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(1)M1M2Subsection (2) below applies to the following rights—
(a)the right to receive the amount, with or without interest, stated in a certificate of deposit;
(b)the right to receive an amount payable with interest—
(i)in a transaction in which no certificate of deposit or security is issued, and
(ii)which is payable by a bank or similar institution or a person regularly engaging in similar transactions;
and the right to receive that interest.
(2)M3Profits or gains arising to a person from the disposal of a right to which this subsection applies or, except so far as it is a right to receive interest, from the exercise of any such right (whether by the person to whom the certificate was issued or by some other person, or, as the case may be, by the person who acquired the right in the transaction referred to in subsection (1) above or by some person acquiring it directly or indirectly from that person), shall, if not falling to be taken into account as a trading receipt, be treated as annual profits or gains chargeable to tax under Case VI of Schedule D.
(3)M4Subsection (2) above does not apply in the case of the disposal or exercise of a right to receive an amount stated in a certificate of deposit or interest on such an amount—
(a)if the person disposing of the right acquired it before 7th March 1973;
(b)to any profits or gains arising to a fund or scheme in the case of which provision is made by section 592(2), 613, 614(1) to (3) or 620(6) for exempting the whole or part of its income from income tax;
(c)in so far as they are applied to charitable purposes only, to any profits or gains arising to a charity within the meaning of section 506.
[F1(3A)Subsection (3B) below applies where—
(a)profits or gains arise from the disposal of a right to which subsection (2) above applies and fall to be charged to tax under Case VI of Schedule D by virtue of that subsection, and
(b)the profits or gains arise to a qualifying company.
(3B)For the purposes of the charge under Case VI the profits or gains—
(a)shall be increased by the amount of any non-trading exchange loss, or the aggregate of the amounts of any non-trading exchange losses, accruing to the company as regards the right for any accrual period or periods constituting or falling within the holding period;
(b)shall (after taking account of paragraph (a) above) be reduced by the amount of any non-trading exchange gain, or the aggregate of the amounts of any non-trading exchange gains, accruing to the company as regards the right for any accrual period or periods constituting or falling within the holding period.
(3C)For the purposes of subsections (3A) and (3B) above—
(a)“accrual period” and “qualifying company” have the same meanings as in Chapter II of Part II of the Finance Act 1993;
(b)the question whether a non-trading exchange gain or loss accrues to the company as regards the right for an accrual period shall be decided in accordance with that Chapter.
(3D)For the purposes of subsection (3B) above the holding period is the period which—
(a)begins when the company acquired (or last acquired) the right before the disposal, and
(b)ends when the disposal is made.]
(4)M5For the purposes of this section, profits or gains shall not be treated as falling to be taken into account as a trading receipt by reason only that they are included in the computation required [F2for the purposes of] section 76(2).
[F3(4A)This section and section 56A shall not apply for the purposes of corporation tax except in relation to rights in existence before 1st April 1996.
(4B)For the purposes of corporation tax, where any profits or gains arising from the disposal or exercise of a right in existence before 1st April 1996 are, or (if there were any) would be, chargeable under this section, nothing in Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships) shall require any amount relating to that disposal, or to the exercise of that right, to be brought into account for the purposes of that Chapter.]
(5)M6 In this section—
“certificate of deposit” means a document relating to money, in any currency, which has been deposited with the issuer or some other person, being a document which recognises an obligation to pay a stated amount to bearer or to order, with or without interest, and being a document by the delivery of which, with or without endorsement, the right to receive that stated amount, with or without interest, is transferable; and
“security” has the same meaning as in section [F4132 of the 1992 Act].
Textual Amendments
F1S. 56(3A)-(3D) inserted (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 170, Sch. 18 para.2
F2Word in s. 56(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 164(5)(6) of the amending act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 164(4)
F3S. 56(4A)(4B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 104, Sch. 14 para. 6 (with Sch. 15)
F4Words in s. 56(5) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 14(3) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3)).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 See s.608—exemption for certain superannuation funds.
Marginal Citations
M1SOURCE-1973 s. 26(1)
M2SOURCE-1974 s. 30(1)
M3SOURCE-1973 s. 26(1); 1974 s. 30(1)
M4SOURCE-1973 s. 26(1)(a)(b); 1975 (No. 2) s. 50(1)
M5SOURCE-1973 s. 26(3); 1974 s. 30(2)
M6SOURCE-1973 s. 26(4); 1974 s. 30(2), (1); 1968 s. 55(3); 1979(C) Sch. 7
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