[2(1)This paragraph applies in any case where, under a contract or other arrangements for the transfer of United Kingdom equities, one of the parties (a “dividend manufacturer”) is required to pay to the other (“the recipient”) an amount (a “manufactured dividend”) which is representative of a dividend on the equities.
[(2)Where a manufactured dividend is paid by a dividend manufacturer who is a company resident in the United Kingdom, the [Corporation] Tax Acts shall have effect—
(a)in relation to the recipient, and persons claiming title through or under him, as if the manufactured dividend were a dividend on the UK equities in question; and
(b)in relation to the dividend manufacturer, as if the amount paid were a dividend of his.]
(3)Where a manufactured dividend to which sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply is paid by any person—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the [Corporation] Tax Acts shall have effect in relation to the recipient, and persons claiming title through or under him, as if the manufactured dividend were a dividend on the United Kingdom equities in question; . . .
(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6). . . Where—
(a)a dividend manufacturer pays a manufactured dividend . . . , . . . [, and
(aa)the dividend manufacturer is a non-UK resident company within the charge to corporation tax,]
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the dividend manufacturer shall, on paying the manufactured dividend, provide the recipient with a statement in writing setting out the matters specified in sub-paragraph (7) below.
(7)Those matters are—
(a)the amount of the manufactured dividend;
(b)the date of the payment of the manufactured dividend; and
(c)the amount of the tax credit to which, by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(b) above [or section 573(2) of ITA 2007], the recipient or a person claiming title through or under him either—
(i)is entitled in respect of the manufactured dividend, or
(ii)would be so entitled were all the conditions of a right to a tax credit satisfied, in the case of the recipient or that person, as respects the dividend which the recipient is deemed to receive.
(8)The duty imposed by sub-paragraph (6) above shall be enforceable at the suit or instance of the recipient.]
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