at some time been used in connection with exploration or exploitation activities so carried on and is dedicated to an oil field in which the person making the disposal, or a person connected with him, is or has been a participator;

and expressions used in paragraphs (a) and (b) above have the same meaning as if those paragraphs were included in Part I of the M2 Oil Taxation Act 1975.

(6) In subsection (4)(b) above “unquoted shares” means shares other than those which are [F20 listed] on a recognised stock exchange; and references in subsections (7) and (8) below to exploration or exploitation assets include references to unquoted shares falling within subsection (4)(b).

(7) Gains accruing to a person not resident in the United Kingdom on the disposal of exploration or exploitation rights or of exploration or exploitation assets shall, for the purposes of capital gains tax or corporation tax on chargeable gains, be treated as gains accruing on the disposal of assets used for the purposes of a trade carried on by that person in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency.

[F21 (8) The provisions specified in subsection (9) below shall apply in relation to a disposal of exploration or exploitation rights or exploration or exploitation assets if (and only if) the disposal is—

(a) by a company resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom to a company resident in the same territory,

(b) by a company resident in the United Kingdom to another company which is so resident, or

(c) by a company which is not resident in the United Kingdom to another company which is resident there.

(9) Those provisions are—

(a) section 41(8),

(b) section 171 (except subsections (1)(b) and (1A)),

(c) section 173 (with the omission of the words “to which this section applies" in subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a) and “such" in subsections (1)(c) and (2)(c) and with the omission of subsection (3)),

(d) section 174(4) (with the substitution of “at a time when both were members of the group" for “in a transfer to which section 171(1) applied”),

(e) section 179 (except subsections (1)(b) and (1A)), and

(f) section 181.

(10) The provisions specified in subsection (9) above shall apply in accordance with subsection (8) above with the following modifications—

(a) for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (9) above, section 41(8) applies as if section 170 applied, for the purposes of section 171, with the omission of subsection (9), and

(b) for the purposes of paragraphs (b) to (f) of subsection (9) above, the provisions specified in those paragraphs apply as if in section 170 subsection (9) were omitted.]

Textual Amendments

F18 Word in s. 276(2)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 38 para. 10(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 38 para. 10(2)(d)

F19 Words in s. 276(2)(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 262 (with Sch. 2)

F20 Word in s. 276(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 38 para. 10(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 38 para. 10(2)(d)

F21 S. 276(8)-(10) substituted for s. 276(8) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 29 para. 35(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 29 para. 35(1) (with Sch. 29 para. 46(5))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 S. 276(7) modified (with effect in accordance with s. 153(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 153(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 c. 29.

M2 1975 c. 22.

[F22 276A No gain/no loss: foreign permanent establishment exemption U.K.

(1) On a no gain/no loss disposal by a company in relation to which an election under section 18A of CTA 2009 (exemption for profits or losses of foreign permanent establishments) has effect, the amount of the consideration which would secure that neither a gain nor a loss would accrue to the company on the disposal is to be arrived at after taking account of the operation of the provisions of Chapter 3A of Part 2 of that Act (with the result that that amount includes the amount which for the purposes of that Chapter would in the case of the company be the foreign permanent establishments amount attributable to the disposal for the accounting period in which it was made if the disposal were not a no gain/no loss disposal).

(2) For the purposes of this section a no gain/no loss disposal is one on which by virtue of section 152 or any of the no gain/no loss provisions neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the company making the disposal.]

Textual Amendments

F22 S. 276A inserted (19.7.2011) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 13 paras. 13, 31

F23 277 Double taxation relief. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F23 S. 277 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 45, Sch. 10 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F24 278 Allowance for foreign tax. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F24 S. 278 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 46, Sch. 10 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

279 Foreign assets: delayed remittances. U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) below applies where—

(a) chargeable gains accrue from the disposal of assets situated outside the United Kingdom, and

[F25 (b) the person charged or chargeable makes a claim, and

(c) the conditions set out in subsection (3) below are, so far as applicable, satisfied as respects those gains (“the qualifying gains”);]

and subsection (2)(b) also applies where a claim has been made under section 13 of the 1979 Act.

(2) For the purposes of capital gains tax—

(a) the amount of the qualifying gains shall be deducted F26 ... from the amounts on which the claimant is assessed to capital gains tax for the year in which the qualifying gains accrued to the claimant, but

(b) the amount so deducted shall be assessed to capital gains tax on the claimant (or his personal representatives) as if it were an amount of chargeable gains accruing in the year of assessment in which the conditions set out in subsection (3) below cease to be satisfied.

(3) The conditions are—

(a) that the claimant was unable to transfer the qualifying gains to the United Kingdom, and

(b) that that inability was due to the laws of the territory where the assets were situated at the time of the disposal, or to the executive action of its government, or to the impossibility of obtaining foreign currency in that territory, and

(c) that the inability was not due to any want of reasonable endeavours on the part of the claimant.

(4) Where under an agreement entered into under arrangements made by the Secretary of State in pursuance of section 1 of the M3 Overseas Investment and Export Guarantees Act 1972 or section 11 of the M4 Export Guarantees and Overseas Investment Act 1978 any payment is made by the Exports Credits Guarantee Department in respect of any gains which cannot be transferred to the United Kingdom, then, to the extent of the payment, the gains shall be treated as gains with respect to which the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) above are not satisfied (and accordingly cannot cease to be satisfied).

[F27 (5) No claim under this section in respect of a chargeable gain shall be made—

(a) in the case of a claim for the purposes of capital gains tax, [F28 more than 4 years after the end of] the year of assessment in which the gain accrues; or

(b) in the case of a claim for the purposes of corporation tax, more than [F29 4 years] after the end of the accounting period in which the gain accrues.]

(6) The personal representatives of a deceased person may make any claim which he might have made under this section if he had not died.

(7) Where—

(a) a claim under this section is made (or has been made under section 13 of the 1979 Act) by a man in respect of chargeable gains accruing to his wife before 6th April 1990, and

(b) by virtue of this section the amount of the gains falls to be assessed to capital gains tax as if it were an amount of gains accruing in the year 1992-93 or a subsequent year of assessment,

it shall be assessed not on the claimant (or his personal representatives) but on the person to whom the gains accrued (or her personal representatives).

(8) In relation to disposals before 19th March 1991 subsection (3)(b) above shall have effect with the substitution of the words “income arose" for the words “ assets were situated at the time of the disposal ”.

Textual Amendments

F25 S. 279(1)(b)(c) substituted for s. 279(1)(b) (with effect in accordance with s. 134(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 20 para. 64

F26 Words in s. 279(2)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 56(3) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 40

F27 S. 279(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 135(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 21 para. 41

F28 Words in s. 279(5)(a) substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 118(2), Sch. 39 para. 31(a); S.I. 2009/403, art. 2(2) (with art. 10)

F29 Words in s. 279(5)(b) substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 118(2), Sch. 39 para. 31(b); S.I. 2009/403, art. 2(2) (with art. 10)

Marginal Citations

M3 1972 c. 40.

M4 1978 c. 18.

[F30 279A Deferred unascertainable consideration: election for treatment of loss U.K.

(1) Where—

(a) a person (“the taxpayer”) makes a disposal of a right to which this section applies (see subsection (2) below),

(b) on that disposal an allowable loss (“the relevant loss”) would, apart from section 279C, accrue to him in any year (“the year of the loss”), and

(c) the year of the loss is a year in which the taxpayer is within the charge to capital gains tax (see section 279B(1)),

the taxpayer may make an election under this section for the relevant loss to be treated as accruing in an earlier year in accordance with section 279C if condition 1 in subsection (3) below and condition 2 in subsection (5) below are satisfied.

(2) This section applies to a right if each of the following conditions is satisfied—

(a) the right was, in whole or in part, acquired by the taxpayer as the whole or part of the consideration for a disposal (the “original disposal”) by him of another asset (the “original asset”),

(b) the original disposal was made in a year (“the year of the original disposal”) earlier than the year in which the disposal mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above is made (“the year of the right’s disposal”),

(c) where the right was acquired by the taxpayer as the whole or part of the consideration for two or more disposals (each of which is accordingly an “original disposal”), the condition in paragraph (b) above is satisfied with respect to each of those disposals (the “original disposals”),

(d) on the taxpayer’s acquisition of the right, there was no corresponding disposal of it,

(e) the right is a right to unascertainable consideration (see section 279B(2) to (6)).

(3) Condition 1 for making an election in relation to the relevant loss is that a chargeable gain accrued to the taxpayer on any one or more of the following events—

(a) the original disposal,

(b) an earlier disposal of the original asset by the taxpayer in the year of the original disposal,

(c) a later disposal of the original asset by the taxpayer in a year earlier than the year of the right’s disposal,

or would have so accrued but for paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 5B or 5C (postponement of original gain). This subsection is subject to subsection (4) below.

(4) If the right to which this section applies was acquired by the taxpayer as the whole or part of the consideration for two or more original disposals (including cases where there are two or more original assets (the “original assets”))—

(a) any reference in subsection (3) above to the original disposal is a reference to any of the original disposals,

(b) any reference in that subsection to the original asset is a reference to the asset which is the original asset in relation to that original disposal, and

(c) any reference in that subsection to the year of the original disposal shall be construed accordingly.

(5) Condition 2 for making an election in relation to the relevant loss is that there is a year (an “eligible year”)—

(a) which is earlier than the year of the loss but not earlier than the year 1992-93,

(b) in which a chargeable gain falling within subsection (3) above or subsection (6) below accrued to the taxpayer, and

(c) for which, immediately before the election, there remains a relevant amount on which capital gains tax is chargeable (see subsection (7) below).

(6) A chargeable gain falling within this subsection accrues to the taxpayer in a year if—

(a) in that year a chargeable gain (the “revived gain”) is treated as accruing to the taxpayer in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 5B or 5C (chargeable gain accruing to person on chargeable event), and

(b) the gain which, in determining the amount of the revived gain in accordance with those paragraphs, is the original gain consists of or represents the whole or some part of a gain that would have accrued as mentioned in subsection (3) above but for paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 5B or 5C.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (5)(c) above, a year is one for which, immediately before an election, there remains a relevant amount on which capital gains tax is chargeable if, immediately before the making of that election, there remains an amount in respect of which the taxpayer is chargeable to capital gains tax for the year—

(a) after taking account of any previous elections made by the taxpayer under this section,

(b) after excluding [F31 the total amount of chargeable gains treated as accruing in that year by virtue of section 87[F32 , 87K, 87L] or 89(2) (read, where appropriate, with [F33 section 1M]),] and

(c) on the assumption that no part of the relevant loss (or of any other loss in respect of which an election under this section may be, but has not been, made) falls to be deducted in consequence of an election under this section from the chargeable gains accruing to the taxpayer in that year.

(8) In this section “year” means year of assessment.

(9) This section and sections 279B to 279D are to be construed as one.

Textual Amendments

F30 Ss. 279A-279D inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 162(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 162(1)

F31 Words in s. 279A(7)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 56(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 41

F32 Words in s. 279A(7)(b) inserted (15.3.2018) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 1(8)

F33 Words in s. 279A(7)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 82

279B Provisions supplementary to section 279A U.K.

(1) For the purposes of section 279A(1)(c) a person is within the charge to capital gains tax in any year if—

(a) he is chargeable to capital gains tax in respect of chargeable gains accruing to him in that year, or

[F34 (b) the person would be so chargeable if—

(i) chargeable gains accrued to the person in the year, and

(ii) the amount calculated under [F35 section 1(3)] for the year in relation to the person exceeded the exempt amount for the year (within the meaning of [F36 section 1K]).]

(2) Subsections (3) to (6) below have effect for the purposes of section 279A(2)(e) (right to unascertainable consideration).

(3) A right is a right to unascertainable consideration if, and only if,—

(a) it is a right to consideration the amount or value of which is unascertainable at the time when the right is conferred, and

(b) that amount or value is unascertainable at that time on account of its being referable, in whole or in part, to matters which are uncertain at that time because they have not yet occurred.

This subsection is subject to subsections (4) to (6) below.

(4) The amount or value of any consideration is not to be regarded as being unascertainable by reason only—

(a) that the right to receive the whole or any part of the consideration is postponed or contingent, if the consideration or, as the case may be, that part of it is, in accordance with section 48, brought into account in the computation of the gain accruing to the taxpayer on the disposal of an asset, or

(b) in a case where the right to receive the whole or any part of the consideration is postponed and is to be, or may be, to any extent satisfied by the receipt of property of one description or property of some other description, that some person has a right to select the property, or the description of property, that is to be received.

(5) A right is not to be taken to be a right to unascertainable consideration by reason only that either the amount or the value of the consideration has not been fixed, if—

(a) the amount will be fixed by reference to the value, and the value is ascertainable, or

(b) the value will be fixed by reference to the amount, and the amount is ascertainable.

(6) A right which is by virtue of subsection (2) or (4) of section 138A (use of earn-out rights for exchange of securities) assumed in accordance with subsection (3)(a) of that section to be a security, within the definition in section 132, is not to be regarded as a right to unascertainable consideration.

(7) For the purposes of section 279A, any question as to—

(a) whether a chargeable gain or a loss is one that accrues (or would, apart from any particular provision, accrue) on a particular disposal or a disposal of any particular description, or

(b) the time at which, or year in which, any particular disposal takes place,

is to be determined without regard to [F37 section 1M] (chargeable gains and losses accruing during temporary non-residence to be treated as accruing in [F38 period of return]). This subsection is subject to subsection (8) below.

(8) Subsection (7) above does not affect the determination of any question—

(a) as to the [F39 period] in which the chargeable gain or loss is, by virtue of [F40 section 1M], to be treated as accruing (apart from section 279C), or

(b) where (apart from section 279C) a loss is to be treated by virtue of [F41 section 1M] as accruing in a particular [F39 period], whether the loss is an allowable loss.

Textual Amendments

F30 Ss. 279A-279D inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 162(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 162(1)

F34 S. 279B(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 56(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 42

F35 Words in s. 279B(1)(b)(ii) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 83(2)(a)

F36 Words in s. 279B(1)(b)(ii) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 83(2)(b)

F37 Words in s. 279B(7) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 83(3)

F38 Words in s. 279B(7) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 45 para. 153(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 122(2)

F39 Word in s. 279B(8)(a)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 45 para. 153(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 122(3)

F40 Words in s. 279B(8)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 83(4)

F41 Words in s. 279B(8)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 83(4)

279C Effect of election under section 279A U.K.

(1) This section applies where an election is made under section 279A by the taxpayer for the relevant loss to be treated as accruing in an earlier year in accordance with this section.

(2) Where this section applies, the relevant loss shall be treated for the purposes of capital gains tax as if it were a loss accruing to the taxpayer in the earliest year which is an eligible year (the “first eligible year”), instead of in the year of the loss (but subject to, and in accordance with, the following provisions of this section).

[F42 (3) The amount of the relevant loss that falls to be deducted (in accordance with [F43 section 1(3)(a)]) from the chargeable gains of the first eligible year is limited to the first year limit.

(4) The first year limit is the amount calculated under [F44 section 1(3)] F45 ... for the first eligible year.

The amount so found is the first year limit in a case where section 2(5)(aa) applies in relation to the first eligible year.

(4A) For the purpose of making that calculation—

(a) no account is to be taken of the relevant loss, but

(b) the effect of any previous election under section 279A is to be taken into account.]

(5) As respects any later year before the year of the loss, the relevant loss (so far as not previously allowed as a deduction from chargeable gains accruing in any previous year) falls to be deducted in accordance with [F46 section 1(3)(b)] only if that later year is an eligible year.

(6) The amount of the relevant loss that falls to be deducted from chargeable gains of that later eligible year in accordance with [F47 section 1(3)(b)] is limited to the amount (the “later year limit”) in respect of which the taxpayer would be chargeable to capital gains tax for that later year—

(a) on the assumption in subsection (7) below,

(b) taking account of any previous elections under section 279A, and

(c) apart from [F48 amounts of chargeable gains treated as accruing in that later year by virtue of section 87[F49 , 87K, 87L] or 89(2) (read, where appropriate, with [F50 section 1M])].

(7) The assumption is that no part of—

(a) the relevant loss, or

(b) any loss in respect of which an election under section 279A may be, but has not been, made,

falls to be deducted, in consequence of an election under section 279A, from any chargeable gains accruing to the taxpayer in that later eligible year.

The assumption falls to be made immediately after the making of the election in respect of the relevant loss.

F51 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9) All such adjustments shall be made, whether by discharge or repayment of tax, the making of assessments or otherwise, as are required to give effect to the election under section 279A made by the taxpayer for the relevant loss to be treated as accruing in an earlier year in accordance with this section.

F52 (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F30 Ss. 279A-279D inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 162(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 162(1)

F42 Ss. 279C(3)-(4A) substituted for s. 279C(3)(4) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 56(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 43(2)

F43 Words in s. 279C(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 84(2)

F44 Words in s. 279C(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 84(3)(a)

F45 Words in s. 279C(4) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 84(3)(b)

F46 Words in s. 279C(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 84(4)

F47 Words in s. 279C(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 84(5)(a)

F48 Words in s. 279C(6)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 56(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 43(3)

F49 Words in s. 279C(6)(c) inserted (15.3.2018) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 1(8)

F50 Words in s. 279C(6)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 84(5)(b)

F51 S. 279C(8) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 56(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 43(4)

F52 S. 279C(10) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 56(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 43(5)

279D Elections under section 279A U.K.

(1) An election under section 279A is irrevocable.

(2) Any election under that section must be made by giving a notice in accordance with this section.

(3) The notice must be given to an officer of the Board.

(4) Subsections (5) to (8) below have effect in relation to the notice given by the taxpayer in respect of the relevant loss.

(5) The notice must specify each of the following—

(a) the amount of the relevant loss;

(b) the right disposed of;

(c) the year of the right’s disposal;

(d) the year of the loss (if different from the year of the right’s disposal);

(e) the year in which the right was acquired;

(f) the original asset or assets.

(6) The notice must also specify each of the following—

(a) the eligible year in which the relevant loss is to be treated in accordance with section 279C(2) as accruing to the taxpayer;

(b) the first year limit (see section 279C(3) and (4));

(c) how much of the relevant loss falls to be deducted in accordance with [F53 section 1(3)(a)] from chargeable gains accruing to the taxpayer in that year.

(7) If, in accordance with section 279C, any part of the relevant loss falls to be deducted in accordance with [F54 section 1(3)(b)] from chargeable gains accruing to the taxpayer in any later eligible year, the notice must also specify—

(a) each such year;

(b) in the case of each such year, the later year limit (see section 279C(6));

(c) how much of the relevant loss falls to be deducted in accordance with [F54 section 1(3)(b)] in each such year from chargeable gains accruing to the taxpayer in that year.

(8) The notice must be given on or before the first anniversary of the 31st January next following the year of the loss.

(9) An election under section 279A is made on the date on which the notice of the election is given.

(10) Different notices must be given in respect of different losses.

(11) Where a person makes two or more elections under section 279A on the same day, the notices must specify the order in which the elections are made.

(12) For the purposes of any provisions of sections 279A to 279C whose operation is affected by the order in which any elections under section 279A are made, elections made by a person on the same day shall be treated as made at different times and in the order specified in accordance with subsection (11) above.]

Textual Amendments

F30 Ss. 279A-279D inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 162(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 162(1)

F53 Words in s. 279D(6)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 85(2)

F54 Words in s. 279D(7) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 85(3)

280 Consideration payable by instalments. U.K.

If the consideration, or part of the consideration, taken into account in the computation of the gain is payable by instalments over a period beginning not earlier than the time when the disposal is made, being a period exceeding 18 months, then, [F55 at the option of the person making the disposal, the tax on a chargeable gain accruing on the disposal may] be paid by such instalments as the Board may allow over a period not exceeding 8 years and ending not later than the time at which the last of the first-mentioned instalments is payable.

Textual Amendments

F55 Words in s. 280 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 134(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 20 para. 65

281 Payment by instalments of tax on gifts. U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) below applies where—

(a) the whole or any part of any assets to which this section applies is disposed of by way of gift or is deemed to be disposed of under section 71(1) or 72(1), and

(b) the disposal is one—

(i) to which neither section 165(4) nor section 260(3) applies (or would apply if a claim were duly made), or

(ii) to which either of those sections does apply but on which the held-over gain (within the meaning of the section applying) is less than the chargeable gain which would have accrued on that disposal apart from that section.

(2) Where this subsection applies, the capital gains tax chargeable on a gain accruing on the disposal may, if the person paying it by notice to [F56 an officer of the Board] so elects, be paid by 10 equal yearly instalments.

(3) The assets to which this section applies are—

(a) land or an estate or interest in land,

(b) any shares or securities of a company which, immediately before the disposal, gave control of the company to the person by whom the disposal was made or deemed to be made, and

(c) any shares or securities of a company not falling under paragraph (b) above and not [F57 listed] on a recognised stock exchange F58 ... .

(4) Where tax is payable by instalments by virtue of this section, the first instalment shall be due on the day on which the tax would be payable apart from this section.

(5) Subject to the following provisions of this section—

[F59 (a) tax payable by instalments by virtue of this section carries interest in accordance with Part IX of the Management Act as that Part applies where no election is made under subsection (2) above, and]

(b) the interest on the unpaid portion of the tax shall be added to each instalment and paid accordingly.

(6) Tax payable by instalments by virtue of this section which is for the time being unpaid, with interest [F60 (determined in accordance with subsection (5)(a) above)] to the date of payment, may be paid at any time.

(7) Tax which apart from this subsection would be payable by instalments by virtue of this section and which is for the time being unpaid, with interest [F61 (determined in accordance with subsection (5)(a) above as if the tax were tax payable by instalments by virtue of this section)] to the date of payment, shall become due and payable immediately if—

(a) the disposal was by way of gift to a person connected with the donor or was deemed to be made under section 71(1) or 72(1), and

(b) the assets are disposed of for valuable consideration under a subsequent disposal (whether or not the subsequent disposal is made by the person who acquired them under the first disposal).

[F62 (8) Subsection (2) above applies in relation to a chargeable gain accruing to a transferor under section 169C(7) (clawback of relief under section 165 or 260 if settlement becomes settlor-interested etc) as it applies in relation to a gain accruing to a person on a disposal if—

(a) the relevant disposal (within the meaning of section 169C) in question was a disposal of the whole or any part of any assets to which this section applies, and

(b) at the material time (within the meaning of that section), no part of the subject-matter of that relevant disposal has been disposed of for valuable consideration under a subsequent disposal (whether made by the trustees to whom that relevant disposal was made or by some other person).

(9) Where subsection (2) above so applies, subsections (4) to (7) above apply accordingly but as if for paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (7) there were substituted “any part of the subject-matter of the relevant disposal in question is disposed of for valuable consideration under a subsequent disposal (whether made by the trustees to whom that relevant disposal was made or by some other person).”.]

Textual Amendments

F56 Words in s. 281(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 21 para. 10(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 21 para. 6(2)

F57 Word in s. 281(3)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 38 para. 10(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 38 para. 10(2)(e)

F58 Words in s. 281(3)(c) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 42 Pt. 2(14) Note 2 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 42 Pt. 2(14)

F59 S. 281(5)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 15(2)

F60 Words in s. 281(6) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 15(3)

F61 Words in s. 281(7) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 15(4)

F62 S. 281(8)(9) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 21 para. 10(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 21 para. 6(3)

282 Recovery of tax from donee. U.K.

(1) If in any year of assessment a chargeable gain accrues to any person on the disposal of an asset by way of gift and any amount of capital gains tax assessed on that person for that year of assessment is not paid within 12 months from the date when the tax becomes payable, the donee may, by an assessment made not later than 2 years from the date when the tax became payable, be assessed and charged (in the name of the donor) to capital gains tax on an amount not exceeding the amount of the chargeable gain so accruing, and not exceeding the grossed up amount of that capital gains tax unpaid at the time when he is so assessed, grossing up at the marginal rate of tax, that is to say, taking capital gains tax on a chargeable gain at the amount which would not have been chargeable but for that chargeable gain.

(2) A person paying any amount of tax in pursuance of this section shall be entitled to recover a sum of that amount from the donor.

(3) References in this section to a donor include, in the case of an individual who has died, references to his personal representatives.

(4) In this section references to a gift include references to any transaction otherwise than by way of a bargain made at arm’s length so far as money or money’s worth passes under the transaction without full consideration in money or money’s worth, and “donor” and “donee” shall be construed accordingly; and this section shall apply in relation to a gift made by 2 or more donors with the necessary modifications and subject to any necessary apportionments.

[F63 (5) This section applies in relation to a chargeable gain accruing to a transferor under section 169C(7) (clawback of relief under section 165 or 260 if settlement becomes settlor-interested etc) as it applies in relation to a chargeable gain accruing to a person on the disposal of an asset by way of gift.

(6) For the purposes of this section as applied by subsection (5) above—

(a) the transferor shall be taken to be the donor, and

(b) the trustees to whom the relevant disposal (within the meaning of section 169C) in question was made shall be taken to be the donee.]

Textual Amendments

F63 S. 282(5)(6) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 21 para. 10(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 21 para. 7(2)

283 Repayment supplements. U.K.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, where in the case of capital gains tax paid by or on behalf of an individual for a year of assessment [F64 a repayment of that tax is made by the Board or an officer of the Board], the repayment shall be increased under this section by an amount (“a repayment supplement”) equal to interest on the amount repaid at the rate applicable under section 178 of the M5 Finance Act 1989 for the period (if any) between the relevant time and [F65 the date on which] the order for the repayment is issued.

[F66 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, [F67 the relevant time is the date on which the tax was paid].]

(3) A repayment supplement shall not be payable under this section in respect of a repayment or payment made in consequence of an order or judgment of a court having power to allow interest on the repayment or payment.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) above shall apply in relation to [F68 the trustees of a settlement or] the personal representatives of a deceased person F69 ... as they apply in relation to an individual.

F70 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F64 Words in s. 283(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 46(1)(a)

F65 Words in s. 283(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 46(1)(b)

F66 S. 283(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 46(2)

F67 Words in s. 283(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 92(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), s. 92(5)

F68 Words in s. 283(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 24(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 12 para. 24(1)(a)

F69 Words in s. 283(4) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 24(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 12 para. 24(1)(b), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(15)

F70 S. 283(5) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 46(4), Sch. 26 Pt. V(23)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 S. 283 restricted (1.4.2011) by The Finance Act 2009, Sections 101 to 103 (Income Tax Self Assessment) (Appointed Days and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/701), arts. 1(1), 4(2), 5

C14 S. 283(2) modified (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 109(3)(6)

Marginal Citations

M5 1989 c. 26.

284 Income tax decisions. U.K.

Any assessment to income tax or decision on a claim under the Income Tax Acts, and any decision on an appeal under the Income Tax Acts against such an assessment or decision, shall be conclusive so far as, under any provision of this Act, liability to tax depends on the provisions of the Income Tax Acts.

[F71 284A Concessions that defer a charge. U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person (“the original taxpayer”) has at any time obtained for any chargeable period (“the first chargeable period”) the benefit of any capital gains relief to which he had no statutory entitlement;

(b) the benefit of the relief was obtained in reliance on any concession;

(c) the concession was first published by the Board before 9th March 1999 or (having been published on or after that date) replaced a concession satisfying the requirements of this paragraph with a concession to the same or substantially the same effect; and

(d) the concession involved the application (with or without modifications), to a case to which they would not otherwise have applied, of the provisions of any enactment (“the relevant statutory provisions”).

(2) This section applies only if, at the time when the original taxpayer obtained the benefit of the relief, the concession was one available generally to any person falling within its terms.

(3) If the benefit obtained for the first chargeable period by the original taxpayer is repudiated for any later chargeable period (whether by the original taxpayer or by another person), the enactments relating to the taxation of chargeable gains shall have effect as if a chargeable gain equal to the amount of that benefit accrued in the later chargeable period to the person repudiating the benefit.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

(a) a capital gains relief for any chargeable period is a relief (of whatever description) the effect of which is that the amount of the chargeable gains taken to have accrued to that person in that period is less than it otherwise would have been; and

(b) the amount of the benefit of any such relief is the amount by which, as a consequence of that relief, those gains are less than they otherwise would have been.

(5) Where, without applying a specific enactment, any concession has the effect that—

(a) any asset is treated as the same as another asset and as acquired as the other asset was acquired,

(b) any two or more assets are treated as a single asset, or

(c) any disposal is treated as having been a disposal on which neither a gain nor a loss accrued,

that concession shall be assumed for the purposes of this section to have involved the application, to a case to which it would not otherwise have applied, of the provisions of an enactment to the corresponding effect.

(6) For the purposes of this section the benefit of any relief obtained by the original taxpayer for the first chargeable period is repudiated by a person for a later chargeable period if—

(a) circumstances arise such that, had the equivalent circumstances arisen in the case of the corresponding relief under the relevant statutory provisions, the whole or a part of the benefit of that relief would have fallen to be recouped from that person in the later chargeable period;

(b) apart from this section, the recoupment in the actual circumstances of the whole or a part of the benefit obtained by the original taxpayer is prevented by the fact that the original taxpayer relied on a concession (rather than on the relevant statutory provisions) to obtain that benefit; and

(c) the person from whom, in the equivalent circumstances, the amount of the benefit or any part of it would have fallen to be recouped is not precluded by subsection (8) below from relying on that fact in relation to that amount or part.

(7) For the purposes of this section an amount of the benefit of a capital gains relief is recouped from any person in a chargeable period to the extent that an amount is so brought into account in his case for that period as to secure that—

(a) the amount of his chargeable gains for that period is taken to be more than it otherwise would have been by an amount directly or indirectly representing the whole or a part of the amount of the benefit; or

(b) the amount of his allowable losses for that period is taken to be less than it otherwise would have been by an amount directly or indirectly representing the whole or a part of the amount of the benefit.

(8) Where—

(a) any such circumstances as are mentioned in subsection (6)(a) above have arisen in relation to the relief the benefit of which has been obtained by the original taxpayer,

(b) the person from whom, in the equivalent circumstances, the whole or any part of the amount of the benefit would have fallen to be recouped has accepted that, in the actual circumstances, the whole or a part of the benefit obtained by the original taxpayer may be recouped from him, and

(c) that acceptance is indicated in writing to the Board (whether by the making or amendment of a self-assessment or otherwise),

that person’s rights subsequently to amend, appeal against or otherwise challenge any assessment shall not be exercised in any manner inconsistent with his acceptance of that matter (which shall be irrevocable).

(9) In this section “concession” includes any practice, interpretation or other statement in the nature of a concession.

Textual Amendments

F71 Ss. 284A, 284B inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 76(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 76(1)

284B Provisions supplementary to section 284A. U.K.

F72 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) The total amount of chargeable gains that are treated as accruing to any person under subsection (3) of section 284A in respect of any such benefit as is referred to in that subsection shall not exceed the amount of that benefit.

(3) Where, after any assessment to tax has been made on the basis that any chargeable gain is treated as having accrued to any person under section 284A(3)—

(a) the person assessed, within any of the periods allowed by subsection (4) below, gives an indication for the purposes of section 284A(8), or

(b) a final determination of the original taxpayer’s liability to tax for the first chargeable period is made on the basis that the original taxpayer did not, or was not entitled to, rely on the concession in question,

all such adjustments shall be made (whether by way of assessment, amendment of an assessment, repayment of tax or otherwise) as are necessary to secure that no person is subjected to any greater liability by virtue of section 284A(3) than he would have been had the indication been given, or the final determination made, before the making of the assessment.

(4) The periods allowed by this subsection are—

(a) the period of twelve months beginning with the making of the assessment;

(b) the period within which the person is entitled to amend his self-assessment or company tax return for the chargeable period in which the chargeable gain under section 284A(3) is treated as having accrued to him;

(c) where the person makes a claim for any further relief against the amount that may be recouped from him by virtue of his indication under section 284A(8), the period allowed for making that claim.

(5) Subsection (3) above has effect notwithstanding any time limits relating to the making or amendment of an assessment for any chargeable period.]

Textual Amendments

F71 Ss. 284A, 284B inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 76(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 76(1)

F72 S. 284B(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 56(3) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 44

F73 285 Recognised investment exchanges. U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F73 S. 285 repealed (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 26 para. 8(6), Sch. 27 Pt. 6(5)

[F74 285A European Economic Interest Groupings U.K.

(1) The following rules about European Economic Interest Groupings apply for the purposes of charging tax in respect of chargeable gains—

• Rule 1

  A grouping is treated as acting as the agent of its members.

• Rule 2

  The activities of a grouping are treated as those of its members acting jointly.

• Rule 3

  Each member of a grouping is treated as having a share of the grouping's property, rights and liabilities.

• Rule 4

  Any trade or profession carried on by the grouping is treated as carried on in partnership by members of the grouping.

• Rule 5

  A person is to be regarded as acquiring or disposing of a share of the assets of the grouping not only where there is an acquisition or disposal of assets by the grouping while he is a member of it, but also where he becomes or ceases to be a member of a grouping or there is a change in his share of the property of the grouping.

(2) For the purposes of Rule 3, a member's share of any property, rights or liabilities of a grouping is determined according to the contract under which the grouping is established.

(3) If the contract does not provide for this, the member's share is determined by reference to the share of the profits of the grouping to which the member is entitled under the contract.

(4) If the contract does not provide for this either, the members are treated as having equal shares of the property, rights and liabilities of the grouping.

(5) “European Economic Interest Grouping” means a European Economic Interest Grouping formed under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85 of 25th July 1985, whether registered in Great Britain, Northern Ireland or elsewhere.]

Textual Amendments

F74 S. 285A inserted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 341 (with Sch. 2)

286 Connected persons: interpretation. U.K.

(1) Any question whether a person is connected with another shall for the purposes of this Act be determined in accordance with the following subsections of this section (any provision that one person is connected with another being taken to mean that they are connected with one another).

(2) A person is connected with an individual if that person is the individual’s [F75 spouse or civil partner], or is a relative, or the [F75 spouse or civil partner] of a relative, of the individual or of the individual’s [F75 spouse or civil partner].

[F76 (3) A person, in his capacity as trustee of a settlement, is connected with—

(a) any individual who in relation to the settlement is a settlor,

(b) any person who is connected with such an individual, F77 ...

(c) any body corporate which is connected with that settlement,

[F78 (d) if the settlement is the principal settlement in relation to one or more sub-fund settlements, the trustees of the sub-fund settlements, and

(e) if the settlement is a sub-fund settlement in relation to a principal settlement, the trustees of any other sub-fund settlements in relation to the principal settlement.]

F79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F80 (3ZA) For the purpose of subsection (3) above—

(a) “settlement” has the same meaning as in section 620 of ITTOIA 2005, and

(b) “trustee”, in relation to a settlement in relation to which there would be no trustees apart from this paragraph, means any person in whom the settled property or its management is for the time being vested.]

(3A) For the purpose of subsection (3) above a body corporate is connected with a settlement if—

(a) it is a close company (or only not a close company because it is not resident in the United Kingdom) and the participators include the trustees of the settlement; or

(b) it is controlled (within the meaning of [F81 section 1124 of CTA 2010]) by a company falling within paragraph (a) above.]

(4) Except in relation to acquisitions or disposals of partnership assets pursuant to bona fide commercial arrangements, a person is connected with any person with whom he is in partnership, and with the [F82 spouse or civil partner] or a relative of any individual with whom he is in partnership.

(5) A company is connected with another company—

(a) if the same person has control of both, or a person has control of one and persons connected with him, or he and persons connected with him, have control of the other, or

(b) if a group of 2 or more persons has control of each company, and the groups either consist of the same persons or could be regarded as consisting of the same persons by treating (in one or more cases) a member of either group as replaced by a person with whom he is connected.

(6) A company is connected with another person, if that person has control of it or if that person and persons connected with him together have control of it.

(7) Any 2 or more persons acting together to secure or exercise control of a company shall be treated in relation to that company as connected with one another and with any person acting on the directions of any of them to secure or exercise control of the company.

(8) In this section “relative” means brother, sister, ancestor or lineal descendant.

Textual Amendments

F75 Words in s. 286(2) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 121

F76 S. 286(3)(3A) substituted for s. 286(3) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 31

F77 Word in s. 286(3)(b) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 45 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 12 para. 43(a), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(15)

F78 S. 286(3)(d)(e) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 45 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 12 para. 43(b)

F79 Words in s. 286(3) repealed (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 12 para. 25(1)(3), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(15)

F80 S. 286(3ZA) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 12 para. 25(2)(3)

F81 Words in s. 286(3A)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 263 (with Sch. 2)

F82 Words in s. 286(4) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 121

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C15 S. 286 applied by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 312G(6)(c) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 37 para. 8 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 5)

[F83 286A Residence of companies U.K.

Chapter 3 of Part 2 of CTA 2009 (rules for determining residence of companies) applies for the purposes of—

(a) this Act (so far as relating to capital gains tax), and

(b) any other enactment relating to capital gains tax,

as it applies for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts.]

Textual Amendments

F83 S. 286A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 384 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

287 Orders and regulations made by the Treasury or the Board. U.K.

(1) Subject to [F84 subsections (2) and (2A)] below, any power of the Treasury or the Board to make any order or regulations under this Act or any other enactment relating to the taxation of chargeable gains passed after this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.

(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to any power conferred by section 288(6).

[F85 (2A) Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to any power conferred by TIOPA 2010 (see instead section [F86 499] of that Act).]

(3) Subject to subsection (4) below and to any other provision to the contrary, any statutory instrument to which subsection (1) above applies shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

(4) Subsection (3) above shall not apply in relation to an order or regulations made under section [F87 1L(2)] or 265 or paragraph 1 of Schedule 9, or—

(a) if any other Parliamentary procedure is expressly provided; or

[F88 (b) if the order or regulations provide for any provision of an enactment relating to the taxation of chargeable gains to come into force or have effect in accordance with the order or regulations.]

Textual Amendments

F84 Words in s. 287(1) substituted (18.3.2010) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(2)(c), Sch. 8 para. 318(2) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F85 S. 287(2A) inserted (18.3.2010) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(2)(c), Sch. 8 para. 318(3) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F86 Word in s. 287(2A) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 10(4)(a)

F87 Word in s. 287(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 86

F88 S. 287(4)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 125(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 125(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C16 S. 287(3) excluded (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 22 para. 14(2)

288 Interpretation. U.K.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the 1979 Act” means the M6 Capital Gains Tax Act 1979;

• F89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “allowable loss” shall be construed in accordance with sections 8(2)[F90 , 16[F91 , 16A][F92 , 261B, 261D] and 263ZA];

• F93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;

• “building society” has the same meaning as in the M7 Building Societies Act 1986;

• [F94 “the Capital Allowances Act” means the Capital Allowances Act 2001;]

• “chargeable period” means a year of assessment or an accounting period of a company for purposes of corporation tax;

• “class”, in relation to shares or securities, means a class of shares or securities of any one company;

• “close company” [F95 shall be construed in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 10 of CTA 2010 (see in particular section 439)];

• “collective investment scheme” has the [F96 meaning given by section 235 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000] [F97 (subject to section 99A)];

• “company” includes any body corporate or unincorporated association but does not include a partnership, and shall be construed in accordance with [F98 section 99];

• “control” shall be construed in accordance with [F99 sections 450 and 451 of CTA 2010];

• [F100 “CTA 2009” means the Corporation Tax Act 2009;]

• [F101 “CTA 2010” means the Corporation Tax Act 2010;]

• [F102 “disposal of a UK residential property interest” has the meaning given by Schedule B1;]

• [F103 “double taxation relief arrangements”—

  (a)

  in relation to a company means arrangements that have effect under section 2(1) of TIOPA 2010 except so far as they have effect in relation to petroleum revenue tax, and

  (b)

  in relation to any other person means arrangements that have effect under section 2(1) of TIOPA 2010 but only so far as they have effect in relation to capital gains tax;]

• “dual resident investing company” has the meaning given by section 404 of the Taxes Act;

• “inspector” means any inspector of taxes;

• “investment trust” has the meaning given by [F104 section 1158 of CTA 2010];

• [F105 “ITEPA 2003” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;]

• [F106 “ITTOIA 2005” means the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005;]

• [F107 “ITA 2007” means the Income Tax Act 2007;]

• “land” includes messuages, tenements, and hereditaments, houses and buildings of any tenure;

• “local authority” has the meaning given by [F108 section 999 of ITA 2007];

• “the Management Act” means the M8 Taxes Management Act 1970;

• [F109 “net income” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Acts (see section 989 of ITA 2007);]

• F110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “notice” means notice in writing;

• F111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F102 “NRCGT return” has the meaning given by section 12ZB(2) of the Management Act;]

• [F114 “offshore fund” has the meaning given in section 355 of TIOPA 2010 (but where two or more offshore funds make up a collective investment scheme they are to be treated as a single offshore fund subject to section 99A of this Act));]

• [F115 “participant”, in relation to a collective investment scheme, has the meaning given by section 103C(10);]

• [F116 “period of account” has the meaning given by [F117 section 989 of ITA 2007];]

• [F118 “permanent establishment”, in relation to a company, is to be read in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 24 of CTA 2010;]

• [F119 “personal representatives” has the same meaning as in [F120 the Corporation Tax Acts (see section 1119 of CTA 2010)];]

• [F121 “property investment LLP” has the meaning given by [F122 section 1004 of ITA 2007];]

• “recognised stock exchange” has the meaning given by [F123 section 1005 of ITA 2007];

• [F124 “registered pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 150(2) of the Finance Act 2004;]

• [F125 “Registrar of Government Stock” means the person or persons appointed in accordance with regulations under section 47(1)(b) of the Finance Act 1942 (see regulation 3 of the Government Stock Regulations 2004);]

• F126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• [F127 “resident” means resident in accordance with the statutory residence test in Part 1 of Schedule 45 to the Finance Act 2013;]

• “shares” includes stock;

• [F128 “split year”, as respects an individual, means a tax year that, as respects that individual, is a split year within the meaning of Part 3 of Schedule 45 to the Finance Act 2013 (statutory residence test: split year treatment);]

• [F129 “stepchild”, in relation to a civil partner, shall be construed in accordance with section 246 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;]

• “the Taxes Act” means the M9 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

• [F130 “TIOPA 2010” means the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010;]

• “trade” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Acts;

• “trading stock” has the meaning given by [F131 section 163 of CTA 2009];

• [F132 “the tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal;]

• [F133 “UK property business” means—

  (a)

  a UK property business within the meaning of the Income Tax Acts (see section 989 of ITA 2007), or

  (b)

  a UK property business within the meaning of the [F134 Corporation Tax Acts (see section 1119 of CTA 2010)];]

• [F135 “venture capital trust” has [F136 the same meaning as in Part 6 of ITA 2007];]

• “wasting asset” has the meaning given by section 44 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 8;

• [F137 “year of assessment” means tax year;]

and any reference to a particular section, Part or Schedule is a reference to that section or Part of, or that Schedule to, this Act.

[F138 (1ZA) In this Act and other enactments relating to capital gains tax “tax year” means a year beginning on 6 April and ending on the following 5 April; and “the tax year 2008-09” means the tax year beginning on 6 April 2008 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are similarly mentioned is to be read in the same way).]

[F139 (1ZB) A reference in this Act to “the overseas part” or “the UK part” of a split year is to be read in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 45 to the Finance Act 2013 (statutory residence test: split year treatment).]

[F140 (1A) If any employment-related securities option would not otherwise be regarded as an option for the purposes of this Act, it shall be so regarded; and the acquisition of securities by an associated person pursuant to an employment-related securities option is to be treated for the purposes of this Act as the exercise of the option.

[F141 In this subsection “employment-related securities option” means a securities option within the meaning of Chapter 5 of Part 7 of ITEPA 2003 (see section 420(8) of that Act) to which that Chapter applies F142 ... (see section 471 of that Act); and other expressions used in this subsection and that Chapter have the same meaning in this subsection as in that Chapter.]]

(2) In this Act “retail prices index” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Acts and, accordingly, any reference in this Act to the retail prices index shall be construed in accordance with [F143 section 989 of ITA 2007].

[F144 (2A) In this Act “consumer prices index” means the all items consumer prices index published by the Statistics Board.]

(3) References in this Act to [F145 an individual living with his spouse or civil partner] shall be construed in accordance with [F146 section 1011 of ITA 2007].

[F147 (3A) For the purposes of this Act, the following are “the no gain/no loss provisions”—

(a) sections 58, 73, 139, 140A, 140E, 171, 211, [F148 211B,] 215, 216, 217A, [F149 217D,] 218 to [F150 220], 257(3), 258(4), 264 and 267(2) of this Act;

(b) section 148 of the 1979 Act;

(c) section 148 of the Finance Act 1982;

(d) section 130(3) of the Transport Act 1985;

F151 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f) paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 7 to the Broadcasting Act 1996;

(g) paragraphs 3 and 9 of Schedule 26 to the Transport Act 2000;

(h) paragraphs 3, 18, 29 and 32 of Schedule 9 to the Energy Act 2004;

(i) paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007;

[F152 (j) Schedule 7 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;]

[F153 (k) paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011;]

[F154 (l) paragraph 1(2) or 4 of Schedule 2 to the Postal Services Act 2011;]

[F155 (m) paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 24 to the Localism Act 2011.]]

F156 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) For the purposes of this Act, shares or debentures comprised in any letter of allotment or similar instrument shall be treated as issued unless the right to the shares or debentures thereby conferred remains provisional until accepted and there has been no acceptance.

[F157 (5A) References in this Act to shares or securities which are listed on a recognised stock exchange shall be construed in accordance with subsections (3) and (4) of section 1005 of ITA 2007.

(5B) References in this Act to shares or securities which are included in the official UK list shall be construed in accordance with subsection (5) of that section.]

(6) In this Act “recognised futures exchange” means the London International Financial Futures Exchange and any other futures exchange which is for the time being designated for the purposes of this Act by order made by the Board.

(7) An order made by the Board under subsection (6) above—

(a) may designate a futures exchange by name or by reference to any class or description of futures exchanges, including, in the case of futures exchanges in a country outside the United Kingdom, a class or description framed by reference to any authority or approval given in that country; and

(b) may contain such transitional and other supplemental provisions as appear to the Board to be necessary or expedient.

[F158 (7A) In the application of this Act to Scotland “surrender” includes renunciation.]

[F159 (7B) For the purposes of this Act, a person is Treaty non-resident at any time if, at that time, he falls to be regarded as resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of double taxation relief arrangements having effect at that time.]

(8) The Table below indexes other general definitions in this Act.

Expression defined	Reference
“Absolutely entitled as against the trustee"	S.60(2)
[F160 Authorised contractual scheme	[F161 s 103D(2)]]
[F162 “Authorised corporate director”	S.272(5AB) (as that provision is inserted by regulation 22(b) of the Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997)]
“Authorised unit trust"	S.99
“Branch or agency"	[F163 s 1B(5)]
“Chargeable gain"	S.15(2)
“Connected", in references to persons being connected with one another	S.286
[F160 Co-ownership scheme	[F161 s 103D(2)]]
“Court investment fund"	S.100
“Gilt-edged securities"	Sch.9
“Indexation allowance"	S.53
“Lease" and cognate expressions	Sch.8 para.10(1)
“Legatee"	S.64(2),(3)
“Market value"	S.272 to 274 and Sch.11
[F164 “Open-ended investment company”	S.99 (as that section is modified by regulation 20 of the Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997)]
“Part disposal"	S.21(2)
[F165 “Principal settlement”	Sch.4ZA para. 1]
“Qualifying corporate bond"	S.117
“Relevant allowable expenditure"	S.53
F166 . . .	F166 . . .
“Settled property"	S.68
[F165 “Settlor”	S.68A]
[F165 “Settlor of property”	S.68A]
[F165 “Sub-fund”	Sch.4ZA para. 1]
[F165 “Sub-fund election”	Sch.4ZA para. 2]
[F165 “Sub-fund settlement”	Sch.4ZA para. 1]
“Unit trust scheme" [F167 and “unit holder”]	[F168 ss 99[F169 , 99A and 151W(a)]]

Textual Amendments

F89 Words in s. 288(1) repealed (22.3.2001) by Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2), Sch. 2 para. 80, Sch. 4

F90 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 6 para. 219(2) (with Sch. 7)

F91 Word in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 27(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 27(4)

F92 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(2)(a) (with Sch. 2)

F93 Words in s. 288(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 87(2)(a)

F94 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (22.3.2001) by Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2), Sch. 2 para. 80

F95 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(2)(a) (with Sch. 2)

F96 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (1.12.2001) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), arts. 1(2)(a), 70

F97 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 118(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 118(4)(a)

F98 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Collective Investment Schemes and Offshore Funds (Amendment of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1204), regs. 1(1), 10(a)

F99 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(2)(b) (with Sch. 2)

F100 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 385(a) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F101 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(2)(g) (with Sch. 2)

F102 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 60 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 34

F103 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 47 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F104 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(2)(c) (with Sch. 2)

F105 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 6 para. 219(3) (with Sch. 7)

F106 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 447(2) (with Sch. 2)

F107 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(2)(b) (with Sch. 2)

F108 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(2)(c) (with Sch. 2)

F109 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(2)(d) (with Sch. 2)

F110 Words in s. 288(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 87(2)(b)

F111 Words in s. 288(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 87(2)(c)

F112 Words in s. 288(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 87(2)(d)

F113 Words in s. 288(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 87(2)(e)

F114 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (8.6.2013) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Tax Transparent Funds, Exchanges, Mergers and Schemes of Reconstruction) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1400), regs. 1(1), 12 (with reg. 1(2))

F115 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (8.6.2013) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Tax Transparent Funds, Exchanges, Mergers and Schemes of Reconstruction) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1400), regs. 1(1), 7(a) (with reg. 1(2))

F116 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 103(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 103(3)

F117 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(2)(e) (with Sch. 2)

F118 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(2)(d) (with Sch. 2)

F119 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 385(b) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F120 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(2)(e) (with Sch. 2)

F121 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 76(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 76(2), Sch. 25 para. 1(3) (with Sch. 3)

F122 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(2)(f) (with Sch. 2)

F123 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(2)(g) (with Sch. 2)

F124 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 284(1), Sch. 35 para. 41 (with Sch. 36)

F125 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (15.11.2004) by The Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No.3) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2744), art. 1, Sch. para. 3(3) (with art. 3)

F126 Words in s. 288(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 87(2)(f)

F127 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 148(3)(a)

F128 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 45 para. 153(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 104(2)

F129 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 122(a)

F130 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (18.3.2010) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(2)(c), Sch. 8 para. 319 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F131 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 385(c) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F132 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 184

F133 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 385(d) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F134 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(2)(f) (with Sch. 2)

F135 Words in s. 288(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 72(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 72(7)

F136 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(2)(h) (with Sch. 2)

F137 Words in s. 288(1) substituted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 101(2)

F138 S. 288(1ZA) inserted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 101(3)

F139 S. 288(1ZB) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 45 para. 153(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 104(3)

F140 S. 288(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 22 para. 54(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 22 para. 54(1)

F141 Words in s. 288(1A) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 6(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 5 para. 5(2)

F142 Words in s. 288(1A) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 48 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 9 paras. 28, 47

F143 Words in s. 288(2) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(3) (with Sch. 2)

F144 S. 288(2A) inserted (with effect for the tax year 2013-14 and subsequent tax years in accordance with s. 34(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 34(4)

F145 Words in s. 288(3) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 122(b)

F146 Words in s. 288(3) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 342(4) (with Sch. 2)

F147 S. 288(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 para. 71 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 2 para. 63

F148 Word in s. 288(3A)(a) inserted (8.6.2013) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Tax Transparent Funds, Exchanges, Mergers and Schemes of Reconstruction) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1400), regs. 1(1), 7(b) (with reg. 1(2))

F149 Words in s. 288(3A)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(3)(a) (with Sch. 2)

F150 Word in s. 288(3A)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 39 para. 18(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 39 para. 17(a)

F151 S. 288(3A)(e) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 264(3)(b), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2)

F152 S. 288(3A)(j) inserted (E.W.) (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 43 (with Sch. 2) (see S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(b))

F153 S. 288(3A)(k) inserted (1.4.2012) by Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 (c. 4), s. 29, Sch. 5 para. 16; S.I. 2011/2576, art. 5

F154 S. 288(3A)(l) inserted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 145; S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

F155 S. 288(3A)(m) inserted (15.11.2011 for specified purposes, 30.3.2012 for E.W.) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(5)(o), Sch. 24 para. 6(3); S.I. 2012/628, art. 3(b)

F156 S. 288(4) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 41 Pt. VIII(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 41 Pt. VIII(3)

F157 S. 288(5A)(5B) inserted (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 26 para. 3

F158 S. 288(7A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 447(3) (with Sch. 2)

F159 S. 288(7B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 74(3)

F160 Words in s. 288(8) inserted (8.6.2013) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Tax Transparent Funds, Exchanges, Mergers and Schemes of Reconstruction) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1400), regs. 1(1), 7(c) (with reg. 1(2))

F161 Word in s. 288(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Collective Investment Schemes and Offshore Funds (Amendment of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1204), regs. 1(1), 10(b)

F162 Words in s. 288(8) inserted (28.4.1997) by The Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1154), regs. 1(1), 23(a)

F163 Words in s. 288(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 87(3)

F164 Words in s. 288(8) inserted (28.4.1997) by The Open-ended Investment Companies (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1154), regs. 1(1), 23(b)

F165 Words in s. 288(8) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 12 para. 26(1)(2)

F166 Words in s. 288(8) omitted (17.7.2013) by virtue of Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 45 para. 148(3)(b)

F167 Words in s. 288(8) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 118(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 118(4)(b)(i)

F168 Words in s. 288(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 118(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 118(4)(b)(ii)

F169 Words in s. 288(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 202 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17 S. 288(3A) extended (1.1.2010) by The Northern Rock plc (Tax Consequences) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3227), regs. 1, 3(2)

C18 S. 288(3A) extended (30.9.2013) by The BRB (Residuary) Limited (Tax Consequences) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2242), arts. 1, 3(a)(ii)

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M6 1979 c. 14.

M7 1986 c. 53.

M8 1970 c. 9.

M9 1988 c. 1.

289 Commencement. U.K.

(1) Except where the context otherwise requires, this Act has effect in relation to tax for the year 1992-93 and subsequent years of assessment, and tax for other chargeable periods beginning on or after 6th April 1992, and references to the coming into force of this Act or any provision in this Act shall be construed accordingly.

(2) The following provisions of this Act, that is—

(a) so much of any provision of this Act as authorises the making of any order or other instrument, and

(b) except where the tax concerned is all tax for chargeable periods to which this Act does not apply, so much of any provision of this Act as confers any power or imposes any duty the exercise or performance of which operates or may operate in relation to tax for more than one chargeable period,

shall come into force for all purposes on 6th April 1992 to the exclusion of the corresponding enactments repealed by this Act.

290 Savings, transitionals, consequential amendments and repeals. U.K.

(1) Schedules 10 (consequential amendments) and 11 (transitory provisions and savings) shall have effect.

(2) No letters patent granted or to be granted by the Crown to any person, city, borough or town corporate of any liberty, privilege, or exemption from subsidies, tolls, taxes, assessments or aids, and no statute which grants any salary, annuity or pension to any person free of any taxes, deductions or assessments, shall be construed or taken to exempt any person, city, borough or town corporate, or any inhabitant of the same, from tax chargeable in pursuance of this Act.

(3) Subject to Schedule 11, the enactments and instruments mentioned in Schedule 12 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule (but Schedule 12 shall not have effect in relation to any enactment in so far as it has previously been repealed subject to a saving which still has effect on the coming into force of this section).

(4) The provisions of this Part of this Act are without prejudice to the provisions of the M10 Interpretation Act 1978 as respects the effect of repeals.

Marginal Citations

M10 1978 c. 30.

291 Short title. U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.