Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

Annual payments U.K.

[F1 347A General rule. U.K.

(1) A payment to which this section applies shall not be a charge on the income of the person liable to make it, and accordingly—

(a) his income shall be computed without any deduction being made on account of the payment, and

(b) the payment shall not form part of the income of the person to whom it is made or of any other person.

(2) This section applies to any annual payment made by an individual which would otherwise be within the charge to tax under Case III of Schedule D except—

(a) a payment of interest;

(b) a covenanted payment to charity F2 . . . ;

(c) a payment made for bona fide commercial reasons in connection with the individual’s trade, profession or vocation; and

(d) a payment to which section 125(1) applies.

(3) This section applies to a payment made by personal representatives (within the meaning given in section 701(4)) where—

(a) the deceased would have been liable to make the payment if he had not died, and

(b) this section would have applied to the payment if he had made it.

(4) A maintenance payment arising outside the United Kingdom shall not be within the charge to tax under Case V of Schedule D if, because of this section, it would not have been within the charge of tax under Case III had it arisen in the United Kingdom; and for this purpose “maintenance payment” means a periodical payment (not being an instalment of a lump sum) which satisfies the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 347B(5).

(5) No deduction shall be made under section 65(1)(b) [F3 , 68(1)(b) or 192(3)]] on account of an annuity or other annual payment which would not have been within the charge to tax under Case III of Schedule D if it had arisen in the United Kingdom.

(6) References in subsection (2) above to an individual include references to a Scottish partnership in which at least one partner is an individual.

[F4 (7) In subsection (2)(b) above “a covenanted payment to charity” means a payment made under a covenant made otherwise than for consideration in money or money’s worth in favour of a body of persons or trust established for charitable purposes only whereby the like annual payments (of which the payment in question is one) become payable for a period which may exceed three years and is not capable of earlier termination under any power exercisable without the consent of the persons for the time being entitled to the payments.

(8) For the purposes of subsection (7) above the bodies mentioned in section 507 shall each be treated as a body of persons established for charitable purposes only.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 347A, 347B inserted by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), s. 36(1)(3)-(5)

F2 Words in s. 347A(2)(b) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 29 Pt. 8(8) Note of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 29 Pt. 8(8)

F3 Words in s. 347A(5) inserted (16.7.1992 with effect for the year 1992-93 and subsequent years of assessment) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s.60.

F4 S. 347A(7)(8) inserted (with effect and application in accordance with s. 74 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 4(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 347A applied (with effect in accordance with s. 36(8) of the affecting Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 36(7)

C2 S. 347A applied (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), 149

C3 S. 347A applied (with effect and application in accordance with s. 74 of the affecting Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 4(1)

C4 S. 347A applied (with modifications) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 79(1)(2)

[F5 347B Qualifying maintenance payments. U.K.

(1) In this section “qualifying maintenance payment” means a periodical payment which—

(a) is made under an order made by a court [F6 in a member State]], or under a written agreement the [F7 law applicable to] which is the law of [F6 a member State or of a part of a member State]

(b) is made by one of the parties to a marriage (including a marriage which has been dissolved or annulled) either—

(i) to or for the benefit of the other party and for the maintenance of the other party, or

(ii) to the other party for the maintenance by the other party of any child of the family,

(c) is due at a time when—

(i) the two parties are not a married couple living together, and

(ii) the party to whom or for whose benefit the payment is made has not remarried, and

(d) is not a payment in respect of which relief from tax is available to the person making the payment under any provision of the Income Tax Acts other than this section.

(2) F8 . . . subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, a person making a claim for the purpose shall be entitled, [F9 for a year of assessment to an income tax reduction calculated by reference to] an amount equal to the aggregate amount of any qualifying maintenance payments made by him which fall due in that year.

(3) [F10 The amount by reference to which any income tax reduction is to be calculated under this section shall be limited to] the amount [F11 specified in section 257A(1) for the year].

(4) Where qualifying maintenance payments falling due in a year of assessment are made by a person who also makes other maintenance payments attracting relief for that year, subsection (3) above shall apply as if the limit imposed by it were reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate amount of those other payments.

(5) The reference in subsection (4) above to other maintenance payments attracting relief for a year is a reference to periodical payments which—

(a) are made under an order made by a court (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) or under a written or oral agreement, and

(b) are made by a person—

(i) as one of the parties to a marriage (including a marriage which has been dissolved or annulled) to or for the benefit of the other party to the marriage and for the maintenance of the other party, or

(ii) to any person under 21 years of age for his own benefit, maintenance or education, or

(iii) to any person for the benefit, maintenance or education of a person under 21 years of age,

and in respect of which the person making them is entitled [F12 by virtue of section 36(3) of the Finance Act 1988 but otherwise than in accordance with section 38(2)(a) of that Act] to make a deduction in computing his income for the year.

[F13 (5A) Where any person is entitled under this section for any year of assessment to an income tax reduction calculated by reference to the amount determined in accordance with subsections (2) to (5) above (“the relevant amount”), the amount of that person’s liability for that year to income tax on his total income shall be the amount to which he would have been liable apart from this section less whichever is the smaller of—

(a) the amount equal to the appropriate percentage of the relevant amount; and

(b) the amount which reduces his liability to nil;

and in this subsection “the appropriate percentage” means 20 per cent. for the year 1994-95 and 15 per cent. for the year 1995-96 and subsequent years of assessment.

(5B) In determining for the purposes of subsection (5A) above the amount of income tax to which a person would be liable apart from any income tax reduction under this section, no account shall be taken of—

(a) any income tax reduction under Chapter I of Part VII;

(b) any relief by way of a reduction of liability to tax which is given in accordance with any arrangements having effect by virtue of section 788 or by way of a credit under section 790(1); or

(c) any tax at the basic rate on so much of that person’s income as is income the income tax on which he is entitled to charge against any other person or to deduct, retain or satisfy out of any payment.]

(6) The reference in subsection (1)above to a married couple living together shall be construed in accordance with section 282(1),but section 282(2)shall not apply for the purposes of this sectionF14 .

(7) In this section—

• “child of the family”, in relation to the parties to a marriage, means a person under 21 years of age—

  (a)

  who is a child of both those parties, or

  (b)

  who (not being a person who has been boarded out with them by a public authority or voluntary organisation) has been treated by both of them as a child of their family;

• “periodical payment” does not include an instalment of a lump sum.

[F15 (8) In subsections (1)(a) and (5)(a) above, the reference to an order made by a court in the United Kingdom includes a reference to a maintenance assessment.

(9) Where—

(a) any periodical payment is made under a maintenance assessment by one of the parties to a marriage (including a marriage which has been dissolved or annulled),

(b) the other party to the marriage is, for the purposes of the Child Support Act 1991 or (as the case may be) the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, a parent of the child or children with respect to whom the assessment has effect,

(c) the assessment was not made under section 7 of the Child Support Act 1991 (right of child in Scotland to apply for maintenance assessment), and

(d) any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (10) below is satisfied,

this section shall have effect as if the payment had been made to the other party for the maintenance by that other party of that child or (as the case may be) those children.

(10) The conditions are that—

(a) the payment is made to the Secretary of State in accordance with regulations made under section 29 of the Child Support Act 1991, by virtue of subsection (3)(a)(ii) of that section;

(b) the payment is made to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland in accordance with regulations made under Article 29 of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, by virtue of paragraph (3)(a)(ii) of that Article;

(c) the payment is retained by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulations made under section 41 of that Act;

(d) the payment is retained by the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland in accordance with regulations made under Article 38 of that Order.

(11) In this section “maintenance assessment” means a maintenance assessment made under the Child Support Act 1991 or the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.

(12) Where any periodical payment is made to the Secretary of State or to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland—

(a) by one of the parties to a marriage (including a marriage which has been dissolved or annulled), and

(b) under an order made under section 106 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 or section 101 of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (recovery of expenditure on benefit from person liable for maintenance) in respect of income support claimed by the other party to the marriage,

this section shall have effect as if the payment had been made to the other party to the marriage to or for the benefit, and for the maintenance, of that other party or (as the case may be) to that other party for the maintenance of the child or children concerned.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Ss. 347A, 347B inserted by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), s. 36(1)(3)-(5)

F6 Words in s. 347B(1)(a) substituted (16.7.1992 with effect for the year 1992-93 and subsequent years of assessment) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 61.

F7 Words in s. 347B(1)(a) substituted (1.4.1991) by Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 (c. 36, SIF 30), s. 5, Sch. 4 para. 6; S.I. 1991/707, art. 2

F8 Words in s. 347B(2) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 79(1), Sch. 26 Pt. 5(1) Note of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 79(3)(a), Sch. 26 Pt. 5(1)

F9 Words in s. 347B(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 79(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 79(3)(b)

F10 Words in s. 347B(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 79(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 79(4)

F11 1988(F) s.35and Sch.3 para.13for 1990-91and subsequent years. Previously

“of the difference between the higher (married person's) relief and the lower (single person's) relief under subsection (1) of section 257 as it applies for the year to a person not falling within subsection (2) or (3) of that section”.

F12 Words in s. 347B(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 79(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 79(5)

F13 S. 347B(5A)(5B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 79(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 79(6)

F14 Repealed by 1988(F) s.148and Sch.14 Part VIIIfor 1990-91and subsequent years.

F15 S. 347B(8)-(12) inserted (6.4.1993) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 62(1); S.I. 1992/2642, art.2.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 S. 347B modified (with effect in accordance with s. 79(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 79(3)-(6)

348 Payments out of profits or gains brought into charge to income tax: deduction of tax. U.K.

(1) M1 Subject to any provision to the contrary in the Income Tax Acts, where any annuity or other annual payment charged with tax under Case III of Schedule D, not being interest, is payable wholly out of profits or gains brought into charge to income tax—

(a) the whole of the profits or gains shall be assessed and charged with income tax on the person liable to the annuity or other annual payment, without distinguishing the annuity or other annual payment; and

(b) the person liable to make the payment, whether out of the profits or gains charged with income tax or out of any annual payment liable to deduction, or from which a deduction has been made, shall be entitled on making the payment to deduct and retain out of it a sum representing the amount of income tax thereon; and

(c) the person to whom the payment is made shall allow the deduction on receipt of the residue of the payment, and the person making the deduction shall be acquitted and discharged of so much money as is represented by the deduction, as if that sum had been actually paid; and

(d) the deduction shall be treated as income tax paid by the person to whom the payment is made.

(2) Subject to any provision to the contrary in the Income Tax Acts, where—

(a) any royalty or other sum paid in respect of the user of a patent; or

(b) any rent, royalty or other payment which, by section F16 . . . 120, is declared to be subject to deduction of income tax under this section or section 349 as if it were a royalty or other sum paid in respect of the user of a patent;

is paid wholly out of profits or gains brought into charge to income tax, the person making the payment shall be entitled on making the payment to deduct and retain out of it a sum representing the amount of the income tax thereon.

(3) M2 This section does not apply toa small maintenance payment within the meaning of section 351or toF17 any payment to which section 687 applies [F18 or to any payment which is a relevant payment for the purposes of Chapter VIIA of Part IV].

Textual Amendments

F16 Words in s. 348(2)(b) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 29 Pt. 8(22) Note of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 29 Pt. 8(22)

F17 Words repealed by 1988(F) Sch.14 Part IV—in respect of payments made on or after 6April 1989.

F18 Words in s. 348(3) inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 29 para. 5(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 See also1970(M) s.90—interest on unpaid tax.1970(M) s.106—avoidance of agreements for payment without deduction of tax.1989 s.94and Sch.11 para.18—deep gain securities.S.I. 1970 No.448 (in Part III Vol.5) regns. 2-11—procedure for payment without deduction of tax of income exempt under double taxation arrangements.

Marginal Citations

M1 Source-1970 s.52; 1971 Sch.6 20(c); 1973 s.17(1)

M2 Source-1970 s.65(2)

349 Payments not out of profits or gains brought into charge to income tax, and annual interest. U.K.

(1) M3 Where—

(a) any annuity or other annual payment charged with tax under Case III of Schedule D, not being interest; or

(b) any royalty or other sum paid in respect of the user of a patent; or

(c) any rent, royalty or other payment which, by section F19 . . . 120, is declared to be subject to deduction of income tax under this section or section 348 as if it were a royalty or other sum paid in respect of the user of a patent,

is not payable or not wholly payable out of profits or gains brought into charge to income tax, the person by or through whom any payment thereof is made shall, on making the payment, deduct out of it a sum representing the amount of income tax thereon .

This subsection does not apply to any payment to which section 687 applies [F20 or to any payment which is a relevant payment for the purposes of Chapter VIIA of Part IV] .

(2) M4 Subject to subsection (3) below and to any other provision to the contrary in the Income Tax Acts, where any yearly interest of money chargeable to tax under Case III of Schedule D [F21 (as that Schedule has effect apart from the modification made for the purposes of corporation tax by section 18(3A))] is paid—

(a) otherwise than in a fiduciary or representative capacity, by a company [F22 (other than a building society)] or local authority; or

(b) by or on behalf of a partnership of which a company is a member; or

(c) by any person to another person whose usual place of abode is outside the United Kingdom;

the person by or through whom the payment is made shall, on making the payment, deduct out of it a sum representing the amount of income tax thereon for the year in which the payment is made.

(3) Subsection (2) above does not apply—

(a) to interest payable in the United Kingdom on an advance from a bank carrying on a bona fide banking business [F23 on an advance from a bank, if at the time when the interest is paid the person beneficially entitled to the interest is within the charge to corporation tax as respects the interest]; or

(b) to interest paid by [F24 a bank in the ordinary course of its] business; or

(c) to any payment to which section 124 applies; or

(d) to any payment to which section 369or 479(1) F25 applies; [F26 or

F27 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F28 (e) to any payment which is a relevant payment for the purposes of Chapter VIIA of Part IV; or]

(f) to any payment in respect of which a liability to deduct income tax is imposed by section 480A(1); or

(g) to any payment in respect of which a liability to deduct income tax would be imposed by section 480A(1) if conditions prescribed by regulations under section 480B were not fulfilled. [F29 or]]

[F30 (h) to any payment in respect of which a liability to deduct income tax would, but for section 481(5)(k), be imposed by section 480A(1).]

and subsection (1)above does not apply to any small maintenance payment within the meaning of section 351 F31 .

[F32 (3AA) In this section “bank” has the meaning given by section 840A.]

[F33 (3AB) An order under section 840A(1)(d) designating an organisation as a bank for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) above may provide that that paragraph shall apply to the organisation as if the words from “if” to the end were omitted.]

[F34 (3A) Subject to subsection (3B) below and to any other provision to the contrary in the Income Tax Acts, where—

(a) any dividend or interest is paid in respect of a security issued by a building society other than a qualifying certificate of deposit [F35 and other than a qualifying deposit right]], and

(b) the security was [F36 listed], or capable of being [F36 listed], on a recognised stock exchange at the time the dividend or interest became payable,

the person by or through whom the payment is made shall, on making the payment, deduct out of it a sum representing the amount of income tax thereon for the year in which the payment is made.

(3B) Subsection (3A) above does not apply to any payment to which section 124 applies.

[F37 (4) In [F38 this section]] —

• “ dividend” has the same meaning as in section 477A,

• [F38 “ qualifying certificate of deposit” means a certificate of deposit, as defined in section 56(5), under which—

  (a)

  the amount payable by the issuing society, exclusive of interest, is not less than £50,000 (or, for a deposit denominated in foreign currency, not less than the equivalent of £50,000 at the time when the deposit is made), and

  (b)

  the obligation of the society to pay that amount arises after a period of not more than five years beginning with the date on which the deposit is made; and

• [F39 “qualifying deposit right” means a right to receive an amount (with or without interest) in pursuance of a deposit of money, where—

  (a)

  the right subsists under an arrangement falling within section 56A,

  (b)

  no certificate of deposit, as defined in section 56(5), has been issued in respect of the right at the time the dividend or interest concerned is paid, and

  (c)

  the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) in the definition of “qualifying certificate of deposit” apply; and]

• “security” includes share.]

Textual Amendments

F19 Words in s. 349(1)(c) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 29 Pt. 8(22) Note of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 29 Pt. 8(22)

F20 Words in s. 349(1) inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 29 para. 5(1)

F21 Words in s. 349 inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 18 (with Sch. 15)

F22 Words in s. 349(2)(a) inserted (25.7.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31), s. 52(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2)

F23 Words in s. 349(3)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with Sch. 37 para. 8(1)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 37 para. 3(a)

F24 Words in s. 349(3)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with Sch. 37 para. 8(7)(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 37 para. 3(b)

F25 Words

“or 479(1)”

repealed by 1990 s.132and Sch.19 Part.IV.

F26 S. 349(3)(e)-(g) and the word "or" inserted (26.7.1990) by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), s. 30, Sch. 5 para. 10(2)(4) (for payments made on or after 6th April 1991).

F27 S. 349(3)(e) (which was inserted 26.7.1990 by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), s. 30, Sch. 5 para. 10(2)(4)) repealed (25.7.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), ss. 52(1), 123, Sch. 11 para. 1(3), Sch. 19 Pt. V

F28 S. 349(3)(e) inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 29 para. 5(2)

F29 Word in s. 349(3), at the end of para. (g), inserted (27.7.1993 ) by 1993 c. 34, s.59

F30 S. 349(3)(h) inserted (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 59

F31 Words repealed by 1988(F) s.148and Sch.14 Part IVfor payments made on or after 6April 1989.

F32 S. 349(3AA) inserted (with application in accordance with Sch. 37 para. 8 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 37 para. 2(1)(2)(b)

F33 S. 349(3AB) inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 37 para. 4

F34 S. 349(3A)(3B) inserted (25.7.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31), s. 52(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(4).

F35 Words in s. 349(3A)(a) inserted (with application in relation to arrangements made after 16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 34, Sch. 8 paras. 2(2), 6.

F36 Word in s. 349(3A)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 38 para. 6(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 38 para. 6(1)(2)(e)

F37 S. 349(4) inserted (26.7.1990) by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), s. 30, Sch. 5 para. 10(3)(4) (for payments made on or after 6th April 1991).

F38 S. 349(4): definitions of "qualifying certificate of deposit" and "security" substituted for words in s. 349(4) (25.7.1991) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31), s. 52(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(5)

F39 S. 349(4): definition of "qualifying deposit right" inserted (with application in relation to arrangements made after 16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 34, Sch. 8 paras. 2(3), 6

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 S. 349 excluded (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 174

C8 See S.I. 1986 No.482 (in Part III Vol.5) regn. 2(2)—application of s.349(1)for the purposes of S.I. 1986 No.482 (Building Society Regulations).

C9 See S.I. 1986 No.482 (in Part III Vol.5) regn. 2(2)—application of s.349(1)for the purposes of S.I. 1986 No.482 (Building Society Regulations).

C10 See—1970(M) s.106—avoidance of agreements for payment without deduction of tax, etc.1989 s.94and Sch.11 para.18—deep gain securities.1989 s.116—certain interest on Eurobonds to Netherlands Antilles subsidiaries made on or after 1April 1989.

C11 S. 349(3)(a) applied (with modifications) (29.4.1996) by The European Investment Bank (Designated International Organisation) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1179), art. 4

C12 S. 349(3)(b)(3AA) modified (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 37 para. 8(8)

Marginal Citations

M3 Source-1970 s.53(1); 1973 s.17(1); 1971 Sch.6 21

M4 Source-1970 s.54(1), (2); 1971 Sch.6 22; 1982 s.26(1); 1984 ss.27(2), 35(1); 1970 s.65(2)

Valid from 06/04/2005

[F40 349ZA Extension of section 349: proceeds of sale of UK patent rights U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) a person who is a non-UK resident is chargeable to tax under section 587 of ITTOIA 2005 on profits from the sale of the whole or part of any patent rights, and

(b) the net proceeds of the sale consist wholly or partly of a capital sum.

(2) Subsection (1) of section 349 of this Act applies to any payment of the net proceeds of sale, or of an instalment of them, as if the net proceeds or instalment were, so far as consisting of the capital sum—

(a) an annual sum to which paragraph (a) of that subsection applies, and

(b) payable otherwise than out of profits or gains charged to income tax.

(3) For the purposes of this section the net proceeds of the sale is the amount of the proceeds net of any incidental expenses of the sale which are deducted before payment.

(4) Sections 597 to 599 of ITTOIA 2005 (licences connected with patents etc.) apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of sections 587 to 596 of that Act.

(5) Section 4 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (meaning of “capital sums” etc.) applies in relation to this section as it applies in relation to Chapter 2 of Part 5 of ITTOIA 2005 (receipts from intellectual property).

(6) In this section “a non-UK resident” means a person who is not resident in the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F40 S. 349ZA inserted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 149 (with Sch. 2)

Valid from 01/05/2001

[F41 349A Exceptions to section 349 for payments between companies etc U.K.

(1) The provisions specified in subsection (3) below (which require tax to be deducted on making certain payments) do not apply to a payment made by a company if, at the time the payment is made, the company reasonably believes that one of the conditions specified in section 349B is satisfied.

(2) Subsection (1) above has effect subject to any directions under section 349C.

(3) The provisions are—

• section 349(1) (certain annuities and other annual payments, and royalties and other sums paid for use of UK patents),

• section 349(2)(a) and (b) (UK interest),

• section 349(3A) (dividend or interest on securities issued by building societies), and

• section 524(3)(b) (which provides for section 349(1) to apply to proceeds of sale of UK patent rights).

(4) References in subsection (3) above to any provision of section 349 do not include that provision as applied—

(a) under section 777(9) (directions applying section 349(1) to certain payments to non-residents), or

(b) by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 23A (manufactured overseas dividends to be treated as annual payments within section 349).

(5) References in this section to the company by which a payment is made do not include a company acting as trustee or agent for another person.

(6) For the purposes of this section, a payment by a partnership is treated as made by a company if any member of the partnership is a company.]

Textual Amendments

F41 Ss. 349A-349D inserted (with application in accordance with s. 85(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 85(1)

Valid from 01/05/2001

[F41 349B The conditions mentioned in section 349A(1) U.K.

(1) The first of the conditions mentioned in section 349A(1) is that the person beneficially entitled to the income in respect of which the payment is made is—

(a) a company resident in the United Kingdom, or

(b) a partnership each member of which is a company resident in the United Kingdom.

(2) The second of those conditions is that—

(a) the person beneficially entitled to the income in respect of which the payment is made is a company not resident in the United Kingdom (“the non-resident company”),

(b) the non-resident company carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency, and

(c) the payment falls to be brought into account in computing the chargeable profits (within the meaning given by section 11(2)) of the non-resident company.]

Textual Amendments

F41 Ss. 349A-349D inserted (with application in accordance with s. 85(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 85(1)

Valid from 01/05/2001

[F41 349C Directions disapplying section 349A(1) U.K.

(1) The Board may give a direction to a company directing that section 349A(1) is not to apply in relation to any payment that—

(a) is made by the company after the giving of the direction, and

(b) is specified in the direction or is of a description so specified.

(2) Such a direction shall not be given unless the Board have reasonable grounds for believing as respects each payment to which the direction relates that it is likely that neither of the conditions specified in section 349B will be satisfied in relation to the payment at the time the payment is made.

(3) A direction under this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent such direction.

(4) In this section “company” includes a partnership of which any member is a company.]

Textual Amendments

F41 Ss. 349A-349D inserted (with application in accordance with s. 85(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 85(1)

Valid from 01/05/2001

[F41 349D Section 349A(1): consequences of reasonable but incorrect belief U.K.

(1) Where—

(a) a payment is made by a company without an amount representing the income tax on the payment being deducted from the payment,

(b) at the time the payment is made, the company reasonably believes that one of the conditions specified in section 349B is satisfied,

(c) if the company did not so believe, tax would be deductible from the payment under section 349, and

(d) neither of the conditions specified in section 349B is satisfied at the time the payment is made,

section 350 applies as if the payment were within section 349 (and Schedule 16 applies as if tax were deductible from the payment under section 349).

(2) In this section “company” includes a partnership of which any member is a company.]

Textual Amendments

F41 Ss. 349A-349D inserted (with application in accordance with s. 85(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 85(1)

Valid from 24/07/2002

[F42 349E Deductions under section 349(1): payment of royalties overseas U.K.

(1) Where—

(a) a company makes a payment of a royalty to which section 349(1) applies, and

(b) the company reasonably believes that, at the time the payment is made, the payee is entitled to relief in respect of the payment under any arrangements under section 788 (double taxation relief),

the company may, if it thinks fit, calculate the sum to be deducted from the payment under section 349(1) by reference to the rate of income tax appropriate to the payee pursuant to the arrangements.

(2) But, where the payee is not at that time entitled to such relief, section 350 and Schedule 16 shall have effect as if subsection (1) above never applied in relation to the payment.

(3) Where the Board are not satisfied that the payee will be entitled to such relief in respect of one or more payments to be made by a company, they may direct the company that subsection (1) above is not to apply to the payment or payments.

(4) A direction under subsection (3) above may be varied or revoked by a subsequent such direction.

(5) In this section—

• “payee”, in relation to a payment, means the person beneficially entitled to the income in respect of which the payment is made; and

• “royalty” includes—

  (a)

  any payment received as a consideration for the use of, or the right to use, any copyright, patent, trade mark, design, process or information, or

  (b)

  any proceeds of sale of all or any part of any patent rights.

(6) Paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (requirement to make return in respect of information relevant to application of Corporation Tax Acts) has effect as if the reference to the Corporation Tax Acts included a reference to this section.

(7) Paragraph 20 of that Schedule (penalties for incorrect returns), in its application to an error relating to information required in a return by virtue of subsection (6) above, has effect as if—

(a) the reference in sub-paragraph (1) to a tax-related penalty were a reference to an amount not exceeding £3000, and

(b) sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) were omitted.]

Textual Amendments

F42 S. 349E inserted (with application in accordance with s. 96(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), s. 96(1)

350 Charge to tax where payments made under section 349. U.K.

(1) M5 Where any payment within section 349 is made by or through any person, that person shall forthwith deliver to the inspector an account of the payment, and shall be assessable and chargeable with income tax at the [F43 applicable rate] on the payment, or on so much thereof as is not made out of profits or gains brought into charge to income tax.

[F44 (1A) In subsection (1) above “the applicable rate” means the rate which is applicable to the payment under section 4.]

(2) M6 In section 349(1) any reference to a payment or sum as being not payable, or not wholly payable, out of profits or gains brought into charge to income tax shall be construed as a reference to it as being payable wholly or in part out of a source other than profits or gains brought into charge; and any such reference elsewhere in the Tax Acts shall be construed accordingly.

(3) M7 All the provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating to persons who are to be chargeable with income tax, to income tax assessments, and to the collection and recovery of income tax, shall, so far as they are applicable, apply to the charge, assessment, collection and recovery of income tax under this section.

(4) M8 Section 349 and this section have effect subject to the provisions of Schedule 16 which has effect for the purpose of regulating the time and manner in which companies resident in the United Kingdom—

(a) are to account for and pay income tax in respect of payments from which tax is deductible under section 349, and

(b) are to be repaid income tax in respect of payments received by them;

and for that purpose the Board may by regulations modify, supplement or replace any of the provisions of Schedule 16; and references in this Act and in any other enactment to any of those provisions shall be construed as including references to any such regulations.

(5) M9 Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4) above, regulations under that subsection may, in relation to income tax for which a company is liable to account, modify any provision of Parts II to VI of the Management Act or apply any such provision with or without modifications.

(6) Regulations under this section may—

(a) make different provision for different descriptions of companies and for different circumstances and may authorise the Board, where in their opinion there are special circumstances justifying it, to make special arrangements as respects income tax for which a company is liable to account or the repayment of income tax borne by a company;

(b) include such transitional and other supplemental provisions as appear to the Board to be expedient or necessary.

(7) The Board shall not make any regulations under this section unless a draft of them has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

Textual Amendments

F43 Words in s. 350(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 6 para. 8

F44 S. 350(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 6 para. 8

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 See 1970(M) s.98—penalties for non-compliance.

C14 S. 350(1) excluded (22.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/569, reg. 13(2)(d).

C15 See 1970(M) Parts IV-VI—principal provisions as to assessment, appeals and collection.

C16 See 1988(F) s.130(7)(b)—payment of outstanding tax by migrating companies.

C17 S. 350(4) amended by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 52(1), Sch. 11 para. 3(1)(2)

C18 S. 350(4) extended by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 52(1), Sch. 11 para. 3(3)

C19 (See 1970(M) Parts IV-VI—principal provisions as to assessment, appeals and collection.)and also:—1970(M) s.31(3)appeals under s.349(1)and 350to go to Special Commissioners.

C20 See 1989 s.94and Sch.11 para.18—deep gain securities.

Marginal Citations

M5 Source-1970 ss.53(2), 54(3); 1971 Sch.6 21

M6 Source-1970 s.56

M7 Source-1970 s.53(3), 54(3)

M8 Source-1970 s.53(4), 54(3); 1972 s.104, 108(1), Sch.24 16

M9 Source-1972 s.108(2)-(4)

Valid from 28/07/2000

[F45 350A UK public revenue dividends: deduction of tax. U.K.

(1) The Board may by regulations—

(a) make provision as to the time and manner in which persons who under section 349(3C) deduct sums representing income tax out of payments of UK public revenue dividends are to account for and pay those sums; and

(b) otherwise modify the provisions of sections 349 and 350 in their application to such dividends;

and in this section “UK public revenue dividend” has the same meaning as in section 349.

(2) Regulations under this section may—

(a) make different provision for different descriptions of UK public revenue dividend and for different circumstances;

(b) make special provision for UK public revenue dividends which—

(i) are payable to the Bank of Ireland out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom, or

(ii) are entrusted to the Bank of Ireland for payment and distribution and are not payable by that Bank out of its principal office in Belfast;

(c) include such transitional and other supplementary provisions as appear to the Board to be necessary or expedient.

(3) No regulations under this section shall be made unless a draft of them has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.]

Textual Amendments

F45 S. 350A inserted (with application in accordance with s. 112(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), s. 112(4)

F46 351 Small maintenance payments. U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F46 S. 351 repealed by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39) s. 36(6), Sch.14 Part IV, Note 5 (with s. 36(3))

352 Certificates of deduction of tax. U.K.

M10 (1) A person making any payment which is subject to deduction of income tax by virtue of section 339, 348, 349 or 687 shall, if the recipient so requests in writing, furnish him with a statement in writing showing the gross amount of the payment, the amount of tax deducted, and the actual amount paid.

(2) The duty imposed by subsection (1) above shall be enforceable at the suit or instance of the person requesting the statement.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C21 S. 352 excluded (22.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/569, reg.21.

S. 352 modified (22.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/569, reg.23.

C22 See s.30and Sch.5 para.11—words

“or 687”

replaced by

“, 480A or 687 or by virtue of regulations under section 477A(1)”

as regards a payment made on or after 6April 1991.

Marginal Citations

M10 Source-1970 s.55; 1973 s.17(4), 1986 s.29(3)