3U.K.After section 551 of the Taxes Act 1988 (right of individual to recover tax from trustees) there shall be inserted—
(1)Where—
(a)an amount is included in a company’s income by virtue of section 547(1)(b), and
(b)the rights or share in question were held immediately before the happening of the chargeable event on trust,
the company shall be entitled to recover from the trustees, to the extent of any sums, or to the value of any benefits, received by them by reason of the event, the amount (if any) by which T1 exceeds T2.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above—
T1 is the tax with which the company is chargeable for the accounting period in question; and
T2 is the tax with which the company would have been chargeable for the accounting period if the amount mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above had not been included as there mentioned.
(3)A company may require the Board to certify any amount recoverable by the company by virtue of this section, and the certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the amount.”