Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

CHAPTER II U.K. INCOME TAX: BASIS OF ASSESSMENT ETC.

Cases I and II U.K.

[F1 60 Assessment on current year basis. U.K.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) below and section 63A, income tax shall be charged under Cases I and II of Schedule D on the full amount of the [F2 profits] of the year of assessment.

(2) Where, in the case of a trade, profession or vocation, a basis period for the year of assessment is given by subsection (3) below or sections 61 to 63, the [F2 profits] of that period shall be taken to be the [F2 profits] of the year.

(3) Subject to sections 61 to 63, the basis period for a year of assessment is as follows—

(a) if the year is the first year of assessment in which there is an accounting date which falls not less than 12 months after the commencement date, the period of 12 months ending with that accounting date; and

(b) if there is a basis period for the immediately preceding year and that basis period is not given by section 61, the period of 12 months beginning immediately after the end of that basis period.

(4) In the case of a person who, if he had not died, would under the provisions of this section and sections 61 to 63A have become chargeable to income tax for any year, the tax which would have been so chargeable—

(a) shall be assessed and charged on his personal representatives, and

(b) shall be a debt due from and payable out of his estate.

(5) In this section and sections 61 to 63—

• “accounting date”, in relation to a year of assessment, means a date in the year to which accounts are made up or, where there are two or more such dates, the latest of those dates;

• “the commencement date” and “the commencement year” mean respectively the date on which and the year of assessment in which the trade, profession or vocation is set up and commenced.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 60 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 200 (with Sch. 20)

F2 Words in s. 60(1)(2) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a)(b), Sch. 7 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 60(2)-(5) excluded (1.12.1997 with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the excluding S.I.) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Scottish Limited Partnerships) (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2681), reg. 6(1)(a)

[F3 61 Basis of assessment at commencement. U.K.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 60, where the year of assessment is the commencement year, the computation of the [F4 profits] chargeable to income tax under Case I or II of Schedule D shall be made on the [F4 profits] arising in the year.

(2) Subject to section 63, where the year of assessment is the year next following the commencement year and—

(a) there is an accounting date in the year and the period beginning with the commencement date and ending with the accounting date is a period of less than 12 months; or

(b) the basis period for the year would, apart from this subsection, be given by section 62(2) and the period beginning with the commencement date and ending with the new date in the year is a period of less than 12 months,

the basis period for the year is the period of 12 months beginning with the commencement date.

(3) In this section “the new date” has the same meaning as in section 62.]

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 61 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 201 (with Sch. 20)

F4 Words in s. 61(1) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a)(b), Sch. 7 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Ss. 61-63A excluded (1.12.1997 with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the excluding S.I.) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Scottish Limited Partnerships) (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2681), reg. 6(1)(a)

[F5 62 Change of basis period. U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) below applies where, in the case of a trade, profession or vocation—

(a) an accounting change, that is, a change from one accounting date (“the old date”) to another (“the new date”), is made or treated as made in a year of assessment; and

(b) either section 62A applies or the year of assessment is the year next following or next but one following the commencement year.

(2) The basis period for the year of assessment is as follows—

(a) if the year is the year next following the commencement year or the relevant period is a period of less than 12 months, the period of 12 months ending with the new date in the year; and

(b) if the relevant period is a period of more than 12 months, that period;

and in this subsection “the relevant period” means the period beginning immediately after the end of the basis period for the preceding year and ending with the new date in the year.

(3) Where subsection (2) above does not apply as respects an accounting change made or treated as made in a year of assessment (“the first year”), this section and section 62A shall have effect in relation to the next following year (“the second year”) as if the change had not been made or treated as made.

(4) As a consequence of subsection (3) above—

(a) an accounting change shall be treated as made in the second year if the date or, as the case may be, the latest date in that year to which accounts are made up is a date other than the date of the end of the basis period for the first year; and

(b) no such change shall be treated as made in the second year if that date is the date of the end of that period.

(5) For the purposes of this section an accounting change is made in the first year of assessment in which accounts are not made up to the old date, or accounts are made up to the new date, or both.]

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 62 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 202 (with Sch. 20)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Ss. 61-63A excluded (1.12.1997 with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the excluding S.I.) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Scottish Limited Partnerships) (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2681), reg. 6(1)(a)

[F6 62A Conditions for such a change. U.K.

(1) This section applies in relation to an accounting change if the following are fulfilled, namely—

(a) the first and second conditions mentioned below, and

(b) either the third or the fourth condition so mentioned.

(2) The first condition is that the first accounting period ending with the new date does not exceed 18 months.

(3) The second condition is

[F7 (a) in the case of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by an individual, that notice of the accounting change is given to an officer of the Board in a return under section 8 of the Management Act on or before the day on which that return is required to be made and delivered under that section;

(b) in the case of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by persons in partnership, that notice of the accounting change is given to an officer of the Board in a return under section 12AA of that Act on or before the day specified in relation to that return under subsection (2) or (3) of that section.]

(4) The third condition is that no accounting change as respects which section 62(2) has applied has been made or treated as made in any of the five years immediately preceding the year of assessment.

(5) The fourth condition is that—

(a) the notice required by the second condition sets out the reasons for which the change is made; and

(b) either the officer is satisfied that the change is made for bona fide commercial reasons or he does not, within 60 days of receiving the notice, give notice to the person carrying on the trade, profession or vocation that he is not so satisfied.

(6) An appeal may be brought against the giving of a notice under subsection (5)(b) above within the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which the notice is given.

(7) Subject to subsection (8) below, the provisions of the Management Act relating to appeals shall have effect in relation to an appeal under subsection (6) above as they have effect in relation to an appeal against an assessment to tax.

(8) On an appeal under subsection (6) above section 50(6) to (8) of the Management Act shall not apply but the Commissioners may—

(a) if they are satisfied that the change is made for bona fide commercial reasons, set the notice under subsection (5)(b) above aside; or

(b) if they are not so satisfied, confirm that notice.

(9) Obtaining a tax advantage shall not be regarded as a bona fide commercial reason for the purposes of subsections (5) and (8) above.

(10) In this section—

(a) “accounting period” means a period for which accounts are made up, and

(b) expressions which are also used in section 62 have the same meanings as in that section.]

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 62A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 203 (with Sch. 20)

F7 Words in. s. 62A(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 135(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 135(1), Sch. 21 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Ss. 61-63A excluded (1.12.1997 with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the excluding S.I.) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Scottish Limited Partnerships) (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2681), reg. 6(1)(a)

[F8 63 Basis of assessment on discontinuance. U.K.

Where a trade, profession or vocation is permanently discontinued in a year of assessment other than the commencement year, the basis period for the year shall be the period beginning—

(a) where the year is the year next following the commencement year, immediately after the end of the commencement year, and

(b) in any other case, immediately after the end of the basis period for the preceding year of assessment,

and (in either case) ending with the date on which the trade, profession or vocation is permanently discontinued.]

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 63 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 204 (with Sch. 20)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 Ss. 61-63A excluded (1.12.1997 with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the excluding S.I.) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Scottish Limited Partnerships) (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2681), reg. 6(1)(a)

[F9 63A Overlap profits and overlap losses. U.K.

(1) Where, in the case of any trade, profession or vocation, the basis period for a year of assessment is given by section 62(2)(b), a deduction shall be made in computing the [F10 profits] of that year of an amount equal to that. given by the formula in subsection (2) below.

(2) The formula referred to in subsection (1) above is—

where—

A = the aggregate of any overlap profits less the aggregate of any amounts previously deducted under subsection (1) above;

B = the number of days in the basis period;

C = the number of days in the year of assessment;

D = the aggregate of the overlap periods of any overlap profits less the aggregate number of days given by the variable “B — C” in any previous applications of this subsection.

(3) Where, in the case of any trade, profession or vocation, the basis period for a year of assessment is given by section 63, a deduction shall be made in computing the [F10 profits] of that year of an amount equal to—

(a) the aggregate of any overlap profits, less

(b) the aggregate of any amounts deducted under subsection (1) above.

(4) Where, in the case of any trade, profession or vocation, an amount of a loss would, apart from this subsection, fall to be included in the computations for two successive years of assessment, that amount shall not be included in the computation for the second of those years.

(5) In this section—

• “overlap profit” means an amount of [F10 profits] which, by virtue of sections 60 to 62, is included in the computations for two successive years of assessment; and

• “overlap period”, in relation to an overlap profit, means the number of days in the period in which the overlap profit arose.]

Textual Amendments

F9 S. 63A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 205 (with Sch. 20)

F10 Words in s. 63A(1)(3)(5) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a)(b), Sch. 7 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 Ss. 61-63A excluded (1.12.1997 with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the excluding S.I.) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Scottish Limited Partnerships) (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2681), reg. 6(1)(a)

Cases III, IV and V U.K.

[F11 64 Case III assessments. U.K.

Income tax under Case III of Schedule D shall be computed on the full amount of the income arising within the year of assessment, and shall be paid on the actual amount of that income, without any deduction.]

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 64 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 206 (with Sch. 20)

65 Cases IV and V assessments: general. U.K.

(1) M1 Subject to the provisions of this section F12 . . . , income tax chargeable under Case IV or Case V of Schedule D shall be computed on the full amount of the income arising in F12 . . . the year of assessment, whether the income has been or will be received in the United Kingdom or not, subject in the case of income not received in the United Kingdom—

(a) to the same deductions and allowances as if it had been so received, and

(b) to a deduction on account of any annuity or other annual payment (not being interest) payable out of the income to a person not resident in the United Kingdom.

(2) M2 F13 . . . Income tax chargeable under Case IV or V of Schedule D on income arising from any pension shall be computed on the amount of that income subject to a deduction of one-tenth of the amount of the income.

[F14 (2A) F15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2B) F15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(3) M3 Income tax chargeable under Case IV or V of Schedule D on income which is immediately derived by a person from the carrying on by him of any trade, profession or vocation either solely or in partnership shall be computed in accordance with the rules applicable to Cases I and II of Schedule D [F16 (including sections 60 to 63A and 113)]; and subsection (1)(a) above shall not apply.

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(4) [F18 M4 Subsections (1) to (3)] above [F19 and section 65A below] shall not apply to any person who [F20 makes a claim to the Board stating] that he is not domiciled in the United Kingdom, or that, being a Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland, he is not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

(5) M5 Where subsection (4) above applies the tax shall, F21 . . . , be computed—

(a) in the case of tax chargeable under Case IV, on the full amount, so far as the same can be computed, of the sums received in the United Kingdom in F21 . . . the year of assessment, without any deduction or abatement; and

(b) in the case of tax chargeable under Case V, on the full amount of the actual sums received in the United Kingdom in F21 . . . the year of assessment from remittances payable in the United Kingdom, or from property imported, or from money or value arising from property not imported, or from money or value so received on credit or on account in respect of any such remittances, property, money or value brought or to be brought into the United Kingdom, without any deduction or abatement other than is allowed under the provisions of the Income Tax Acts in respect of [F22 profits] charged under Case I of Schedule D.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5) above, any income arising from securities or possessions out of the United Kingdom which is applied outside the United Kingdom by a person ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom in or towards satisfaction of—

(a) any debt for money lent to him in the United Kingdom or for interest on money so lent, or

(b) any debt for money lent to him outside the United Kingdom and received in or brought to the United Kingdom, or

(c) any debt incurred for satisfying in whole or in part a debt falling within paragraph (a) or (b) above,

shall be treated as received by him in the United Kingdom (and, for the purposes of subsection (5)(b) above, as so received from remittances payable in the United Kingdom).

(7) Where a person ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom receives in or brings to the United Kingdom money lent to him outside the United Kingdom, but the debt for that money is wholly or partly satisfied before he does so, subsection (6) above shall apply as if the money had been received in or brought to the United Kingdom before the debt was so satisfied, except that any sums treated by virtue of that subsection as received in the United Kingdom shall be treated as so received at the time when the money so lent is actually received in or brought to the United Kingdom.

(8) Where—

(a) a person (“the borrower”) is indebted for money lent to him, and

(b) income is applied by him in such a way that the money or property representing it is held by the lender on behalf of or to the account of the borrower in such circumstances as to be available to the lender for the purpose of satisfying or reducing the debt by set-off or otherwise,

that income shall be treated as applied by the borrower in or towards satisfaction of the debt if, under any arrangement between the borrower and the lender, the amount for the time being of the borrower’s indebtedness to the lender, or the time at which the debt is to be repaid in whole or in part, depends in any respect directly or indirectly on the amount or value so held by the lender.

(9) For the purposes of subsections (6) to (8) above—

(a) a debt for money lent shall, to the extent to which that money is applied in or towards satisfying another debt, be deemed to be a debt incurred for satisfying that other debt, and a debt incurred for satisfying in whole or in part a debt falling within paragraph (c) of subsection (6) above shall itself be treated as falling within that paragraph; and

(b) “lender” includes, in relation to any money lent, any person for the time being entitled to repayment.

Textual Amendments

F12 Words in s. 65(1) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 218(1) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), ss. 207(1), 258, Sch. 26 Pt. 5(24), Note 7 (with Sch. 20)

F13 Words in s. 65(2) repealed (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the repealing Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 9, Sch. 8 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 7)

F14 S. 65(2A)(2B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 41(5)-(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 41(1)

F15 S. 65(2A)(2B) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2)(3) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 23(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(4), Note (with Sch. 5 para. 73)

F16 Words in s. 65(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with ss. 207(6) and 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 207(2)(a) (with Sch. 20)

F17 Words in s. 65(3) repealed (with effect in accordance with ss. 207(6) and 218(1)(b) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), ss. 207(2)(b), 258, Sch. 26 Pt. 5(24), Note 1 (with Sch. 20)

F18 Words in s. 65(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 41(5)-(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 41(1)

F19 Words in s. 65(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 38(1), Sch. 5 para. 23(b) (with Sch. 5 para. 73)

F20 Words in s. 65(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 134(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 134(1), Sch. 20 para. 3

F21 Words in s. 65(5) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 218(1) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), ss. 207(3), 258, Sch. 26 Pt. 5(24), Note 7 (with Sch. 20)

F22 Words in s. 65(5)(b) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a)(b), Sch. 7 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 See 1990 s.56and Sch.10 para.12(4)—tax on income in respect of chargeable securities on income of year of assessment.

C8 See—1979(C) s.14(2)—capital gains tax on gains applied outside the United Kingdom in payment of certain debts.1989 s.94and Sch.11 paras.5, 13—deep gain securities.

C9 See 1988(F) s.38(9)—no deduction under s.65(1)(b)on account of a payment to which s.38 (maintenance payments)applies.

C10 S. 65(6)-(9) applied (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 12(2), 289 (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3)).

Marginal Citations

M1 SOURCE-1970 s. 122(1)(a), (b)

M2 SOURCE-1974 S. 22(1)

M3 SOURCE-1974 s. 23(1), 6(b)

M4 SOURCE-1970 s. 122(2)(a)

M5 SOURCE-1970 s. 122(3)–(7)

[F23 [F24 65A Case V income from land outside UK: income tax. U.K.

(1) This section applies where a person is chargeable to income tax under Case V of Schedule D in respect of income which—

(a) arises from a business carried on for the exploitation, as a source of rents or other receipts, of any estate, interest or rights in or over land outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) is not income to which section 65(3) applies (income immediately derived from carrying on a trade, profession or vocation).

(2) The provisions of Schedule A apply to determine whether income falls within subsection (1)(a) above as they would apply to determine whether the income fell within paragraph 1(1) of that Schedule if—

(a) the land in question were in the United Kingdom, or

(b) a caravan or houseboat which is to be used at a location outside the United Kingdom were to be used at a location in the United Kingdom.

(3) Any provision of the Taxes Acts which deems there to be a Schedule A business in the case of land in the United Kingdom applies where the corresponding circumstances arise with respect to land outside the United Kingdom so as to deem there to be a business within subsection (1)(a) above.

(4) All businesses and transactions carried on or entered into by a particular person or partnership, so far as they are businesses or transactions the income from which is chargeable to tax under Case V of Schedule D in accordance with this section, are treated for the purposes of the charge to tax under Case V as, or as entered into in the course of carrying on, a single business (an “overseas property business").

(5) The income from an overseas property business shall be computed for the purposes of Case V of Schedule D in accordance with the rules applicable to the computation of the profits of a Schedule A business.

Those rules apply separately in relation to—

(a) an overseas property business, and

(b) any actual Schedule A business of the person chargeable,

as if each were the only Schedule A business carried on by that person.

(6) Sections 80 and 81 (expenses in connection with foreign trades and travel between trades etc.) do not apply in relation to the computation of the profits of an overseas property business.

(7) Sections 503 and 504 of this Act F25 . . . do not apply to the profits or losses of an overseas property business.

(8) Where under this section rules expressed by reference to domestic concepts of law apply in relation to land outside the United Kingdom, they shall be interpreted so as to produce the result that most closely corresponds with the result produced for Schedule A purposes in relation to land in the United Kingdom.]]

Textual Amendments

F23 S. 65A substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 38(1), Sch. 5 para. 24 (with Sch. 5 para. 73)

F24 S. 65A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 41(5)-(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 41(2)

F25 Words in s. 65A(7) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 579 of the repealing Act) by Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2), Sch. 2 para. 13, Sch. 4 (with Sch. 3)

66 Special rules for fresh income. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F26 S. 66 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 218(1) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), ss. 207(4), 258, Sch. 26 Pt. 5(24), Note 7 (with Sch. 20)

67 Special rules where source of income disposed of or yield ceases. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F27 S. 67 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 218(1) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), ss. 207(4), 258, Sch. 26 Pt. 5(24), Note 7 (with Sch. 20)

68 Special rules where property etc. situated in Republic of Ireland. U.K.

(1) M6 Notwithstanding anything in [F28 section 65], but subject to the provisions of this section, income tax chargeable under Case IV or V of Schedule D shall, in the case of property situated and [F29 profits] arising in the Republic of Ireland, be computed on the full amount of the income arising in the year of assessment, whether the income has been or will be received in the United Kingdom or not, subject in the case of income not received in the United Kingdom—

(a) to the same deductions and allowances as if it had been so received; and

(b) to a deduction on account of any annuity or other annual payment (not being interest) payable out of the income to a person not resident in the United Kingdom.

(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply—

(a) to any income which is immediately derived by a person from the carrying on by him of any trade, profession or vocation, either solely or in partnership; or

(b) to any income which arises from any pension.

(3) The tax in respect of any such income as is mentioned in subsection (2) above arising in the Republic of Ireland shall be computed either—

(a) on the full amount thereof arising in the year of assessment; or

(b) on the full amount thereof on an average of such period as the case may require and as may be directed by the inspector;

so that, according to the nature of the income, the tax may be computed on the same basis as that on which it would have been computed if the income had arisen in the United Kingdom, and subject in either case to a deduction on account of any annuity or other annual payment (not being interest) payable out of the income to a person not resident in the United Kingdom; and the person chargeable and assessable shall be entitled to the same allowances, deductions and reliefs as if the income had arisen in the United Kingdom.

The jurisdiction of the General or Special Commissioners on any appeal shall include jurisdiction to review the inspector’s decision under this subsection.

[F30 (3A) The fact that the allocations of shares in the company to which persons who are not directors or employees of the company are entitled are smaller than those to which directors or employees of the company are entitled shall not be regarded for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) above as meaning that they are not entitled on similar terms if—

(a) each of the first-mentioned persons is also entitled, by reason of his office or employment and in priority to members of the public, to an allocation of shares in another company or companies which are offered to the public (at a fixed rate or by tender) at the same time as the shares in the company, and

(b) in the case of each of those persons the aggregate value (measured by reference to the fixed price or the lowest price successfully tendered) of all the shares included in the allocations to which he is entitled is the same, or as nearly the same as is reasonably practicable, as that of the shares in the company included in the entitlement of a comparable director or employee of the company.]

(4) In charging any income which is excluded from subsection (1) above by subsection (2)(a) above there shall be the same limitation on reliefs as under section 391(2) in the case of income computed by virtue of section 65(3) in accordance with the rules applicable to Cases I and II of Schedule D.

(5) In charging income arising from a pension under subsection (3) above, a deduction of one-tenth shall be allowed unless it is the income of a person falling within section 65(4).

Textual Amendments

F28 Words in s. 68(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 207(5) (with Sch. 20)

F29 Words in s. 68(1) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a)(b), Sch. 7 para. 1

F30 1990 s.79in relation to offers made on or after 26July 1990.

Marginal Citations

M6 SOURCE-1970 Sch. 12 Pt. III 2; 1976 s. 49(4), (6)

[F31 68A Share incentive plans: application of section 68B U.K.

(1) Section 68B applies for income tax purposes in connection with shares awarded under an approved share incentive plan.

(2) But that section does not apply to an individual if, at the time of the award of shares in question—

(a) the earnings from the eligible employment are not (or would not be if there were any) general earnings to which any of the charging provisions of Chapter 4 or 5 of Part 2 of ITEPA 2003 apply, or

(b) in the case of an award made before 6th April 2003, he was not chargeable to tax under Schedule E in respect of the employment by reference to which he met the requirement of paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 2000 (employee share ownership plans: the employment requirement) in relation to the plan.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a)—

(a) “the eligible employment” means the employment which results in the individual meeting the employment requirement in relation to the plan, and

(b) the reference to any of the charging provisions of Chapter 4 or 5 of Part 2 of ITEPA 2003 has the same meaning as it has in the employment income Parts of that Act (see sections 14(3) and 20(3) of that Act).]

Textual Amendments

F31 Ss. 68A-68C inserted (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 10 (with Sch. 7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11 Ss. 68A-68C applied (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the affecting Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 2 para. 87 (with Sch. 7)

[F31 68B Share incentive plans: cash dividends and dividend shares U.K.

(1) Where a cash dividend is paid over to a participant under paragraph 68(4) of Schedule 2 to ITEPA 2003 (cash dividend paid over if not reinvested), the participant is chargeable to tax on the amount paid over, to the extent that it represents a foreign cash dividend, under Case V of Schedule D for the year of assessment in which the dividend is paid over to the participant.

(2) If dividend shares cease to be subject to the plan before the end of the period of three years beginning with the date on which the shares were acquired on the participant’s behalf, the participant is chargeable to tax on the amount of the relevant dividend, to the extent that it represents a foreign cash dividend, under Case V of Schedule D for the year of assessment in which the shares cease to be subject to the plan.

For this purpose “the relevant dividend” is the cash dividend applied to acquire those shares on the participant’s behalf.

(3) Where the participant is charged to tax under subsection (2) the tax due shall be reduced by the amount or aggregate amount of any tax paid on any capital receipts under section 501 of ITEPA 2003 in respect of those shares.

(4) Subsection (2) has effect subject to section 498 of that Act (no charge on shares ceasing to be subject to plan in certain circumstances).]

Textual Amendments

F31 Ss. 68A-68C inserted (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 10 (with Sch. 7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 Ss. 68A-68C applied (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the affecting Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 2 para. 87 (with Sch. 7)

[F31 68C Share incentive plans: interpretation U.K.

(1) Sections 68A and 68B and this section form part of the SIP code (see section 488 of ITEPA 2003 (approved share incentive plans)).

(2) Accordingly, expressions used in those sections and contained in the index at the end of Schedule 2 to that Act (approved share incentive plans) have the meaning indicated by that index.

(3) In section 68B, “foreign cash dividend” means a cash dividend paid in respect of plan shares in a company not resident in the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F31 Ss. 68A-68C inserted (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 10 (with Sch. 7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 Ss. 68A-68C applied (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the affecting Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 2 para. 87 (with Sch. 7)

Case VI U.K.

[F32 69 Case VI assessments. U.K.

Income tax under Case VI of Schedule D shall be computed on the full amount of the profits or gains arising in the year of assessment.]

Textual Amendments

F32 S. 69 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 218 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 208 (with Sch. 20)