Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

PART XV U.K. SETTLEMENTS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 15 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the modifying Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 13 para. 6(1) (with Sch. 13 para. 16, Sch. 15)

[F1 Chapter IA U.K. Liability of settlor

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A excluded (with effect in accordance with s. 44(6) of the affecting Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), s. 44(1)

C3 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A modified (with effect in accordance with s. 45(3) of the modifying Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), s. 45(1)

Main provisions U.K.

660A Income arising under settlement where settlor retains an interest. U.K.

(1) Income arising under a settlement during the life of the settlor shall be treated for all purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of the settlor and not as the income of any other person unless the income arises from property in which the settlor has no interest.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a settlor shall be regarded as having an interest in property if that property or any derived property is, or will or may become, payable to or applicable for the benefit of the settlor or his spouse in any circumstances whatsoever.

(3) The reference in subsection (2) above to the spouse of the settlor does not include—

(a) a person to whom the settlor is not for the time being married but may later marry, or

(b) a spouse from whom the settlor is separated under an order of a court, or under a separation agreement or in such circumstances that the separation is likely to be permanent, or

(c) the widow or widower of the settlor.

(4) A settlor shall not be regarded as having an interest in property by virtue of subsection (2) above if and so long as none of that property, and no derived property, can become payable or applicable as mentioned in that subsection except in the event of—

(a) the bankruptcy of some person who is or may become beneficially entitled to the property or any derived property, or

(b) an assignment of or charge on the property or any derived property being made or given by some such person, or

(c) in the case of a marriage settlement, the death of both parties to the marriage and of all or any of the children of the marriage, or

(d) the death of a child of the settlor who had become beneficially entitled to the property or any derived property at an age not exceeding 25.

(5) A settlor shall not be regarded as having an interest in property by virtue of subsection (2) above if and so long as some person is alive and under the age of 25 during whose life that property, or any derived property, cannot become payable or applicable as mentioned in that subsection except in the event of that person becoming bankrupt or assigning or charging his interest in the property or any derived property.

(6) The reference in subsection (1) above to a settlement does not include an outright gift by one spouse to the other of property from which income arises, unless—

(a) the gift does not carry a right to the whole of that income, or

(b) the property given is wholly or substantially a right to income.

For this purpose a gift is not an outright gift if it is subject to conditions, or if the property given or any derived property is or will or may become, in any circumstances whatsoever, payable to or applicable for the benefit of the donor.

(7) The reference in subsection (1) above to a settlement does not include an irrevocable allocation of pension rights by one spouse to the other in accordance with the terms of a relevant statutory scheme (within the meaning of Chapter I of Part XIV).

(8) Subsection (1) above does not apply to income arising under a settlement made by one party to a marriage by way of provision for the other—

(a) after the dissolution or annulment of the marriage, or

(b) while they are separated under an order of a court, or under a separation agreement or in such circumstances that the separation is likely to be permanent,

being income payable to or applicable for the benefit of that other party.

(9) Subsection (1) above does not apply to income consisting of—

(a) annual payments made by an individual for bona fide commercial reasons in connection with his trade, profession or vocation; or

(b) covenanted payments to charity (as defined by section 347A(7)).

(10) In this section “derived property”, in relation to any property, means income from that property or any other property directly or indirectly representing proceeds of, or of income from, that property or income therefrom.

660B Payments to unmarried minor children of settlor. U.K.

(1) Income arising under a settlement which does not fall to be treated as income of the settlor under section 660A but which during the life of the settlor is paid to or for the benefit of an unmarried minor child of the settlor in any year of assessment shall be treated for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of the settlor for that year and not as the income of any other person.

(2) Where income arising under a settlement is retained or accumulated by the trustees, any payment whatsoever made thereafter by virtue or in consequence of the settlement, or any enactment relating thereto, to or for the benefit of an unmarried minor child of the settlor shall be deemed for the purposes of subsection (1) above to be a payment of income if or to the extent that there is available retained or accumulated income.

(3) There shall be taken to be available retained or accumulated income at any time when the aggregate amount of the income which has arisen under the settlement since it was made or entered into exceeds the aggregate amount of income so arising which has been—

(a) treated as income of the settlor or a beneficiary, or

(b) paid (whether as income or capital) to or for the benefit of a beneficiary other than an unmarried minor child of the settlor, or

(c) applied in defraying expenses of the trustees which were properly chargeable to income (or would have been so chargeable but for any express provisions of the trust).

(4) Where an offshore income gain (within the meaning of Chapter V of Part XVII) accrues in respect of a disposal of assets made by a trustee holding them for a person who would be absolutely entitled as against the trustee but for being a minor, the income which by virtue of section 761(1) is treated as arising by reference to that gain shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be paid to that person.

(5) Income paid to or for the benefit of a child of a settlor shall not be treated as provided in subsection (1) above for a year of assessment in which the aggregate amount paid to or for the benefit of that child which but for this subsection would be so treated does not exceed £100.

(6) In this section—

(a) “child” includes a stepchild and an illegitimate child;

(b) “minor” means a person under the age of 18 years, and “minor child” shall be construed accordingly; and

(c) references to payments include payments in money or money’s worth.

660C Nature of charge on settlor. U.K.

(1) Tax chargeable by virtue of this Chapter shall be charged under Case VI of Schedule D.

(2) In computing the liability to income tax of a settlor chargeable by virtue of this Chapter the same deductions and reliefs shall be allowed as would have been allowed if the income treated as his by virtue of this Chapter had been received by him.

(3) Subject to section 833(3), income which is treated by virtue of this Chapter as income of a settlor shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to be the highest part of his income.

660D Adjustments between settlor and trustees, &c. U.K.

(1) Where by virtue of this Chapter income tax becomes chargeable on and is paid by a settlor, he is entitled—

(a) to recover from any trustee, or any other person to whom the income is payable by virtue or in consequence of the settlement, the amount of the tax so paid; and

(b) for that purpose to require an officer of the Board to furnish to him a certificate specifying the amount of income in respect of which he has so paid tax and the amount of tax so paid.

A certificate so furnished is conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.

(2) Where a person obtains, in respect of an allowance or relief, a repayment of income tax in excess of the amount of the repayment to which he would, but for this Chapter, have been entitled, an amount equal to the excess shall be paid by him to the trustee, or other person to whom the income is payable by virtue or in consequence of the settlement, or, where there are two or more such persons, shall be apportioned among those persons as the case may require.

If any question arises as to the amount of a payment or as to an apportionment to be made under this subsection, that question shall be decided by the General Commissioners whose decision shall be final.

(3) Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed as excluding a charge to tax on the trustees as persons by whom any income is received.

Supplementary provisions] U.K.

660E Application to settlements by two or more settlors. U.K.

(1) In the case of a settlement where there is more than one settlor, this Chapter shall have effect in relation to each settlor as if he were the only settlor, as follows.

(2) In this Chapter, in relation to a settlor—

(a) references to the property comprised in a settlement include only property originating from that settlor, and

(b) references to income arising under the settlement include only income originating from that settlor.

(3) For the purposes of section 660B there shall be taken into account, in relation to a settlor, as income paid to or for the benefit of a child of the settlor only—

(a) income originating from that settlor, and

(b) in a case in which section 660B(2) applies, payments which are under that provision (as adapted by subsection (4) below) to be deemed to be payments of income.

(4) In applying section 660B(2) to a settlor—

(a) the reference to income arising under the settlement includes only income originating from that settlor; and

(b) the reference to any payment made by virtue or in consequence of the settlement or any enactment relating thereto includes only a payment made out of property originating from that settlor or income originating from that settlor.

(5) References in this section to property originating from a settlor are references to—

(a) property which that settlor has provided directly or indirectly for the purposes of the settlement; and

(b) property representing that property; and

(c) so much of any property which represents both property so provided and other property as, on a just apportionment, represents the property so provided.

(6) References in this section to income originating from a settlor are references to—

(a) income from property originating from that settlor; and

(b) income provided directly or indirectly by that settlor.

(7) In subsections (5) and (6) above—

(a) references to property or income which a settlor has provided directly or indirectly include references to property or income which has been provided directly or indirectly by another person in pursuance of reciprocal arrangements with that settlor, but do not include references to property or income which that settlor has provided directly or indirectly in pursuance of reciprocal arrangements with another person; and

(b) references to property which represents other property include references to property which represents accumulated income from that other property.

660F Power to obtain information. U.K.

An officer of the Board may by notice require any party to a settlement to furnish him within such time as he may direct (not being less than 28 days) with such particulars as he thinks necessary for the purposes of this Chapter.

660G Meaning of “settlement” and related expressions. U.K.

(1) In this Chapter—

• “settlement” includes any disposition, trust, covenant, agreement, arrangement or transfer of assets, and

• “settlor”, in relation to a settlement, means any person by whom the settlement was made.

(2) A person shall be deemed for the purposes of this Chapter to have made a settlement if he has made or entered into the settlement directly or indirectly, and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the preceding words, if he has provided or undertaken to provide funds directly or indirectly for the purpose of the settlement, or has made with any other person a reciprocal arrangement for that other person to make or enter into the settlement.

(3) References in this Chapter to income arising under a settlement include, subject to subsection (4) below, any income chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise, and any income which would have been so chargeable if it had been received in the United Kingdom by a person domiciled, resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

(4) Where the settlor is not domiciled, or not resident, or not ordinarily resident, in the United Kingdom in a year of assessment, references in this Chapter to income arising under a settlement do not include income arising under the settlement in that year in respect of which the settlor, if he were actually entitled thereto, would not be chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise by reason of his not being so domiciled, resident or ordinarily resident.

But where such income is remitted to the United Kingdom in circumstances such that, if the settlor were actually entitled to that income when remitted, he would be chargeable to income tax by reason of his residence in the United Kingdom, it shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as arising under the settlement in the year in which it is remitted.

CHAPTER I U.K. DISPOSITIONS FOR SHORT PERIODS

F1 660 Dispositions for period which cannot exceed six years. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 661 Adjustments between disponor and trustees. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 662 Application of Chapter I to dispositions by two or more disponors. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

CHAPTER II U.K. SETTLEMENTS ON CHILDREN

F1 663 The general rule. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 664 Accumulation settlements. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 665 Meaning of “irrevocable”. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 666 Interest paid by trustees. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 667 Adjustments between disponor and trustees. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 668 Application of Chapter II to settlements by two or more settlors. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 669 Power to obtain information under Chapter II. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 670 Interpretation of Chapter II. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

[F2 CHAPTER 1B U.K. PROVISIONS AS TO CAPITAL SUMS PAID TO SETTLOR]

Textual Amendments

F2 Pt. 15 Ch. 1B heading inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 8

F1 671 Revocable settlements allowing release of obligation. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 672 Revocable settlements allowing reversion of property. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 673 Settlements where settlor retains an interest. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 674 Settlements: discretionary power for benefit of settlor etc. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 674A [F3 Other settlements where settlor retains interest in settled property.] U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F3 1989 s.109(1).

F1 675 Provisions supplementary to sections 671 to 674. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

F1 676 Disallowance of deduction from total income of certain sums paid by settlor. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 15 Ch. 1A inserted (in place of ss. 660-676, 683-685) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 1

677 Sums paid to settlor otherwise than as income. U.K.

(1) M1 Any capital sum paid directly or indirectly in any year of assessment by the trustees of a settlement to which this section applies to the settlor shall—

(a) to the extent to which the amount of that sum falls within the amount of income available up to the end of that year, be treated for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of the settlor for that year;

(b) to the extent to which the amount of that sum is not by virtue of this subsection treated as his income for that year and falls within the amount of the income available up to the end of the next following year, be treated for those purposes as the income of the settlor for the next following year;

and so on for each subsequent year up to a maximum of ten subsequent years, taking the reference in paragraph (b) to the year mentioned in paragraph (a) as a reference to that and any other year before the subsequent year in question.

(2) M2 For the purposes of subsection (1) above, the amount of income available up to the end of any year shall, in relation to any capital sum paid as mentioned in that subsection, be taken to be the aggregate amount of income arising under the settlement in that year and any previous year which has not been distributed, less—

(a) the amount of that income taken into account under that subsection in relation to that sum in any previous year or years; and

(b) M3 the amount of [F4 that income taken into account under that subsection in relation to] any other capital sums paid to the settlor in any year before that sum was paid; and

(c) so much of any income arising under the settlement in that year and any previous year which has not been distributed as is shown to consist of income which has been treated as income of the settlor by virtue of section 671, 672, 674 [F5 674A] or 683; and

(d) any income arising under the settlement in that year and any previous year which has been treated as the income of the settlor by virtue of section 673; and

(e) any sums paid by virtue or in consequence of the settlement, to the extent that they are not allowable, by virtue of section 676, as deductions in computing the settlor’s income for that year or any previous year; and

(f) M4 any sums paid by virtue or in consequence of the settlement in that year or any previous year which have been treated as the income of the settlor by virtue of section 664(2)(b); and

[F6 (fa) any income arising under the settlement in that year or any previous year which has been treated as income of the settlor by virtue of section 660A or 660B; and]

(g) any sums included in the income arising under the settlement as amounts which have been or could have been apportioned to a beneficiary as mentioned in section 681(1)(b); and

(h) M5 an amount equal to [F7 tax at the rate applicable to trusts]on—

(i) the aggregate amount of income arising under the settlement in that year and any previous year which has not been distributed, less

(ii) the aggregate amount of the income and sums referred to in paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) above.

(3) M6 Where any amount is included in a person’s income by virtue of section 421 in respect of any loan or advance, there shall be a corresponding reduction in the amount (if any) afterwards falling to be so included in respect of it by virtue of this section.

(4) M7 Where the capital sum paid to the settlor is a sum paid by way of loan, then—

(a) if the whole of it is repaid, no part of that sum shall by virtue of subsection (1) above be treated as the settlor’s income for any year of assessment after that in which the repayment occurs; and

(b) if one or more capital sums have previously been paid to him by way of loan and wholly repaid, the amount of that capital sum shall be treated as equal to its excess, if any, over so much of the sum or sums previously paid as has already fallen to be treated as his income by virtue of that subsection.

(5) Where the capital sum paid to the settlor is a sum paid by way of complete repayment of a loan, then, if an amount not less than that sum is thereafter lent by the settlor to the trustees of the settlement, no part of that sum shall by virtue of subsection (1) above be treated as his income for any year of assessment after that in which the further loan is made.

(6) M8 Where the whole or any part of any sum is treated by virtue of this section as income of the settlor for any year, it shall be treated as income of such an amount as, after deduction of [F8 tax at the rate applicable to trusts] for that year, would be equal to that sum or that part of that sum.

(7) M9 Tax chargeable by virtue of this section shall be charged under Case VI of Schedule D; and there shall be set off against the tax charged on any amount treated by virtue of this section as income of the settlor for any year an amount equal to—

(a) [F7 tax at the rate applicable to trusts] for that year on the amount so treated as his income; or

(b) so much of [F9 the amount of tax at that rate] as is equal to the tax charged,

whichever is the less.

(8) M10 In computing the liability to income tax of a settlor chargeable by virtue of this section, the same deductions and reliefs shall be allowed as would have been allowed if the amount treated as his income by virtue of this section had been received by him as income.

(9) M11 This section applies to any settlement wherever made, and whether made before or after the passing of this Act, and in this section—

(a) “capital sum” means, subject to subsection (10) below—

(i) any sum paid by way of loan or repayment of a loan; and

(ii) any other sum paid otherwise than as income, being a sum which is not paid for full consideration in money or money’s worth,

but does not include any sum which could not have become payable to the settlor except in one of the events specified in section 673(3) [F10 or, in the case of a sum paid on or after 6th April 1995, in one of the events specified in section 660A(4) or on the death under the age of 25 of any such person as is mentioned in section 660A(5)]; and

(b) references to sums paid to the settlor include references to sums paid to the wife or husband of the settlor or to the settlor (or the husband or wife of the settlor) jointly with another person.

(10) M12 For the purposes of this section there shall be treated as a capital sum paid to the settlor by the trustees of the settlement any sum which—

(a) is paid by them to a third party at the settlor’s direction or by virtue of the assignment by him of his right to receive it where the direction or assignment was given or made on or after 6th April 1981; or

(b) is otherwise paid or applied by them for the benefit of the settlor,

and which would not apart from this subsection be treated as a capital sum paid to him.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in s. 677(2)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 9(2)

F5 1989 s.109(4).

F6 S. 677(2)(fa) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 9(3)

F7 Words in s. 677(2)(h)(7)(a) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 7(1), 25(1)

F8 Words in s. 677(6) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 7(2), 25(1)

F9 Words in s. 677(7)(b) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 7(3), 25(1)

F10 Words in s. 677(9)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 9(4)

Marginal Citations

M1 Source-1970 s.451(1); 1981 s.42(2)(a), (b); 1982 s.63(3)

M2 Source-1970 s.451(2)(aa); 1981 s.42(3)(a)

M3 Source-1970 s.451(2)(a)-(d); 1981 s.42(3)(b)

M4 Source-1970 s.451(2)(dd), (ddd); 1981 s.42(3)(c)

M5 Source-1970 s.451(2)(e); 1971 Sch.6 64, 1973 s.16(7)(a); 1981 s.42(3)(d)

M6 Source-1970 s.451(3)

M7 Source-1970 s.451(3A), (3B); 1981 s.42(4)

M8 Source-1970 s.451(5); 1971 Sch.6 64; 1973 s.16(7)(b)

M9 Source-1970 s.451(6); 1981 s.42(5)

M10 Source-1970 s.451(7)

M11 Source-1970 s.451(8); 1981 s.42(6)

M12 Source-1970 s.451(9); 1981 s.42(7), (8)

678 Capital sums paid by body connected with settlement. U.K.

(1) M13 Where—

(a) a capital sum is paid after 5th April 1981 to the settlor in a year of assessment by any body corporate connected with the settlement in that year; and

(b) an associated payment has been or is made directly or indirectly to that body by the trustees of the settlement,

the capital sum shall, in accordance with subsection (2) below, be treated for the purposes of section 677 as having been paid to the settlor by the trustees of the settlement.

(2) A capital sum to which subsection (1) above applies shall—

(a) to the extent to which the amount of that sum falls within the total of the associated payment or payments made up to the end of the year of assessment in which it is paid, be treated as having been paid to the settlor in that year;

(b) to the extent to which the amount of that sum is not treated as paid to the settlor in that year and falls within the total of the associated payment or payments made up to the end of the next following year (less what was taken into account under this subsection in relation to that sum in the previous year), be treated as having been paid to the settlor in the next following year,

and so on for each subsequent year, taking the references in paragraph (b) to the year mentioned in paragraph (a) as references to that and any other year before the subsequent year in question.

(3) In this section “associated payment”, in relation to any capital sum paid to the settlor by a body corporate, means—

(a) any capital sum paid to that body by the trustees of the settlement; and

(b) any other sum paid or asset transferred to that body by those trustees which is not paid or transferred for full consideration in money or money’s worth,

being a sum paid or asset transferred in the five years ending or beginning with the date on which the capital sum is paid to the settlor.

(4) For the purposes of this section any capital sum paid by a body corporate, and any associated payment made to a body corporate, at a time when it is, within the meaning of section 416, associated with another body corporate may be treated as paid by or made to that other body corporate.

(5) In this section “capital sum” has the same meaning as in section 677; and any question whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by a body corporate or to a body corporate by the trustees shall be determined in the same way as any question under that section whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by the trustees.

(6) Subsection (1) above does not apply to any sum paid to the settlor by way of loan or repayment of a loan if—

(a) the whole of the loan is repaid within 12 months of the date on which it was made; and

(b) the period for which amounts are outstanding in respect of loans made to the settlor by that or any other body corporate connected with the settlement, or by him to that or any other such body, in any period of five years does not exceed 12 months.

(7) F11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 678(7) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2), Sch. 29 Pt. 8(8) Note of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 10, Sch. 29 Pt. 8(8)

Marginal Citations

M13 Source-1970 s.451A; 1981 s.43(2)

679 Application of Chapter III to settlements by two or more settlors. U.K.

F12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F12 Ss. 679-681 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)

680 Power to obtain information for purposes of Chapter III. U.K.

F13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F13 Ss. 679-681 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)

681 Interpretation of Chapter III. U.K.

F14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F14 Ss. 679-681 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)

682 Ascertainment of undistributed income. U.K.

(1) M14 For the purposes of this Chapter, income arising under a settlement in any year of assessment shall be deemed not to have been distributed if and to the extent that it exceeds the aggregate amount of—

(a) the sums, excluding all payments of interest, paid in that year by the trustees of the settlement to any persons (not being a body corporate connected with the settlement and not being the trustees of another settlement made by the settlor or the trustees of the settlement) in such manner that they fall to be treated in that year, otherwise than by virtue of section 677, as the income of those persons for the purposes of income tax, or would fall to be so treated if those persons were domiciled, resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and the sums had been paid to them there, and

(b) subject to subsections (2) to (5) below, any expenses of the trustees of the settlement paid in that year which, in the absence of any express provision of the settlement, would be properly chargeable to income, in so far as such expenses are not included in the sums mentioned in paragraph (a) above, and

(c) in a case where the trustees of the settlement are trustees for charitable purposes, the amount by which any income arising under the settlement in that year in respect of which exemption from tax may be granted under section 505 exceeds the aggregate amount of any such sums or expenses as are mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) above paid in that year which are properly chargeable to that income.

(2) M15 Subsection (1)(b) above shall apply to any interest paid by the trustees of the settlement subject to subsections (3) to (6) below.

(3) If no sums within subsection (1)(a) were paid to any person other than the settlor, or the wife or husband of the settlor, the whole of any interest paid by the trustees of the settlement shall be excluded from subsection (1)(b) above.

(4) If any sum was so paid, there shall be excluded from subsection (1)(b) above a fraction—

of any interest paid by the trustees of the settlement where—

A is the whole of the income arising under the settlement in the year of assessment, less the sums referred to in subsection (1)(b) above apart from subsections (2), (3) and (5) of this section; and

B is so much of the sums within subsection (1)(a) above as is paid to persons other than the settlor, or the wife or husband of the settlor.

(5) Subsections (2) to (4) above shall not apply to interest in respect of which relief from tax is allowable under any provision of the Income Tax Acts or to interest payable to the settlor or the wife or husband of the settlor if living with the settlor.

(6) Nothing in subsections (2) to (5) above shall be construed as affecting the liability to tax of the person receiving or entitled to the interest.

Marginal Citations

M14 Source-1970 s.455

M15 Source-1970 s.456

[F15 682A Supplementary provisions. U.K.

(1) The provisions of sections 660E to 660G apply for the purposes of this Chapter as they apply for the purposes of Chapter IA.

(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, a body corporate shall be deemed to be connected with a settlement in any year of assessment if at any time in that year—

(a) it is a close company (or only not a close company because it is not resident in the United Kingdom) and the participators then include the trustees of the settlement; or

(b) it is controlled (within the meaning of section 840) by a company falling within paragraph (a) above.]

Textual Amendments

F15 S. 682A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 11

[F16 CHAPTER 1C U.K. LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES]

Textual Amendments

F16 Pt. 15 Ch. 1C heading substituted for heading before s. 686 (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 12

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 Pt. 15 Ch. 1C modified (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the modifying Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 457(1)(3) (with Sch. 2)

F17 . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F17 Ss. 683-685 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)

683 Settlements made after 6th April 1965. U.K.

F18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F18 Ss. 683-685 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)

684 Settlements made before 7th April 1965 but after 9th April 1946. U.K.

F19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F19 Ss. 683-685 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)

685 Provisions supplementary to sections 683 and 684. U.K.

F20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F20 Ss. 683-685 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)

F21 . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F21 Cross-heading before s. 686 replaced by Pt. 15 Ch. 1C heading (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 12

Valid from 06/04/2006

[F22 685A Meaning of “settled property” U.K.

(1) For the purposes of the Tax Acts, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) “settled property” means any property held in trust other than—

(i) property held by a person as nominee for another,

(ii) property held by a person as trustee for another person who is absolutely entitled as against the trustee, and

(iii) property held by a person as trustee for another person who would be absolutely entitled as against the trustee if he were not an infant or otherwise under a disability, and

(b) references, however expressed, to property comprised in a settlement are references to settled property.

(2) For the purposes of the Tax Acts, a reference to a person who is or would be absolutely entitled to property as against the trustee—

(a) means a person who has the exclusive right (subject to satisfying the right of the trustees to resort to the property for the payment of duty, taxes, costs or other outgoings) to direct how the property shall be dealt with, and

(b) includes two or more persons who are or would be jointly absolutely entitled as against the trustee.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 685A-685G inserted (coming into force and with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 1(2)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 13 para. 1(1)

Valid from 06/04/2006

[F22 685B Meaning of “settlor” U.K.

(1) In the Tax Acts, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) “settlor” in relation to a settlement means the person, or any of the persons, who has made or is treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as having made the settlement, and

(b) a person is a settlor of property which—

(i) is settled property by reason of his having made the settlement (or by reason of an event which causes him to be treated under this Act as having made the settlement), or

(ii) derives from property to which sub-paragraph (i) applies.

(2) A person is treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as having made a settlement if—

(a) he has made or entered into the settlement, directly or indirectly, or

(b) the settled property, or property from which the settled property is derived, is or includes property of which he was competent to dispose immediately before his death and the settlement arose on his death, whether by will, on his intestacy, or otherwise.

(3) A person is, in particular, treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as having made a settlement if—

(a) he has provided property directly or indirectly for the purposes of the settlement, or

(b) he has undertaken to provide property directly or indirectly for the purposes of the settlement.

(4) Where one person (A) makes or enters into a settlement in accordance with reciprocal arrangements with another person (B), for the purposes of the Tax Acts—

(a) B shall be treated as having made the settlement, and

(b) A shall not be treated as having made the settlement by reason only of the reciprocal arrangements.

(5) In subsection (2)(b) the reference to property of which a deceased person was competent to dispose is a reference to property of the deceased which (otherwise than in right of a power of appointment or of the testamentary power conferred by statute to dispose of entailed interests) he could, if of full age and capacity, have disposed of by his will, assuming that all the property were situated in England and, if he was not domiciled in the United Kingdom, that he was domiciled in England, and includes references to his severable share in any property to which, immediately before his death, he was beneficially entitled as a joint tenant.

(6) A person who has been a settlor in relation to a settlement shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as having ceased to be a settlor in relation to the settlement if—

(a) no property of which he is the settlor is comprised in the settlement,

(b) he has not undertaken to provide property directly or indirectly for the purposes of the settlement in the future, and

(c) he has not made reciprocal arrangements with another person for that other person to enter into the settlement in the future.

(7) For the purpose of this section and sections 685C and 685D property is derived from other property—

(a) if it derives (directly or indirectly and wholly or partly) from that property or any part of it, and

(b) in particular, if it derives (directly or indirectly and wholly or partly) from income from that property or any part of it.

(8) In this section “arrangements” includes any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 685A-685G inserted (coming into force and with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 1(2)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 13 para. 1(1)

Valid from 06/04/2006

[F22 685C Transfer between settlements: identification of settlor U.K.

(1) This section applies in relation to a transfer of property from the trustees of one settlement (“Settlement 1”) to the trustees of another (“Settlement 2”) otherwise than—

(a) for full consideration, or

(b) by way of a bargain made at arm's length.

(2) In this section “transfer of property” means—

(a) a disposal of property by the trustees of Settlement 1, and

(b) the acquisition by the trustees of Settlement 2 of—

(i) property disposed of by the trustees of Settlement 1, or

(ii) property created by the disposal;

and a reference to transferred property is a reference to property acquired by the trustees of Settlement 2 on the disposal.

(3) For the purposes of the Tax Acts, except where the context otherwise requires—

(a) the settlor (or each settlor) of the property disposed of by the trustees of Settlement 1 shall be treated from the time of the disposal as having made Settlement 2, and

(b) if there is more than one settlor of the property disposed of by the trustees of Settlement 1, each settlor shall be treated in relation to Settlement 2 as the settlor of a proportionate part of the transferred property.

(4) For the purposes of the Tax Acts, except where the context otherwise requires, if and to the extent that the property disposed of by the trustees of Settlement 1 was provided for the purposes of Settlement 1, or is derived from property provided for the purposes of Settlement 1, the transferred property shall be treated from the time of the disposal as having been provided for the purposes of Settlement 2.

(5) If transferred property is treated by virtue of subsection (4) as having been provided for the purposes of Settlement 2—

(a) the person who provided the property disposed of by the trustees of Settlement 1, or property from which it was derived, for the purposes of Settlement 1 shall be treated as having provided the transferred property, and

(b) if more than one person provided the property disposed of by the trustees of Settlement 1, or property from which it was derived, for the purposes of Settlement 1, each of them shall be treated as having provided a proportionate part of the transferred property.

(6) But subsections (3) and (4) do not apply in relation to a transfer of property—

(a) which occurs by reason only of the assignment or assignation by a beneficiary under Settlement 1 of an interest in that settlement to the trustees of Settlement 2,

(b) which occurs by reason only of the exercise of a general power of appointment, or

(c) to which section 685D(6) applies.

(7) There is an acquisition or disposal of property for the purposes of this section if there would be an acquisition or disposal of property for the purposes of the 1992 Act.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 685A-685G inserted (coming into force and with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 1(2)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 13 para. 1(1)

Valid from 06/04/2006

[F22 685D Variation of will or intestacy, etc: identification of settlor U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a disposition of property following a person's death is varied, and

(b) section 62(6) of the 1992 Act applies in respect of the variation.

(2) Where property becomes settled property in consequence of the variation (and would not, but for the variation, have become settled property), a person mentioned in subsection (3) shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts, except where the context otherwise requires—

(a) as having made the settlement, and

(b) as having provided the property for the purposes of the settlement.

(3) Those persons are—

(a) a person who immediately before the variation was entitled to the property, or to property from which it derives, absolutely as legatee,

(b) a person who would have become entitled to the property, or to property from which it derives, absolutely as legatee but for the variation,

(c) a person who immediately before the variation would have been entitled to the property, or to property from which it derives, absolutely as legatee but for being an infant or other person under a disability, and

(d) a person who would, but for the variation, have become entitled to the property, or to property from which it derives, absolutely as legatee if he had not been an infant or other person under a disability.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

(a) “legatee” includes any person taking under a testamentary disposition or on an intestacy or partial intestacy, whether he takes beneficially or as trustee,

(b) property taken under a testamentary disposition or on an intestacy or partial intestacy includes any property appropriated by the personal representatives in or towards satisfaction of a pecuniary legacy or any other interest or share in the property devolving under the disposition or intestacy, and

(c) a person taking under a donatio mortis causa shall be treated as a legatee and his acquisition as made at the time of the donor's death.

(5) Where—

(a) property would have become comprised in a settlement—

(i) which arose on the deceased person's death (whether in accordance with his will, on his intestacy or otherwise, or

(ii) which was already in existence on the deceased person's death (whether or not the deceased person was a settlor in relation to that settlement), but

(b) in consequence of the variation the property, or property derived from it, becomes comprised in another settlement,

the deceased person shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts, except where the context otherwise requires, as having made the other settlement.

(6) Where—

(a) immediately before the variation property is comprised in a settlement and is property of which the deceased person is a settlor, and

(b) immediately after the variation the property, or property derived from it, becomes comprised in another settlement,

the deceased person shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts, except where the context otherwise requires, as having made the other settlement.

(7) If a person is treated as having made a settlement under subsection (5) or (6), for the purposes of the Tax Acts he shall be treated as having made the settlement immediately before his death.

(8) But subsection (7) does not apply in relation to a settlement which arose on the person's death.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 685A-685G inserted (coming into force and with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 1(2)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 13 para. 1(1)

Valid from 06/04/2006

[F22 685E Trustees of settlements U.K.

(1) For the purposes of the Tax Acts the trustees of a settlement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, together be treated as if they were a single person (distinct from the persons who are the trustees of the settlement from time to time).

(2) The deemed person referred to in subsection (1) shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom at any time when a condition in subsection (3) or (4) is satisfied.

(3) Condition 1 is that all the trustees are resident in the United Kingdom.

(4) Condition 2 is that—

(a) at least one trustee is resident in the United Kingdom,

(b) at least one is not resident in the United Kingdom, and

(c) a settlor in relation to the settlement was resident, ordinarily resident or domiciled in the United Kingdom at a time which is a relevant time in relation to him.

(5) In subsection (4)(c) “relevant time” in relation to a settlor means—

(a) where the settlement arose on the settlor's death (whether by will, intestacy or otherwise), the time immediately before his death, and

(b) in any other case, a time when the settlor made the settlement (or was treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as making the settlement);

and, in the case of a transfer of property from Settlement 1 to Settlement 2 in relation to which section 685C applies, “relevant time” in relation to a settlor of the transferred property in respect of Settlement 2 includes any time which, immediately before the time of the disposal by the trustees of Settlement 1, was a relevant time in relation to that settlor in respect of Settlement 1.

(6) A trustee who is not resident in the United Kingdom shall be treated for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) as if he were resident in the United Kingdom at any time when he acts as trustee in the course of a business which he carries on in the United Kingdom through a branch, agency or permanent establishment there.

(7) If the deemed person referred to in subsection (1) is not treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, then for the purposes of the Tax Acts it shall be treated as neither resident nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

(8) If part of the settled property in relation to a settlement is vested in one trustee or body of trustees and another part of the settled property in relation to that settlement is vested in another trustee or body of trustees (and in particular where settled land within the meaning of the Settled Land Act 1925 (c. 18) is vested in the tenant for life and investments representing capital money are vested in the trustees of the settlement) they shall together be treated for the purposes of this section as constituting and, in so far as they act separately, as acting on behalf of a single body of trustees.

(9) If the trustees of a settlement are carrying on a trade, profession or vocation, a change in the trustees of the settlement by reason of the coming into force of this section and section 685A shall not result in—

(a) any of the trustees before the change permanently ceasing to carry on the trade, profession or vocation, or

(b) any of the trustees after the change starting to carry on the trade, profession or vocation.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 685A-685G inserted (coming into force and with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 1(2)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 13 para. 1(1)

Valid from 06/04/2006

[F22 685F Application of section 739 and 740 U.K.

(1) Section 685E(2) and (7) shall not apply for any of the purposes of section 739 in relation to income payable before 15th June 1989, or for the purposes of subsection (3) of that section in relation to income payable on or after that date if—

(a) the capital sum mentioned in that subsection was received, or the right to receive it was acquired, before that date, and

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

(2) Section 685E shall not apply for any of the purposes of section 740 in relation to benefits received before 15th June 1989; and, in relation to benefits received on or after that date, “relevant income” includes income arising to the trustees of a settlement before 6 April 1989, notwithstanding that one or more trustees was not resident outside the United Kingdom, unless the trustees have been charged to tax in relation to that income.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 685A-685G inserted (coming into force and with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 1(2)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 13 para. 1(1)

Valid from 06/04/2006

[F22 685G Sub-funds U.K.

(1) If the trustees of a settlement have made a sub-fund election under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4ZA to the 1992 Act, then for the purposes of the Tax Acts, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a) the sub-fund settlement shall be treated as a settlement,

(b) the sub-fund settlement shall be treated as having been created at the time when the sub-fund election is treated as having taken effect,

(c) each trustee of the trusts on which the property comprised in the sub-fund settlement is held shall be treated as a trustee of the sub-fund settlement,

(d) a person who is a trustee of the sub-fund settlement shall be treated, from the time when the election is to be treated as having taken effect, as having ceased to be a trustee of the principal settlement unless he is also a trustee of trusts on which property comprised in the principal settlement is held,

(e) a person who is a trustee of the principal settlement shall not be treated as a trustee of the sub-fund settlement unless he is also a trustee of trusts on which property comprised in the sub-fund settlement is held, and

(f) the trustees of the sub-fund settlement shall be treated as having become absolutely entitled, at the time when the sub-fund election is treated as having taken effect, to the property comprised in that settlement as against the trustees of the principal settlement.

(2) References in subsection (1) to the time when the sub-fund election is treated as having taken effect are references to the time when the sub-fund election is treated as having taken effect under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4ZA to the 1992 Act.

(3) In this section—

• “principal settlement” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4ZA to the 1992 Act,

• “sub-fund election” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of that Schedule, and

• “sub-fund settlement” has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of that Schedule.]

Textual Amendments

F22 Ss. 685A-685G inserted (coming into force and with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 1(2)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 13 para. 1(1)

686 Liability to additional rate tax of certain income of discretionary trusts. U.K.

(1) M16 So far as income arising to trustees is income to which this section applies it shall [F23 be chargeable to income tax at the rate applicable to trusts, instead of at the basic rate or, in accordance with [F24 section 1A], at the lower rate.]

[F25 (1A) The rate applicable to trusts for any year of assessment shall be the rate equal to the sum of the basic rate and the additional rate in force for that year; and, for the purposes of assessments for the year 1993-94 and in relation to years of assessment for which tax at the basic rate and the additional rate was separately chargeable, references to the charging of income with tax at the rate applicable to trusts shall be taken to include references to the charging of income with tax both at the basic rate and at the additional rate.]

(2) This section applies to income arising to trustees in any year of assessment so far as it—

(a) is income which is to be accumulated or which is payable at the discretion of the trustees or any other person (whether or not the trustees have power to accumulate it); and

[F26 (b) is not, before being distributed, either—

(i) the income of any person other than the trustees, or

(ii) treated for any of the purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of a settlor; and]

[F27 (c) is not income arising under a trust established for charitable purposes only or income from investments, deposits or other property held—

(i) for the purposes of a fund or scheme established for the sole purpose of providing relevant benefits within the meaning of section 612; or

(ii) for the purposes of a personal pension scheme (within the meaning of section 630) which makes provision only for benefits such as are mentioned in section 633; and]

(d) exceeds the income applied in defraying the expenses of the trustees in that year which are properly chargeable to income (or would be so chargeable but for any express provisions of the trust).

[F28 (2A) For the purposes of this section where—

(a) any trustees have expenses in any year of assessment (“management expenses”) which are properly chargeable to income or would be so chargeable but for any express provisions of the trust, and

(b) there is income arising to them in that year (“the untaxed income”) which does not bear income tax for that year by reason wholly or partly of the trustees not having been resident in the United Kingdom or being deemed under any arrangements under section 788, or any arrangements having effect by virtue of that section, to have been resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom,

there shall be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (2)(d) above such part of the management expenses as bears the same proportion to all those expenses as the untaxed income bears to all the income arising to the trustees in that year.]

[F29 (2B) For the purposes of subsection (2A) above where the income tax borne by any income arising to trustees is limited in accordance with section 128 of the M17 Finance Act 1995 (limit on income chargeable on non-residents), the income arising to the trustees which shall be taken not to bear tax by reason wholly or partly of their not having been resident in the United Kingdom shall include so much of any income arising to them as—

(a) is excluded income within the meaning of that section; and

(b) is not income which is treated for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) of that section as income the tax on which is deducted at source.]

(3) This section also applies to sums apportioned to the trustees under section 423and treated, under 426(2)as applied by subsection (4)below, as income received by the trusteesF30 .

(4) Sections 426(1)and (2), 427and 428shall, with the omission in section 426(2)(a)of the words following “the apportionment relates”, the substitution of “ income ” for “total income” and all other necessary modifications, apply to a sum apportioned to trustees as they apply to sums apportioned to an individual; and section 429shall apply accordinglyF31 .

(5) For the purposes of this section sums paid or credited to trustees in any year of assessment in respect of dividends or interest payable in respect of shares in or deposits with or loans to a building society being sums in respect of which the society is required to account for and pay an amount in accordance with regulations under section 476(1) shall be treated as income for that year received by the trustees after deduction of income tax from a corresponding gross amount.

In this subsection expressions used in section 476 have the same meanings as in that section.

(6) In this section “trustees” does not include personal representatives; but where personal representatives, on or before the completion of the administration of the estate, pay to trustees any sum representing income which, if personal representatives were trustees within the meaning of this section, would be income to which this section applies, that sum shall be deemed to be paid to the trustees as income and to have borne income tax at the [F32 applicable rate].

This subsection shall be construed as if it were contained in Part XVI.

Textual Amendments

F23 Words in s. 686(1) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 8(1), 25(1)

F24 Words in s. 686(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 6 para. 13

F25 S. 686(1A) inserted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 8(2), 25(1)

F26 S. 686(2)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 13

F27 1988(F) s.55(3)—from 1July 1988.Previously

“(c) is not income arising under a trust established for charitable purposes only or income from investments, deposits or other property held for the purposes of a fund or scheme established for the sole purpose of providing relevant benefits within the meaning of section 612; and”.

F28 S. 686(2A) inserted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 8(3), 25(1)

F29 S. 686(2B) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 6 para. 15

F30 Repealed by 1989 s.187and Sch.17 Part Vin relation to accounting periods beginning after 31March 1989.

F31 Repealed by 1989 s.187and Sch.17 Part Vin relation to accounting periods beginning after 31March 1989.

F32 Words in s. 686(6) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 8(4), 25(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 See—s.186(11)—approved profit sharing schemes.s.454—underwriter's special reserve fund not to be treated as settlement.s.469(1)—unit trusts.s.832— “additional rate”

defined.1990 s.56and Sch.10 para.19—convertible securities.Vol.1. Table D(2).

C6 See 1990 s.30and Sch.5 para.13and s.132and Sch.19 Part IV—subs.(5)repealed as regards a sum paid or credited on or after 6April 1991.

Marginal Citations

M16 Source-1973 s.16(1)-(6); 1986 s.47(4)(a)

M17 1995 c. 4.

Valid from 31/07/1997

[F33 686A Certain distributions to be treated as income to which section 686 applies. U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a qualifying distribution is made to trustees;

(b) the trustees are not the trustees of a unit trust scheme; and

(c) the qualifying distribution falls within subsection (2) below.

(2) A qualifying distribution falls within this subsection if it is a payment made by a company—

(a) on the redemption, repayment or purchase of its own shares; or

(b) on the purchase of rights to acquire its own shares.

(3) The relevant part of the distribution shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as if it were income to which section 686 applies.

(4) In subsection (3) above the reference to the relevant part of the distribution is a reference to so much (if any) of the distribution as—

(a) is not income falling within paragraph (a) of section 686(2);

(b) does not fall to be treated for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts as income of a settlor;

(c) is not income arising under a trust established for charitable purposes; and

(d) is not income from investments, deposits or other property held for any such purposes as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of section 686(2)(c).

(5) Subsection (6) of section 686 shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that section.]

Textual Amendments

F33 S. 686A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 32(11) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), s. 32(9)

Valid from 06/04/2003

[F34 686B Share incentive plans: distributions in respect of unappropriated shares U.K.

(1) This section applies to income of the trustees of an approved share incentive plan consisting of dividends or other distributions in respect of shares held by them in relation to which the requirements of Part 4 of Schedule 2 to ITEPA 2003 (approved share incentive plans: types of shares that may be awarded) are met.

(2) Income to which this section applies is income to which section 686 applies only if and when—

(a) the period applicable to the shares under the following provisions of this section comes to an end without the shares being awarded to a participant in accordance with the plan, or

(b) if earlier, the shares are disposed of by the trustees.

(3) If any of the shares in the company in question are readily convertible assets at the time the shares are acquired by the trustees, the period applicable to the shares is the period of two years beginning with the date on which the shares were acquired by the trustees.

This is subject to subsection (5).

(4) If at the time of the acquisition of the shares by the trustees none of the shares in the company in question are readily convertible assets, the period applicable to the shares is—

(a) the period of five years beginning with the date on which the shares were acquired by the trustees, or

(b) if within that period any of the shares in that company become readily convertible assets, the period of two years beginning with the date on which they did so,

whichever ends first.

This is subject to subsection (5).

(5) If the shares are acquired by the trustees by virtue of a payment in respect of which a deduction is allowed under paragraph 9 of Schedule 4AA (deduction for contribution to plan trust), the period applicable to the shares is the period of ten years beginning with the date of acquisition.

(6) For the purposes of determining whether shares are awarded to a participant within the period applicable under the above provisions, shares acquired by the trustees at an earlier time are taken to be awarded to a participant before shares of the same class acquired by the trustees at a later time.

(7) For the purposes of this section shares which are subject to provision for forfeiture are treated as acquired by the trustees if and when the forfeiture occurs.

(8) In relation to shares acquired by the trustees before 11th May 2001 this section has effect with the substitution—

(a) in subsection (3), of “Subject to subsection (4)” for the words before “the period applicable”, and

(b) in subsection (4)(b), of “the shares in question” for “any of the shares in that company”.]

Textual Amendments

F34 Ss. 686B, 686C 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. 100 (with Sch. 2 para. 87, Sch. 7)

Valid from 06/04/2003

[F34 686C Interpretation of section 686B U.K.

(1) Section 686B and this section form part of the SIP code (see section 488 of ITEPA 2003 (approved share incentive plans)).

(2) Accordingly, expressions used in section 686B or this section 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) References in section 686B to shares being awarded to a participant include references to the shares being acquired on behalf of the participant as dividend shares.

(4) In section 686B, “readily convertible assets” has the meaning given by sections 701 and 702 of ITEPA 2003, but this is subject to subsection (5).

(5) In determining for the purposes of section 686B whether shares are readily convertible assets, any market for the shares that—

(a) is created by virtue of the trustees acquiring shares for the purposes of the plan, and

(b) exists solely for the purposes of the plan,

shall be disregarded.]

Textual Amendments

F34 Ss. 686B, 686C 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. 100 (with Sch. 2 para. 87, Sch. 7)

Valid from 07/04/2005

[F35 686D Special trust rates not to apply to first slice of trust income U.K.

(1) This section applies where income arising (or treated as arising) to the trustees of a trust in a year of assessment consists of or includes income subject to a special trust tax rate (“the special trust tax rate income”).

(2) “Income subject to a special trust tax rate” means any income which is (or apart from this section would be) chargeable to income tax at—

(a) the dividend trust rate, or

(b) the rate applicable to trusts.

(3) So much of the special trust tax rate income as does not exceed £500 is not chargeable to income tax at the dividend trust rate or the rate applicable to trusts (but is instead chargeable to income tax at the basic rate, the lower rate or the dividend ordinary rate, depending on the nature of the income).

(4) In the following provisions “the relevant purposes” means the purposes of—

(a) determining (in accordance with section 1A(5)) which of the special trust tax rate income is not chargeable to income tax at the dividend trust rate, or the rate applicable to trusts, by virtue of subsection (3), and

(b) determining at which of the basic rate, the lower rate and the dividend ordinary rate that special trust tax rate income is chargeable to income tax.

(5) For the relevant purposes the fact that any amount forming part of the special trust tax rate income is subject to a special trust tax rate is to be disregarded if, in any circumstances, an amount of that description is chargeable on trustees at the basic rate, the lower rate or the dividend ordinary rate.

(6) For the relevant purposes any of the special trust tax rate income that consists of—

(a) an amount which, by virtue of section 686A, is treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as if it were income to which section 686 applies, or

(b) income treated as arising under Chapter 5 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (stock dividends from UK resident companies),

is to be regarded as income to which section 1A applies and which is chargeable at the dividend ordinary rate.

(7) For the relevant purposes any of the special trust tax rate income that consists of—

(a) income treated as arising under section 761(1) (offshore income gains),

(b) income treated as received under section 68 of FA 1989 (employee share ownership trusts), or

(c) profits or gains which are treated as income under Chapter 12 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (guaranteed returns on disposals of futures and options) and in relation to which section 568 of that Act applies (profits or gains not meeting conditions of that section),

is or are to be regarded as chargeable at the basic rate.

(8) For the relevant purposes any of the special trust tax rate income that consists of—

(a) income treated as received under section 714(2) or 716(3) (transfers of securities),

(b) profits taken to be income arising under Chapter 8 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (profits from deeply discounted securities), or

(c) gains which are treated as arising under Chapter 9 of that Part and on which tax is charged at the rate applicable to trusts under section 467(7)(b) of that Act (gains from contracts for life assurance),

is or are chargeable at the lower rate.]

Textual Amendments

F35 S. 686D inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 14(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), s. 14(1)

Valid from 06/04/2006

[F36 686E Application of section 686D where settlor has made more than one settlement U.K.

(1) If a settlor in relation to a settlement has made more than one settlement, section 686D shall have effect in relation to each settlement made by him with the following modification.

(2) The reference in subsection (3) to £1000 shall be treated as a reference to—

(a) £200, or

(b) such amount as may be obtained by dividing £1000 by the total number of settlements in the class, provided that the amount is not less than £200.

(3) If there is more than one settlor in relation to a settlement, the amount shall be the amount obtained under subsection (2)(b) in relation to the largest class of settlements.

(4) In this section a reference to a class of settlements is a reference to the class of settlements which were made by a settlor and which are in existence during any part of the year of assessment.]

Textual Amendments

F36 S. 686E inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 13 para. 4(2)(3)

687 Payments under discretionary trusts. U.K.

[F37 (1) Where in any year of assessment trustees make a payment to any person in the exercise of a discretion, whether a discretion exercisable by them or by any other person, then if the payment—

(a) is for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts income of the person to whom it is made (but would not be his income if it were not made to him), or

(b) is treated for those purposes as the income of the settlor by virtue of section 660B,

the following provisions of this section apply with respect to the payment in lieu of section 348 or 349(1).]

(2) The payment shall be treated as a net amount corresponding to a gross amount from which tax has been deducted at [F38 the rate applicable to trusts] for the year in which the payment is made; and the sum treated as so deducted shall be treated—

(a) as income tax paid by the person to whom the payment is made [F39 or, as the case may be, the settlor]; and

(b) so far as not set off under the following provisions of this section, as income tax assessable on the trustees.

(3) M18 The following amounts, so far as not previously allowed, shall be set against the amount assessable (apart from this subsection) on the trustees in pursuance of subsection (2)(b) above—

(a) the amount of any tax on income arising to the trustees [F40 which (not being income the tax on which falls within paragraph (aa) [F41 , (aaa)] or (b) below) is charged at the rate applicable to trusts] in pursuance of section 686;

[F42 (aa) the amount of tax which, by virtue of section 233(1B), is charged, at a rate equal to the difference between the lower rate and the rate applicable to trusts, on the amount or value of the whole or any part of any non-qualifying distribution included in the income arising to the trustees;]

[F43 (aaa) the amount of tax at a rate equal to the difference between the lower rate and the rate applicable to trusts on any sum treated, under section 246D(4), as income of the trustees;]

(b) the amount of tax at [F44 a rate equal to the difference between the low rate and the rate applicable to trusts]on any sum treated, [F45 under section 426(2)as applied by section 686(4)or] under section 249(6),as income of the trustees;

(c) the amount of tax at the basic rate on any amount taken for the purposes of sections 426to 428as applied by section 686(4)to be the amount to be excluded from the income of the trustees in accordance with section 427(4) F45 ;

(d) an amount of tax in respect of income found on a claim made by the trustees to have been available to them for distribution at the end of the year 1972-73, which shall be taken to be two-thirds of the net amount of that income;

(e) the amount of any tax on income arising to the trustees by virtue of section 761(1) and charged [F46 at the rate applicable to trusts] by virtue of section 764; and

(f) the amount of any tax on annual profits or gains treated as received by trustees by virtue of section 714(2) or 716(3) of this Act or paragraph 2(2) or (3) of Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 1985 and charged [F46 at the rate applicable to trusts] by virtue of section 720(5) of this Act or paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 23 to that Act;

(g) the amount of any tax on income which arose to the trustees by virtue of section 38(2) of the Finance Act 1974 (development gains) and charged at a rate equal to the basic rate and the additional rate in pursuance of section 43(1) of that Act;

[F47 (h) the amount of any tax on an amount which is treated as income of the trustees by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 and is charged to tax [F46 at the rate applicable to trusts] by virtue of paragraph 17 of that Schedule;

(i) the amount of any tax on an amount which is treated as income of the trustees by virtue of paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1989 and is charged to tax [F46 at the rate applicable to trusts] by virtue of paragraph 11 of that Schedule;]

[F48 (j) the amount of any tax on an amount which is treated as income of the trustees by virtue of paragraph 12 of Schedule 10 to the M19 Finance Act 1990 and is charged to tax [F46 at the rate applicable to trusts] by virtue of paragraph 19 of that Schedule;]

[F49 (k) the amount of any tax on an amount which is treated as income of the trustees by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 1996 and is charged to tax at the rate applicable to trusts by virtue of paragraph 6 of that Schedule;]

but tax on any income represented by amounts paid or credited as mentioned in section 686(5) shall be taken into account under paragraph (a) above only on production of a certificate from the building society concerned specifying those amounts and stating that an amount representing income tax on that income calculated at the basic rate has been or will be accounted for.

(4) M20 In this section “trustees” does not include personal representatives within the meaning of section 701(4).

[F50 (5) References in this section to payments include payments in money or money’s worth.]

Textual Amendments

F37 S. 687(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 14(2)

F38 Words in s. 687(2) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 9(1), 25(1)

F39 Words in s. 687(2)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 14(3)

F40 Words in s. 687(3)(a) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 9(2)(a), 25(1)

F41 Words in s. 687(3)(a) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 16 para. 15

F42 S. 687(3)(aa) inserted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 9(2)(b), 25(1)

F43 S. 687(3)(aaa) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 16 para. 15

F44 Words in s. 687(3)(b) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 9(2)(c), 25(1)

F45 Repealed by 1989 s.187and Sch.17 Part Vin relation to accounting periods beginning after 31March 1989

F46 Words in s. 687(3)(e)(f)(h)(i) and (j), as it so has effect, substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras. 9(2)(d), 25(1)

F47 1989 s.96(2)in relation to certain deep discount securities and certain deep gain securities from 14March 1989.

F48 S. 687(3)(j) inserted (retrospectively s. 687(3) has effect, and is deemed always to have had effect, as if s. 687(3) included para. (j)) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79(2)

F49 S. 687(3)(k) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 35 (with Sch. 15)

F50 S. 687(5) added (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 14(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 See 1990 s.30and Sch.5 para.14and s.132and Sch.19 Part IV—words following paragraph (i)repealed as regards an amount paid or credited on or after 6April 1991.

C8 S. 687(3) amended (retrospectively) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79(1)(2), Sch. 6 para. 9(2)(d)

Marginal Citations

M18 Source-1973 s.17(3)(a)-(d), (f), (g); 1975 (No.2) s.34 (6); 1984 s.100(2); 1985 Sch.23 8(3); 1974 Sch.7 8

M19 1990 c. 29.

M20 Source-1973 s.17(5)

Valid from 31/07/1997

[F51 687A Payments to companies under section 687. U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) trustees make a payment to a company;

(b) section 687 applies to the payment; and

(c) the company is chargeable to corporation tax and does not fall within subsection (2) below.

(2) A company falls within this subsection if it is—

(a) a charity, as defined in section 506(1);

(b) a body mentioned in section 507 (heritage bodies); or

(c) an Association of a description specified in section 508 (scientific research organisations).

(3) Where this section applies—

(a) none of the following provisions, namely—

(i) section 7(2),

(ii) section 11(3),

(iii) paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 16,

shall apply in the case of the payment;

(b) the payment shall be left out of account in calculating the profits of the company for the purposes of corporation tax; and

(c) no repayment shall be made of the amount treated under section 687(2) as income tax paid by the company in the case of the payment.

(4) If the company is not resident in the United Kingdom, this section applies only in relation to so much (if any) of the payment as is comprised in the company’s chargeable profits for the purposes of corporation tax.]

Textual Amendments

F51 S. 687A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 27(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), s. 27(1)

688 Schemes for employees and directors to acquire shares. U.K.

M21 Where under a scheme set up to comply with section 153(4)(b) of the M22 Companies Act 1985 or Article 163(4)(b) of the M23 Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (financial assistance for company employees and salaried directors acquiring shares) trustees receive interest from such employees or directors then, if and so far as the scheme requires an equivalent amount to be paid by way of interest by the trustees to the company, the trustees shall be exempt from tax under Case III of Schedule D on that interest received by them.

Marginal Citations

M21 Source-1970 s.64A; 1970(F) Sch.4 9(5)

M22 1985 c. 6.

M23 S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6).

689 Recovery from trustees of discretionary trusts of higher rate tax due from beneficiaries. U.K.

F52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F52 S. 689 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2), Sch. 29 Pt. 8(8) Note of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 15, Sch. 29 Pt. 8(8)

[F53 Chapter ID U.K. Trust management expenses

Textual Amendments

F53 Pt. 15 Ch. 1D (ss. 689A, 689B) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 6 para. 16

689A Disregard of expenses where beneficiary non-resident. U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) there is income (“the distributed income”) arising to trustees in any year of assessment which (before being distributed) is income of a person (“the beneficiary”) other than the trustees;

(b) the trustees have any expenses in that year (“the management expenses”) which are properly chargeable to that income or would be so chargeable but for any express provisions of the trust; and

(c) the beneficiary is not liable to income tax on an amount of the distributed income (“the untaxed income”) by reason wholly or partly of—

(i) his not having been resident in the United Kingdom, or

(ii) his being deemed under any arrangements under section 788, or any arrangements having effect by virtue of that section, to have been resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom.

(2) Where this section applies, there shall be disregarded in computing the income of the beneficiary for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts such part of the management expenses as bears the same proportion to all those expenses as the untaxed income bears to the distributed income.

(3) For the purpose of computing the proportion mentioned in subsection (2) above, the amounts of the distributed income and of the untaxed income shall not, in either case, include so much (if any) of the income as is equal to the amount of income tax, or of any foreign tax, chargeable on the trustees (by way of deduction or otherwise) in respect of that income.

(4) In subsection (3) above, “foreign tax” means any tax which is—

(a) of a similar character to income tax; and

(b) imposed by the laws of a territory outside the United Kingdom.

(5) For the purposes of this section, where the income tax chargeable on any person is limited in accordance with section 128 of the M24 Finance Act 1995 (limit on income chargeable on non-residents), the income of that person on which he is not liable to tax by reason of not having been resident in the United Kingdom shall be taken to include so much of any income of his as—

(a) is excluded income within the meaning of that section; and

(b) is not income which is treated for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) of that section as income the tax on which is deducted at source.

Marginal Citations

M24 1995 c. 4.

689B Order in which expenses to be set against income. U.K.

(1) The expenses of any trustees in any year of assessment, so far as they are properly chargeable to income (or would be so chargeable but for any express provisions of the trust), shall be treated—

(a) as set against so much (if any) of any income as is income falling within subsection (2) or (3) below before being set against other income; and

(b) as set against so much (if any) of any income as is income falling within subsection (2) below before being set against income falling within subsection (3) below.

(2) Income falls within this subsection if it is—

(a) so much of the income of the trustees as is income the amount or value of which is determined in accordance with section 233(1A);

(b) income which is treated as having arisen to the trustees by virtue of section 246D(4) or 249(6); or

(c) income which is treated as received by the trustees by virtue of section 421(1)(a).

(3) Income falls within this subsection if it is income to which section 1A applies but which does not fall within subsection (2) above.

(4) This section has effect—

(a) subject to sections 686(2A) and 689A, but

(b) notwithstanding anything in section 1A(5) and (6).]

CHAPTER V U.K. MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS

690 Schedule 4 directions. U.K.

In this Chapter “a Schedule 4 direction” means a direction under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the M25 Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (maintenance funds for historic buildings); and any reference in this Chapter to paragraph 1 or Schedule 4 is a reference to that paragraph or that Schedule, as the case may be.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 See Inheritance Tax Acts.

Marginal Citations

M25 1984 c. 51.

691 Certain income not to be income of settlor etc. U.K.

(1) M26 This section applies to any settlement in relation to which a Schedule 4 direction has effect.

(2) M27 The trustees of the settlement may elect that this subsection shall have effect in relation to any year of assessment, and if they do so—

(a) any income arising in that year from the property comprised in the settlement which, apart from this subsection, would be treated by virtue of this Part as income of the settlor shall not be so treated; and

(b) no sum applied in that year out of the property for the purposes mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 4 (maintenance etc. of qualifying property) shall be treated for any purposes of the Income Tax Acts as the income of any person—

(i) by virtue of any interest of that person in, or his occupation of, the qualifying property in question; or

(ii) by virtue of section 677.

(3) M28 Where income arising from the property comprised in the settlement in a year of assessment for which no election is made under subsection (2) above is treated by virtue of this Part as income of the settlor, paragraph (b) of that subsection shall have effect in relation to any sums in excess of that income which are applied in that year as mentioned in that paragraph.

(4) Any election under subsection (2) above shall be by notice to the Board in such form as the Board may require and shall be made [F54 on or before the first anniversary of the 31st January next following] the year of assessment to which it relates.

(5) M29 Where—

(a) for part of a year of assessment a Schedule 4 direction has effect and circumstances obtain by virtue of which income arising from property comprised in the settlement is treated as income of a settlor under this Part; and

(b) for the remainder of that year either no such direction has effect, or no such circumstances obtain, or both,

subsections (1) to (4) above shall apply as if each of those parts were a separate year of assessment and separate elections may be made accordingly.

Textual Amendments

F54 Words in s. 691(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 135(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 21 para. 19

Marginal Citations

M26 Source-1977 s.38(1); 1982 Sch.10 1; ITA Sch.8 8

M27 Source-1977 s.38(2); 1980 s.88(7); 1987 Sch.15 10

M28 Source-1977 s.38(3), (4)

M29 Source-1977 s.38(5); 1982 Sch.10 1(3); ITA Sch.8 8

692 Reimbursement of settlor. U.K.

(1) M30 This section applies to income arising from settled property in respect of which a Schedule 4 direction has effect if the income—

(a) is treated by virtue of this Part as income of the settlor, and

(b) is applied in reimbursing the settlor for expenditure incurred by him for a purpose within paragraph 3(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 4,

and if that expenditure is (or would apart from the reimbursement be) deductible in computing [F55 either the profits of a trade carried on by the settlor or the profits of a Schedule A business so carried on].

(2) Income to which this section applies shall not be treated as reducing the expenditure deductible in computing the profits referred to in subsection (1) above, and shall not be regarded as income of the settlor otherwise than by virtue of this Part.

Textual Amendments

F55 Words in s. 692(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 39(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 6 para. 26

Marginal Citations

M30 Source-1982 s.61; ITA Sch.8 21

693 Severance of settled property for certain purposes. U.K.

M31 Where settled property in respect of which a Schedule 4 direction has effect constitutes part only of the property comprised in a settlement, it and the other property shall be treated as comprised in separate settlements for the purposes of sections 27 and 380 to 387 and this Part.

Marginal Citations

M31 Source-1982 s.62(1), (2); ITA Sch.8 22

694 Trustees chargeable to income tax at 30 per cent. in certain cases. U.K.

(1) M32 If in the case of a settlement in respect of which a Schedule 4 direction has effect—

(a) any of the property comprised in the settlement (whether capital or income) is applied otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of Schedule 4; or

(b) any of that property on ceasing to be comprised in the settlement devolves otherwise than on any such body or charity as is mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(a)(ii) of that Schedule; or

(c) the direction ceases to have effect;

then, unless subsection (6) below applies, income tax shall be charged under this section in respect of the settlement.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, tax chargeable under this section shall be charged at the rate of 30per cent.F56 on the whole of the income which has arisen in the relevant period from the property comprised in the settlement and has not been applied (or accumulated and then applied) as mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of Schedule 4.

• In this subsection “the relevant period” means, if tax has become chargeable under this section in respect of the settlement on a previous occasion, the period since the last occasion and, in any other case, the period since the settlement took effect.

[F57 (2A) The rate at which tax is charged under this section shall be equivalent to the higher rate of income tax for the year of assessment during which the charge arises, reduced by the [F58 amount of the rate applicable to trusts] for that year.]

(3) M33 Tax shall not be chargeable under this section in respect of income which by virtue of [F59 Chapter IA] of this Part is treated as income of the settlor; but where income arising in any year of assessment is exempted by this subsection any sums applied in that year as mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of Schedule 4 shall be treated as paid primarily out of that income and only as to the excess, if any, out of income not so exempted.

(4) Tax charged under this section shall be in addition to any tax chargeable apart from this section and—

(a) the persons assessable and chargeable with tax under this section shall be the trustees of the settlement; and

(b) all the provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating to assessments and to the collection and recovery of income tax shall, so far as applicable, apply to the charge, assessment, collection and recovery of tax under this section.

(5) Tax shall also be chargeable in accordance with subsections (1) to (4) above if—

(a) any of the property comprised in a settlement to which subsection (1) above applies, on ceasing at any time to be comprised in the settlement, devolves on any such body or charity as is referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection, and

(b) at or before that time an interest under the settlement is or has been acquired for a consideration in money or money’s worth by that or another such body or charity;

but for the purposes of this subsection any acquisition from another such body or charity shall be disregarded.

(6) Tax shall not be chargeable under this section in respect of a settlement on an occasion when the whole of the property comprised in it is transferred tax-free into another settlement; but on the first occasion on which tax becomes chargeable under this section in respect of a settlement (“the current settlement”) comprising property which was previously comprised in another settlement or settlements and has become comprised in the current settlement as a result of, or of a series of, tax-free transfers, the relevant period for the purposes of subsection (2) above shall, as respects that property, be treated as having begun—

(a) on the last occasion on which tax became chargeable under this section in respect of the other settlement or any of the other settlements; or

(b) if there has been no such occasion, when the other settlement or the first of the other settlements took effect.

(7) M34 For the purposes of subsection (6) above, property is transferred tax-free from one settlement into another if either—

(a) it ceases to be comprised in the first-mentioned settlement and becomes comprised in the other settlement in circumstances such that by virtue of paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 4 there is (or, but for paragraph 9(4), there would be) no charge to capital transfer tax or inheritance tax in respect of the property; or

(b) both immediately before and immediately after the transfer it is property in respect of which a Schedule 4 direction has effect.

Textual Amendments

F56 Repealed by 1988(F) s.24(3)for 1988-89and subsequent years.

F57 1988(F) s.24(3).

F58 Words in s. 694(2A) substituted (27.7.1993 with effect for the year 1993-1994 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 79, Sch. 6 paras.10, 25(1)

F59 Words in s. 694(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 17 para. 16

Marginal Citations

M32 Source-1980 s.52(1), (2); 1982 Sch.10 2(2) (3); ITA Sch.8 17

M33 Source-1980 s.52(3)-(6); ITA Sch.8 17

M34 Source-1980 s.52(7); 1982 Sch.10 2(4); ITA Sch.8 17