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85 Charge of certain receipts of basic life assurance business.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, where the profits of an insurance company in respect of its life assurance business are not charged under Case I of Schedule D, there shall be chargeable under Case VI of that Schedule any receipts referable to the company’s [F1basic life assurance and general annuity business]

(a)which, if those profits were charged under Case I of Schedule D, would betaken into account in computing those profits; and

(b)which would not be within the charge to tax (except under Case I of Schedule D) apart from this section;

and for the purposes of paragraph (a) above, the provisions of section 83 above as to the manner in which any item is to be taken into account shall be disregarded.

(2)The receipts referred to in subsection (1) above do not include—

(a)any premium; F2...

(b)any sum received by virtue of a claim under an insurance contract(including a re-insurance contract); or

F3(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(ca). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)any sum which is not within the charge to tax (except under Case I of Schedule D) because of an exemption from tax[F4; or

(f)any payment received under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme to enable the company to meet its obligations to policy holders.]

[F5(2A)Receipts falling within subsection (1) above are to be taken into account for the purposes of corporation tax when they are brought into account.

Subsection (6) of section 89 (meaning of “brought into account”) shall also apply for the purposes of this section.

(2B)Expenses fall to be deducted from receipts falling within subsection (1) above in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation Tax Acts applicable to Case VI of Schedule D.

(2C)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a receipt is referable to basic life assurance and general annuity business if—

(a)in the case of a repayment or refund of acquisition expenses, the acquisition expenses fell within section 86 below,

[F6(aa)in the case of a repayment or refund of expenses other than acquisition expenses, the expenses—

(i)were attributable to basic life assurance and general annuity business for the purposes of Step 1 in subsection (7) of the new section 76 (see subsection (8) of that section), or

(ii)fell to be deducted by virtue of subsection (1) of the old section 76;

and for this purpose, “the new section 76” and “the old section 76” have the same meaning as in section 44 of the Finance Act 2004 (see subsection (8) of that section),]

(b)in the case of a reinsurance commission, the policy or contract reinsured under the arrangement in respect of which the commission is paid constitutes basic life assurance and general annuity business, and

(c)in any other case, it is income which, if it were income from an asset, would by virtue of section 432A of the Taxes Act 1988 (apportionment of insurance companies' income) be referable to basic life assurance and general annuity business.]

(3)This section has effect with respect to the receipts of accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 1990 (including the 1990 component period).

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 85(1) substituted(for accounting periods beginning on or after 01.01.1992) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 48, Sch. 7 paras.12, 18.

F2Word in s. 85(2)(a) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 42 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 42 Pt. 2(3)

F3S. 85(2)(c)-(d) repealed (with effect in accordance with ss. 42-44 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 6 para. 7(2), Sch. 42 Pt. 2(3)

F4S. 85(2)(f) and preceding word inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 15(4) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 9 para. 15(2)

F5S. 85(2A)-(2C) inserted (with effect in accordance with ss. 42-44 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 6 para. 7(3)

F6S. 85(2C)(aa) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 9 para. 15(4) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 9 para. 15(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 85(1) modified (retrospective to 1.1.1995) by S.I. 1997/473, regs. 1(2), 38

C2S. 85(1)(2C) modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2014), regs. 1(1), 31

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