Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

[F1 Rebated or reinvested commission U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 541A, 541B and cross-heading inserted (19.7.2007 with effect as stated in s. 29(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 29(3)

541A Effect of rebated or reinvested commission in certain cases U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a chargeable event within section 484(1)(a)(i) to (iii), (c) or (e) occurs in respect of a policy or contract,

(b) commission in respect of the policy or contract has at any time been rebated or reinvested, and

(c) condition A or B is met.

(2) For the purposes of performing the calculation in section 494 (total allowable deductions) for the chargeable event, the total amount of premiums under the policy or contract paid in the period mentioned in section 494(1) or (2)(b) is to be reduced by the total amount of commission attributable to those premiums that has been rebated or reinvested.

(3) Condition A is that the total amount of premiums under the policy or contract paid in a relevant period exceeds £100,000.

(4) Condition B is that—

(a) at a time when the policy or contract was the taxable person's, the taxable person's policies and contracts exceeded the relevant threshold as respects a relevant period, and

(b) premiums under the policy or contract were paid in that relevant period.

(5) In subsection (4)(a) “taxable person” means the person whose policy or contract the policy or contract is, immediately before the chargeable event.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (4)(a) a person's policies and contracts “exceed the relevant threshold” as respects a relevant period if the total amount of premiums under them paid in that relevant period exceeds the sum specified in subsection (3).

(7) In this section “relevant period” means—

(a) the period beginning with the beginning of the tax year in which the chargeable event occurs and ending with the chargeable event, or

(b) any of the 3 preceding tax years.

(8) The Treasury may by order—

(a) substitute another sum for the sum for the time being specified in subsection (3);

(b) amend the definition of “relevant period”.

541B Section 541A: further definitions U.K.

(1) This section supplements section 541A.

(2) “Commission”, in relation to a policy or contract, includes any passing of value to or for the benefit of an intermediary, or a person connected with an intermediary, that can reasonably be taken to represent a reward in respect of the policy or contract.

(3) Commission in respect of a policy or contract is “reinvested” if, as a result of a waiver of an entitlement to it, there is an increase in the total value of a relevant person's policies and contracts.

(4) The amount of commission reinvested is the amount of the increase.

(5) Commission in respect of a policy or contract is “rebated” if—

(a) value passes (directly or indirectly) from an intermediary, or a person connected with an intermediary, to or for the benefit of a relevant person (and the passing of value does not amount to the reinvestment of the commission), and

(b) the passing of value can reasonably be taken to be in respect of the commission.

(6) The amount of commission rebated is the amount of value passed.

(7) A policy or contract is a person's policy or contract if a gain arising in connection with it would be—

(a) a gain for which the person, or (if the person is an individual) the person's spouse or civil partner, would be liable to tax under this Chapter, or

F2 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8) Any necessary apportionment is to be made (on a just and reasonable basis) as regards—

(a) commission which is attributable to two or more premiums, and

(b) any part of such commission that has been rebated or reinvested.

(9) Commission which is in respect of one or more policies or contracts (but is not attributable to particular premiums) is to be attributed to such premiums as is just and reasonable.

(10) In subsections (3) and (5), “relevant person” means—

(a) any of the policyholders (including any of the persons who hold the contract),

(b) a person who beneficially owns the rights under the policy or contract,

(c) if those rights are held on trust, any of the trustees, or

(d) a person connected with a person within any of paragraphs (a) to (c).]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 541B(7)(b) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 18 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 14 para. 15