Income Tax Act 2007

Transfers of assets abroad: whether trustees are “persons abroad” U.K.

134 (1) This paragraph deals with whether section 475 (residence of trustees) applies in determining if the single person mentioned in section 474 is a person abroad (as defined in section 718) for the purposes of sections 727 to 730 (charge where individuals receive capital sums as a result of transfers of assets abroad etc) (and accordingly whether section 718(2)(b) applies for those purposes). U.K.

(2) Section 475 does not apply for the purposes of sections 727 to 730 in relation to income payable before 15 June 1989.

(3) Section 475 does not apply for the purposes of sections 727 to 730 in relation to income payable on or after 15 June 1989 if—

(a) the individual received or became entitled to receive the capital sum mentioned in section 729(1) before that date, and

(b) the capital sum was wholly repaid or the right to it waived before 1 October 1989.

(4) In sub-paragraph (3) “capital sum” has the meaning given in section 729, and subsection (4) of that section applies for the purposes of that sub-paragraph as it applies for the purposes of section 729(1).

135 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) deals with whether section 474 (trustees of settlement to be treated as a single and distinct person) and section 475 (residence of trustees) apply for the purposes of sections 731 to 735 (charge where benefit received) (and accordingly whether section 718(2)(b) applies for those purposes). U.K.

(2) Sections 474 and 475 do not apply for the purposes of sections 731 to 735 in relation to benefits received before 15 June 1989.

(3) Sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) apply for the purposes of section 733 (income charged under section 731) in finding the amount of income treated as arising under section 732(2) in respect of benefits received on or after 15 June 1989.

(4) In determining the relevant income of an earlier tax year for the purposes of section 733(1) (see Step 4), income that arose to the trustees of a settlement before 6 April 1989 is treated as arising to persons abroad if one or more of the trustees were resident outside the United Kingdom, even though one or more were not so resident.

(5) But sub-paragraph (4) does not apply if the trustees have been charged to tax on that income.