Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3)

Part 13 U.K. Tax avoidance

[F1 CHAPTER 8 U.K. Tainted charity donations

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 13 Ch. 8 inserted (19.7.2011) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 27 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 3 para. 1

Removal of reliefs and imposition of charge to tax U.K.

809ZM Removal of income tax relief in respect of tainted donations etc U.K.

(1) This section applies where a tainted donation is made by a person.

(2) Where (ignoring this Chapter) income tax relief would be available in respect of the tainted donation, that relief is not available.

(3) Where—

(a) (ignoring this Chapter) income tax relief would be available in respect of an associated donation, and

(b) entitlement to that relief is not withdrawn by subsection (2),

that relief is not available.

(4) In this section—

• “associated donation”, in relation to a tainted donation, means a relievable charity donation made—

  (a)

  in accordance with the relevant arrangements, and

  (b)

  by a person, other than—

  (i)

  a qualifying charity-owned company in relation to that relievable charity donation, or

  (ii)

  a relevant housing provider linked (within the meaning of section 809ZJ(7)) with the charity to which that donation is made;

• “income tax relief” means relief under—

  (a)

  section 63(2)(a), (aa) or (ab) of CAA 2001 (gifts of plant and machinery), so far as it applies in relation to income tax,

  (b)

  Part 12 of ITEPA 2003 (payroll giving),

  (c)

  section 108 of ITTOIA 2005 (gifts of trading stock),

  (d)

  Chapter 2 of Part 8 of this Act (gift aid), or

  (e)

  Chapter 3 of that Part (gifts of shares etc);

• “qualifying charity-owned company” has the meaning given by section 809ZJ(8) (except that paragraph (b) of that definition does not apply);

• “relevant housing provider” has the meaning given by section 809ZJ(8);

• “the relevant arrangements”, in relation to a tainted donation, means the arrangements by reference to which Conditions A and B in section 809ZJ are met.

(5) Where entitlement to relief is withdrawn under this section in respect of a donation—

(a) subsections (6) and (7) apply if the relief is under Chapter 2 of Part 8 (gift aid), and

(b) subsection (8) applies if the relief is under Part 12 of ITEPA 2003 (payroll giving).

(6) For the purposes of Step 2 in section 58(1), the donation is not a qualifying donation for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 8.

(7) But—

(a) the donation remains a qualifying donation for the purposes of—

(i) Part 10 (special rules about charitable trusts etc),

(ii) section 899(5) (meaning of “qualifying annual payment”),

(iii) Chapter 2 of Part 11 of CTA 2010 (charitable companies: gifts and other payments),

(iv) section 664 of that Act (community amateur sports clubs: exemption for interest and gift aid income), and

(b) accordingly, section 414(2)(a) (donation treated as made after deduction of basic rate income tax) applies for the purposes of section 520(4) (income tax treated as deducted to be treated as income tax paid by charitable trust).

(8) The donation remains a donation for the purposes of Part 12 of ITEPA 2003 for the purposes of—

(a) section 521A (gifts under payroll deduction scheme: income tax liability and exemption), and

(b) section 472A of CTA 2010 (gifts under payroll reduction scheme: corporation tax liability and exemption).]