809 Relief in respect of discretionary trusts.U.K.
M1(1)In any case where—
(a)a payment made by trustees falls to be treated as a net amount in accordance with section 687(2) and the income arising under the trust includes any taxed overseas income, and
(b)the trustees certify that—
(i)the income out of which the payment was made was or included taxed overseas income of an amount and from a source stated in the certificate, and
(ii)that amount arose to them not earlier than six years before the end of the year of assessment in which the payment was made;
then the person to whom the payment was made may claim that the payment, up to the amount so certified, shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as income received by him from that source and so received in the year in which the payment was made.
(2)In subsection (1) above “taxed overseas income”, in relation to any trust, means income in respect of which the trustees are entitled to credit for overseas tax under this Part.
Marginal Citations
M1Source—1973 s.18