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Part IVU.K. Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Chapter VU.K. Lloyd’s Underwriters: Corporations etc.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. IV Chapter V (ss. 219-230) modified (1.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2681, reg. 3(2)(a)

C2Pt. IV Chapter V (ss. 219-230) applied (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 129(4)(6)

Pt. IV Chapter V (ss. 219-230) applied (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 127(16)(a)(19)

Main provisionsU.K.

219Taxation of profits.U.K.

(1)Corporation tax for any accounting period on the profits arising from a corporate member’s underwriting business shall be computed on the profits of that accounting period.

(2)As respects the profits arising to a corporate member for any accounting period directly from its membership of one or more syndicates, or from assets forming part of a [F1premium] trust fund—

(a)the aggregate of those profits shall be computed for tax purposes under [F2Part 3 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009] ; and

(b)accordingly, no part of those profits shall be computed for those purposes [F3otherwise than under Part 3 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009] .

(3)F4... the profits arising to a corporate member for any accounting period—

(a)from assets forming part of an ancillary trust fund; or

(b)from assets employed by it in, or in connection with, its underwriting business,

shall be computed for tax purposes under [F5Part 3 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009] if, and to the extent that, they do not fall to be computed for those purposes [F6otherwise than under Part 3 of that Act] .

F7(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8(4A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F9(4B)[F10section 1109 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010] (entitlement to tax credit) shall not apply where the distribution there mentioned is a distribution in respect of any asset of a corporate member’s [F1premium] trust fund.]

F11(4C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 219(2)(4)(4B) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 87(a)

F2Words in s. 219(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2009) (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. 392(2)(a) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F3Words in s. 219(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2009) (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. 392(2)(b) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F4Words in s. 219(3) omitted (21.7.2009) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 31 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 14 para. 18(a)

F5Words in s. 219(3) substituted (1.4.2009) (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. 392(3)(a) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F6Words in s. 219(3) substituted (1.4.2009) (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. 392(3)(b) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F7S. 219(4) omitted (21.7.2009) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 31 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 14 para. 18(b)

F8S. 219(4A) omitted (21.7.2009) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 31 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 14 para. 18(b)

F9S. 219(4A)-(4C) inserted (31.7.1997 with effect as mentioned in s. 22(7) of the amending Act) by 1997 c. 58, s. 22(4)

F10Words in s. 219(4B) substituted (1.4.2010) (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. 282 (with Sch. 2)

F11S. 219(4C) omitted (21.7.2009) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 31 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 14 para. 18(b)

220 Accounting period in which certain profits or losses arise.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of section 219 above and all other purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts, the profits or losses arising to a corporate member in any accounting period directly from its membership of one or more syndicates, or from assets forming part of a [F13premium] trust fund, shall be taken to be—

(a)if two underwriting years each fall partly within that period, the aggregate of the apportioned parts of those profits or losses in those years; and

(b)if a single underwriting year falls wholly or partly within that period, those profits or losses or (as the case may be) the apportioned part of those profits or losses in that year.

(2)Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, for the purposes of subsection (1) above and all other purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts—

(a)the profits or losses arising to a corporate member in any underwriting year directly from its membership of one or more syndicates shall be taken to be those of any previous year or years which are declared in that year; and

[F14(b)the profits or losses arising to a corporate member from assets forming part of a premium trust fund which shall be taken to be profits or losses of any underwriting year are—

(i)those allocated under the rules or practice of Lloyd’s to any previous year or years the profits or losses of which are declared in that year, and

(ii)those arising in that year and not so allocated to any previous year or years.]

(3)In this section “apportioned part”, in relation to the profits or losses of an underwriting year, means a part apportioned under [F15section 52 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009] .

Textual Amendments

F13Words in s. 220(1)(2)(b) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 87(b)

F14S. 220(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2007 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Finance Act 1994, Section 220 (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1616), regs. 1(1), 2

F15Words in s. 220(3) substituted (1.4.2009) (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. 393 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F16221 Assessment and collection of tax.U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F16S. 221 repealed (20.7.2005 for specified purposes, 1.1.2006 in so far as not already in force) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), s. 45(4)(8)(9), Sch. 11 Pt. 2(11); S.I. 2005/3337, art. 2

Trust fundsU.K.

222[F17Premium] trust funds.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts—

(a)a corporate member shall be treated as absolutely entitled as against the trustees to the assets forming part of a [F17premium] trust fund belonging to it; and

(b)where a deposit required by a regulatory authority in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom is paid out of such a fund, the money so paid shall be treated as still forming part of that fund.

(2)Where an asset forms part of a corporate member’s [F17premium] trust fund at the beginning of any underwriting year, for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts—

(a)the trustees of the fund shall be treated as acquiring it on that day, and

(b)they shall be treated as paying in respect of the acquisition an amount equal to the value of the asset at the time of the acquisition.

(3)Where an asset forms part of a corporate member’s [F17premium] trust fund at the end of any underwriting year, for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts—

(a)the trustees of the fund shall be treated as disposing of it on that day, and

(b)they shall be treated as obtaining in respect of the disposal an amount equal to the value of the asset at the time of the disposal.

F18(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F18(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F19(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F19(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F17Words in s. 222(1)(a)(2)(3) and sidenote substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 87(c)

F18S. 222(4)(5) repealed (19.3.1997 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 10 para. 7(1), Sch. 18 Pt. VI(10), Note 1 of the repealing Act) by 1997 c. 16, s. 113, Sch. 18 Pt. VI(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F19S. 222(06)(07) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 154(9) of the repealing Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. V(18), Note

223 Ancillary trust funds.U.K.

A corporate member shall be treated for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts as absolutely entitled as against the trustees to the assets forming part of an ancillary trust fund belonging to it.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 223 applied (with modifications) (1.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2681, reg. 5(1)

Other special casesU.K.

F20224. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F20S. 224 repealed (28.7.2000 with effect as mentioned in s. 107(12)(c) of the repealing Act) by 2000 c. 17, ss. 107(11), 156, Sch. 40 Pt. II(9)

225 Stop-loss and quota share insurance.U.K.

(1)In computing for the purposes of corporation tax the profits of a corporate member’s underwriting business, each of the following shall be deductible as an expense, namely—

(a)any premium payable by it under a stop-loss insurance, and any repayment of insurance money paid to it under such an insurance; and

[F21b)where an amount is payable by it under a quota share contract—

(i)so much of that amount as exceeds the amount of transferred losses that are declared on or before the date the contract takes effect (“the declared amount”), or

(ii)if the contract does not take effect, the amount so payable under the contract.]

(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, the following provisions apply where any insurance money is payable to a corporate member under a stop-loss insurance in respect of a loss in its underwriting business—

(a)if the underwriting year in which the loss is declared falls within two or more accounting periods, the apportioned part of the insurance money shall be treated as a trading receipt in computing the profits arising from the business for each of those periods; and

(b)if the underwriting year in which the loss is declared falls within a single accounting period, the insurance money shall be treated as a trading receipt in computing the profits arising from the business for that period.

(3)Where, as respects the payment of any such insurance money as is mentioned in subsection (2) above—

(a)the inspector is not notified of the payment at least 30 days before the time after which any assessment or further assessment of profits for any of the accounting periods or (as the case may be) the accounting period is precluded by section 34 of the Management Act (ordinary time limit), and

(b)the inspector is not entitled, after that time, to make any such assessment or further assessment by virtue of section 36 ( [F22loss of tax brought about carelessly or deliberately] ) of that Act,

that subsection shall have effect in relation to the apportioned part of that insurance money or (as the case may be) that insurance money as if, instead of that accounting period, it referred to the accounting period in which the payment is made.

[F23(3A)Where the amount payable by a corporate member under a quota share contract is less than the declared amount—

(a)if the underwriting year in which the contract takes effect falls within a single accounting period, the difference between the two amounts (“the surplus”) shall be treated as a trading receipt in computing the profits arising from the member’s underwriting business for that period, and

(b)if that underwriting year falls within two or more accounting periods, the apportioned part of the surplus shall be treated as a trading receipt in computing the profits arising from the member’s underwriting business for each of those periods.

(3B)Where a corporate member has entered a quota share contract, any amount paid by it to cover a cash call in respect of transferred losses that are not declared at the time the contract takes effect shall be treated, for the purposes of subsections (1)(b)(i) and (3A) above, as an amount payable under the contract at that time.]

[F24(4)In this section—

Textual Amendments

F21S. 225(1)(b) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 86(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 82(1), Sch. 32 para. 7

F23S. 225(3A)(3B) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 86(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 82(1), Sch. 32 para. 8

F24S. 225(4) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 86(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 82(1), Sch. 32 para. 9

F25Words in s. 225(4) substituted (1.4.2009) (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. 394 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

MiscellaneousU.K.

226 Provisions which are not to apply.U.K.

(1)F26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)F27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F28(3)No relevant contract (within the meaning of [F29Part 7 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009] ) forming part of a premium trust fund of a corporate member shall be a derivative contract.]

Textual Amendments

F26S. 226(1) repealed (with effect as mentioned in s. 80(2) and Sch. 24 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), ss. 80, 141, Sch. 24 para. 7(2), Sch. 40 Pt. 3(11)

F27S. 226(2) repealed (with effect as mentioned in s. 79(3) and Sch. 23 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 141, Sch. 40 Pt. 3(10)

F28S. 226(3) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 83(3)(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 83, Sch. 27 para. 16

F29Words in s. 226(3) substituted (1.4.2009) (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. 395 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

227 Cessation: final underwriting year.U.K.

(1)This section applies where a corporate member ceases to carry on its underwriting business, whether by reason of being wound up or otherwise.

(2)Subject to the provisions of any regulations made by the Board—

(a)the member’s final underwriting year shall be that in which its deposit at Lloyd’s is paid over to it or its liquidator, and

(b)the member’s underwriting business shall be treated as continuing until the end of that year.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4S. 227 excluded (1.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2681, reg. 4(2)

[F30227ARestriction of group reliefU.K.

(1)Losses of the last active underwriting year of a corporate member are not eligible for surrender by the corporate member as group relief to another company unless the group-relief continuity condition is satisfied.

(2)In this section “last active underwriting year”, in relation to a corporate member, means—

(a)if the corporate member writes insurance business in only one underwriting year, that underwriting year, and

(b)otherwise, the last underwriting year in which the corporate member writes insurance business.

(3)Where in an underwriting year—

(a)the corporate member writes an amount of insurance business which is insignificant when compared with that written by it in the preceding underwriting year, or

(b)the only insurance business written by the corporate member consists of the acceptance of reinsurance to close premiums,

the underwriting year is not to be regarded for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) above as an underwriting year in which the corporate member writes insurance business.

(4)In subsection (3)(b) above “reinsurance to close premium” means a premium or other consideration under a contract in pursuance of which, in accordance with the rules or practice of Lloyd's, one underwriting member agrees with another to meet liabilities arising from the latter's underwriting business in an underwriting year so that the accounts of the business for that year may be closed.

(5)The group-relief continuity condition is satisfied if the corporate member (as the surrendering company) and the other company (as the claimant company) meet the conditions in [F31section 131 (the group condition), section 132 (consortium condition 1) or section 133 (consortium conditions 2 and 3) of the Corporation Tax Act 2010] throughout the period—

(a)beginning with the last day of the last active underwriting year of the corporate member, and

(b)ending with the first day of the first underwriting year in which losses of the last active underwriting year are declared.]

Textual Amendments

F30S. 227A inserted (19.7.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 33(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 33(1)

F31Words in s. 227A(5) substituted (1.4.2010) (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. 283 (with Sch. 2)

[F32227BTransfer of underwriting business without change of ownershipU.K.

(1)This section applies where, in accordance with the rules or practice of Lloyd's, a corporate member (“the successor”) has taken up the syndicate capacity of another corporate member (“the predecessor”).

(2)Section 343 of the Taxes Act 1988 (company reconstructions without a change of ownership) applies as if—

(a)the trade mentioned in that section were the underwriting business of the predecessor,

(b)the predecessor ceases to carry it on, and the successor begins to carry it on, at the end of the first underwriting year in which profits or losses of the predecessor's last active underwriting year are declared, and

(c)subsections (8) to (10) and (12) were omitted.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) above the successor has taken up the predecessor's syndicate capacity if it has taken up the rights to participate in syndicates which were (or otherwise would be) offered to the predecessor.

(4)In subsection (2)(b) above “last active underwriting year” has the same meaning as in section 227A above (see subsections (2) to (4) of that section).]

Textual Amendments

F32S. 227B inserted (19.7.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 43(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 43(1)

228 Lloyd’s underwriters: individuals.U.K.

(1)Chapter III of Part II of the 1993 Act (Lloyd’s underwriters: individuals) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 21 to this Act.

(2)The following provisions shall cease to have effect, namely—

(a)section 627 of the Taxes Act 1988 (elections by Lloyd’s underwriters with respect to retirement annuities);

(b)in section 641 of that Act, subsection (2) (elections by Lloyd’s underwriters with respect to carry-back of contributions); and

(c)in section 183 of the 1993 Act, subsection (3) (amendments of sections 627(5) and 641(2) of the Taxes Act 1988).

(3)Subject to any provision to the contrary, the provisions of Schedule 21 to this Act have effect for the year 1994-95 and subsequent years of assessment.

(4)Subsection (2) above has effect for the year 1997-98 and subsequent years of assessment.

SupplementalU.K.

229 Regulations.U.K.

[F33(1)]The Board may by regulations provide—

(a)for the assessment and collection of tax charged in accordance with section 219 above F34...;

(b)for making, in the event of any changes in the rules or practice of Lloyd’s, such amendments of this Chapter as appear to the Board to be expedient having regard to those changes;

(c)for modifying the application of this Chapter in cases where a syndicate continues after the end of its closing year or a corporate member becomes insolvent or otherwise ceases to carry on its underwriting business;

[F35(ca)for modifying the application of this Chapter in relation to cases where assets forming part of a [F36premium] trust fund are the subject of—

F37(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F38(ii)[F39arrangements involving repos (within the meaning given by section 554(4) of the Corporation Tax Act 2009); or

(iii)arrangements meeting the conditions in section 554(2) of that Act (redemption arrangements);]

(d)for giving credit for foreign tax.

[F40(2)Any power to make regulations conferred by this section includes power to make—

(a)different provision for different cases or different purposes, and

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

Textual Amendments

F33S. 229(1): s. 229 renumbered as s. 229(1) (20.7.2005 for specified purposes, 1.1.2006 in so far as not already in force) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), s. 45(5)(8)(9); S.I. 2005/3337, art. 2

F34Words in s. 229(1)(a) repealed (20.7.2005 for specified purposes, 1.1.2006 in so far as not already in force) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), s. 45(6)(8)(9), Sch. 11 Pt. 2(11); S.I. 2005/3337, art. 2

F35S. 229(ca) inserted (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 83(2)

F36Word in s. 229(ca) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 87(e)

F37S. 229(ca)(i) repealed (19.3.1997 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 10 para. 7(1), Sch. 18 Pt. VI(10), Note 1 of the repealing Act) by 1997 c. 16, s. 113, Sch. 18 Pt. VI(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F38S. 229(1)(ca)(ii) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 3 of the commencing S.I.) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 47(4), Sch. 14 para. 19; S.I. 2007/2483, art. 3

F39S. 229(1)(ca)(ii)(iii) substituted for s. 229(1)(ca)(ii) (1.4.2009) (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. 396 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F40S. 229(2) inserted (20.7.2005 for specified purposes, 1.1.2006 in so far as not already in force) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), s. 45(7)(8)(9); S.I. 2005/3337, art. 2

230 Interpretation and commencement.U.K.

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

(2)For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the contrary intention appears—

(a)the profits or losses of a corporate member’s underwriting business include profits or losses arising to it—

(i)from assets forming part of a [F45premium] trust fund or an ancillary trust fund; or

(ii)from assets employed by it in, or in connection with, its underwriting business; and

(b)any charge made on a corporate member by the managing agent of a syndicate of which it is a member, and any expense incurred on its behalf by the managing agent of such a syndicate, shall be treated as expenses arising directly from its membership of that syndicate.

(3)Subject to any provision to the contrary, the provisions of this Chapter have effect for accounting periods ending on or after 1st January 1994 or, as the case may require, for the underwriting year 1994 and subsequent underwriting years.

Textual Amendments

F41S. 230(1): Word in the definition of “ancillary trust fund” substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 87(f)

F42S. 230(1): Definition of “premium trust fund” substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 85

F44Words in s. 230(1) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 86(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 86, Sch. 32 para. 10

F45Word in s. 230(2)(a)(i) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 87(f)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5S. 230 applied (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 127(16)(b)

S. 230 applied (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 105 of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 99, Sch. 11 para. 7(2) (with Pt. IV Chapter II (ss. 80-105))

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