Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

469 Two or more persons interested in policy or contract

(1) This section applies if immediately before a chargeable event two or more persons have material interests in the rights under the policy or contract.

(2) Section 470 sets out the circumstances in which persons have such interests for the purposes of this section (which correspond to the circumstances referred to in sections 465 to 468 above and section 547(1) of ICTA (persons liable for tax etc.)).

(3) Section 463 (income charged) applies in the case of any of the persons with such interests as if the amount of the gain arising when the event occurs were such part of it as is proportionate to the share of the rights to which the person’s interest relates.

(4) Sections 464 to 468 (persons liable for tax etc.) apply in relation to each of those persons as if that person were the only person with such an interest at that time.

(5) Section 539(1) (relief for deficiencies) applies in relation to each of those persons as if the amount of deficiency arising when that event occurs were such part of it as is proportionate to the share of the rights to which that person’s interest relates.

(6) If a person (“A”) has two or more material interests in the rights under a policy or contract, this section applies in the same way as where two or more persons have separate such interests, unless A—

(a) is the only person with such interests, and

(b) has all those interests in the same capacity.

(7) If there has been a surrender or assignment of only a part of or share in rights under the policy or contract, the references to those rights in this section and sections 470 to 472 are references to that part or share.