Finance Act 2000

41 Covenanted payments to charities.U.K.

(1)In subsection (5)(b) of section 338 of the Taxes Act 1988 (allowances of charges on income and capital), for “a covenanted donation to charity" there shall be substituted “ a qualifying donation ”.

(2)In section 347A of that Act (annual payments and interest: general rule), subsections (2)(b), (7) and (8) shall cease to have effect.

F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)In subsection (6) of section 505 of that Act (charities: general), the words “and, for this purpose, all covenanted payments to charity (within the meaning of section 347A(7)) shall be treated as a single item” shall cease to have effect.

F2(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7)Section 59 of the M1Finance Act 1989 (covenanted subscriptions) shall cease to have effect.

(8)Where a deed of covenant executed by an individual before 6th April 2000 provides for the payment of specified amounts, any amount payable under the deed on or after that date shall be determined as if the individual were entitled to deduct tax from that amount at the basic rate.

(9)This section shall have effect in relation to covenanted payments—

(a)falling to be made by individuals on or after 6th April 2000; or

(b)made by companies on or after 1st April 2000.

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