PART XVIIU.K. TAX AVOIDANCE

CHAPTER VU.K. OFFSHORE FUNDS

Charge to tax of offshore income gainsU.K.

763 Deduction of offshore income gain in determining capital gain.U.K.

M1(1)The provisions of this section apply where a disposal to which this Chapter applies gives rise to an offshore income gain; and, if that disposal also constitutes the disposal of the interest concerned for the purposes of the [F11992] Act, then that disposal is in the following provisions of this section referred to as [F1the 1992 Act disposal].

(2)So far as relates to an offshore income gain which arises on a material disposal (within the meaning of Part I of Schedule 28), subsections (3) and (4) below shall have effect in relation to [F1the 1992 Act disposal] in substitution for section [F137(1)] of that Act (deduction of consideration chargeable to tax on income).

(3)Subject to the following provisions of this section, in the [F1computation of the gain] accruing on [F1the 1992 Act disposal], a sum equal to the offshore income gain shall be deducted from the sum which would otherwise constitute the amount or value of the consideration for the disposal.

(4)Where [F1the 1992 Act disposal] is of such a nature that, by virtue of section [F142] of that Act (part disposals) an apportionment falls to be made of certain expenditure, no deduction shall be made by virtue of subsection (3) above in determining, for the purposes of the fraction in subsection (2) of that section, the amount or value of the consideration for the disposal.

(5)If [F1the 1992 Act disposal] forms part of a transfer to which section [F1162] of that Act applies (roll-over relief on transfer of business in exchange wholly or partly for shares) then, for the purposes of subsection (4) of that section (determination of the amount of the deduction from the gain on the old assets) “B” in the fraction in that subsection (the value of the whole of the consideration received by the transferor in exchange for the business) shall be taken to be what it would be if the value of the consideration other than shares so received by the transferor were reduced by a sum equal to the offshore income gain.

(6)Where the disposal to which this Chapter applies constitutes such a disposal by virtue of section 757(6) or 758(5), the [F11992] Act shall have effect as if an amount equal to the offshore income gain to which the disposal gives rise were given (by the person making the exchange concerned) as consideration for the new holding, within the meaning of section [F1128] of that Act (consideration given or received for new holding on a reorganisation).

(7)In any case where—

(a)a disposal to which this Chapter applies by virtue of subsection (3) of section 758 is made otherwise than to the offshore fund concerned or the persons referred to in subsection (2)(b) of that section; and

(b)subsequently, a distribution which is referable to the asset disposed of is paid either to the person who made the disposal or to a person connected with him; and

(c)the disposal gives rise (in accordance with Part II of Schedule 28) to an offshore income gain;

then, for the purposes of the Tax Acts, the amount of the first distribution falling within paragraph (b) above shall be taken to be reduced or, as the case may be, extinguished by deducting therefrom an amount equal to the offshore income gain referred to in paragraph (c) above and, if that amount exceeds the amount of that first distribution, the balance shall be set against the second and, where necessary, any later distribution falling within paragraph (b) above, until the balance is exhausted.

(8)Section 839 shall apply for the purposes of subsection (7)(b) above.

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 763(1)-(6) 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(49) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3))

Marginal Citations

M1Source—1984 s.98