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(1)In section 7(4) of the M1Taxes Management Act 1970 for “basic rate" there shall be substituted “ the basic rate or the lower rate ”.
(2)In each of the provisions to which this subsection applies, after “basic rate" there shall be inserted “ or the lower rate ”; and this subsection applies to section 91(3)(c) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 and to sections F1... 599A(7) of the Taxes Act 1988.
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(7)This section shall apply for the year 1992-93 and subsequent years of assessment.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 19(2) repealed (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)
F2S. 19(3) repealed (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2)
F3S. 19(4) repealed (in force in accordance with s. 73 and Sch. 6 of the repealing Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. V(1), Note(1)
F4S. 19(5) and words in s. 19(3) repealed (3.5.1994 with effect in accordance with s. 81(6) of the repealing Act) by 1994 c. 9, s. 258, Sch. 26 Pt. V(2), Note
F5S. 19(6) repealed (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)
Marginal Citations
Schedule 5 to this Act (which makes provision in relation to the married couple’s allowance) shall have effect.
Corporation tax shall be charged for the financial year 1992 at the rate of 33 per cent.
For the financial year 1992—
(a)the small companies’ rate shall be 25 per cent., and
(b)the fraction mentioned in section 13(2) of the Taxes Act 1988 (marginal relief for small companies) shall be one fiftieth.
Textual Amendments
F6S. 23 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect for the year 1999-00 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. III(1), Note
Schedule 6 to this Act (which contains amendments relating to group relief etc.) shall have effect.
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(2)Subject to the repeals made by the M2Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, in relation to a company which ceases to be a member of a group of companies on or after 15th November 1991 section 278 of the M3Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (deemed sale etc. where company ceases to be member of a group) shall have effect, and be deemed to have had effect, with the substitution in subsection (1) of the words “ in consequence of another member of the group ceasing to exist ” for the words from “by being wound up" to the end of the subsection.
Textual Amendments
F7S. 25(1) repealed (28.7.2000 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 40 Pt. II(12) Note 11 of the amending Act) by 2000 c. 17, s. 156, Sch. 40 Pt. II(12)
Marginal Citations
Textual Amendments
F8S. 26 repealed (27.7.1993 with effect in accordance with s. 67 as mentioned in Sch. 23 Pt. III Note) by 1993 c. 34, s. 213, Sch. 23 Pt.III Note
Textual Amendments
F9S. 27 repealed (1.5.1995 with effect for the year 1995-96 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1995 c. 4, s. 162, Sch. 29 Pt. VIII(8), Note
(1)Subsection (2) below applies if—
(a)an exempt body has made a claim for exemption from tax under section 505(1), 507 or 508 of the Taxes Act 1988 [F10or under Part 10 of the Income Tax Act 2007], and
(b)the exemption results in, or (where it has yet to be granted or allowed) would if granted or allowed result in, the repayment of income tax or the payment of a tax credit.
(2)The Board may require the body to produce for inspection by an officer of the Board all such books, documents and other records in the possession, or under the control, of the body as contain information relating to the claim.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) above each of the following is an exempt body—
(a)any body of persons or trust established for charitable purposes only;
(b)each of the bodies mentioned in section 507 of the Taxes Act 1988 (heritage bodies);
(c)any Association of a description specified in section 508 of that Act (scientific research organisations).
(4)In the Table in section 98 of the M4Taxes Management Act 1970 (penalties for failure to produce documents etc.) at the end of the second column there shall be inserted—
“Section 28(2) of the Finance (No.2) Act 1992.” |
(5)Section 94 of the M5Finance Act 1990 (donations to charity: inspection powers) shall cease to have effect.
(6)This section shall apply in relation to claims made after the day on which this Act is passed.
Textual Amendments
F10Words in s. 28(1)(a) inserted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 350 (with Sch. 2)
Marginal Citations
(1)In section 17 of the M6Taxes Management Act 1970 (returns of interest) in subsection (4) (interest not required to be included in return if declaration that person beneficially entitled to interest not ordinarily resident in UK) the words from “and if a person" to the end of the subsection shall cease to have effect and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—
“(4A)If a person to whom any interest is paid or credited in respect of any money received or retained in the United Kingdom by notice in writing served on the person paying or crediting the interest—
(a)has declared that the person beneficially entitled to the interest is a company not resident in the United Kingdom, and
(b)has requested that the interest shall not be included in any return under this section,
the person paying or crediting the interest shall not be required to include the interest in any such return.
(4B)Subsection (4C) below shall apply where—
(a)as a result of a declaration made under section 481(5)(k) of the principal Act and the operation of section 482(5) of that Act in relation to that declaration, there is no obligation under section 480A(1) of that Act to deduct a sum representing income tax out of any interest paid or credited in respect of any money received or retained in the United Kingdom, and
(b)the person who makes the declaration referred to in paragraph (a) above, by notice in writing served on the person paying or crediting the interest, requests that the interest shall not be included in any return under this section.
(4C)Where this subsection applies, the person paying or crediting the interest shall not be required to include the interest in any return under this section.”
(2)This section shall apply to interest paid or credited after the day on which this Act is passed.
Textual Amendments
F11S. 30 repealed (29.4.1996 with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 of the repealing Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. V(2) Note
(1)In section 209 of the Taxes Act 1988 (meaning of “distribution" for purposes of Corporation Tax Acts) in subsection (2)(e) after sub-paragraph (vi) there shall be inserted “or
(vii)equity notes issued by the company (“the issuing company”) and held by a company which is associated with the issuing company or is a funded company;”.
(2)In that section the following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (8)—
“(9)For the purposes of subsection (2)(e)(vii) above a security is an equity note if as regards the whole of the principal or as regards any part of it—
(a)the security’s terms contain no particular date by which it is to be redeemed,
(b)under the security’s terms the date for redemption, or the latest date for redemption, falls after the expiry of the permitted period,
(c)under the security’s terms redemption is to occur after the expiry of the permitted period if a particular event occurs and the event is one which (judged at the time of the security’s issue) is certain or likely to occur, or
(d)the issuing company can secure that there is no particular date by which the security is to be redeemed or that the date for redemption falls after the expiry of the permitted period;
and the permitted period is the period of 50 years beginning with the date of the security’s issue.
(10)For the purposes of subsection (2)(e)(vii) above and subsection (11) below a company is associated with the issuing company if—
(a)the issuing company is a 75 per cent. subsidiary of the other company,
(b)the other company is a 75 per cent. subsidiary of the issuing company, or
(c)both are 75 per cent. subsidiaries of a third company.
(11)For the purposes of subsection (2)(e)(vii) above a company is a funded company if there are arrangements involving the company being put in funds (directly or indirectly) by the issuing company or a company associated with the issuing company.”
(3)In section 212 of the Taxes Act 1988 (exclusions from “distribution") in subsection (1)(b) after “(vi)" there shall be inserted “ and (vii) ”.
(4)This section shall apply where the interest or other distribution is paid after 14th May 1992.
(1)The following section shall be inserted after section 234 of the Taxes Act 1988—
(1)This section applies where dividend or interest is distributed by a company which is—
(a)a company within the meaning of the Companies Act 1985 or the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, or
(b)a company created by letters patent or by or in pursuance of an Act.
(2)If the company makes a payment of dividend or interest to any person, and subsection (3) below does not apply, within a reasonable period the company shall send an appropriate statement to that person.
(3)If the company makes a payment of dividend or interest into a bank or building society account held by any person, within a reasonable period the company shall send an appropriate statement to either—
(a)the bank or building society concerned, or
(b)the person holding the account.
(4)In a case where—
(a)a statement is received by a person under subsection (2) or (3)(b) above,
(b)the whole or part of the sum concerned is paid to or on behalf of the person as nominee for another person, and
(c)the nominee makes a payment of the sum or part to the other person and subsection (5) below does not apply,
within a reasonable period the nominee shall send an appropriate statement to that person.
(5)In a case where—
(a)a statement is received by a person under subsection (2) or (3)(b) above,
(b)the whole or part of the sum concerned is paid to or on behalf of the person as nominee for another person, and
(c)the nominee makes a payment of the sum or part into a bank or building society account held by the other person,
within a reasonable period the nominee shall send an appropriate statement to either the bank or building society concerned or the other person.
(6)In the case of a payment of interest which is not a qualifying distribution or part of a qualifying distribution, references in this section to an appropriate statement are to a written statement showing—
(a)the gross amount which, after deduction of the income tax appropriate to the interest, corresponds to the net amount actually paid,
(b)the rate and the amount of income tax appropriate to such gross amount,
(c)the net amount actually paid, and
(d)the date of the payment.
(7)In the case of a payment of dividend or interest which is a qualifying distribution or part of a qualifying distribution, references in this section to an appropriate statement are to a written statement showing—
(a)the amount of the dividend or interest paid,
(b)the date of the payment, and
(c)the amount of the tax credit to which a person is entitled in respect of the dividend or interest, or to which a person would be so entitled if he had a right to a tax credit in respect of the dividend or interest.
(8)In this section “send” means send by post.
(9)If a person fails to comply with subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) above, the person shall incur a penalty of £60 in respect of each offence, except that the aggregate amount of any penalties imposed under this subsection on a person in respect of offences connected with any one distribution of dividends or interest shall not exceed £600.
(10)The Board may by regulations provide that where a person is under a duty to comply with subsection (2), (3), (4) or (5) above, the person shall be taken to comply with the subsection if the person either—
(a)acts in accordance with the subsection concerned, or
(b)acts in accordance with rules contained in the regulations;
and subsection (9) above shall be construed accordingly.
(11)Regulations under subsection (10) above may make different provision for different circumstances.”
(2)In section 234 of that Act—
(a)in subsection (1) for “subsections (3) and (4) below" there shall be substituted “ section 234A ”;
(b)subsections (3) and (4) shall be omitted.
(3)In section 468(3) of that Act for “234(3) and (4)" there shall be substituted “ 234A ”.
(4)This section shall apply in relation to distributions begun after the day on which this Act is passed.
Textual Amendments
F12S. 33 repealed (29.4.1996 with effect in accordance with ss. 80-105 of the repealing Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt V(3), Note
Schedule 8 to this Act (which contains provisions about arrangements relating to rights in pursuance of deposits) shall have effect.
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(2)Subject to the repeals made by the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, in relation to exchanges made on or after 1st January 1992 section 85 of the M7Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (exchange of securities for those in another company) shall have effect, and be deemed to have had effect, with the insertion after subsection (1)(b) of “or
(c)company A holds, or in consequence of the exchange will hold, the greater part of the voting power in company B”.
Textual Amendments
F13S. 35(1) repealed (24.7.2002 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 9 paras. 7, 8 of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 141, Sch. 40 Pt. 3(2)
Marginal Citations
(1)In section 69 of the M8Finance Act 1989 (chargeable events as regards employee share ownership trusts) the following shall be inserted after subsection (3)—
“(3A)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above a transfer is also a qualifying transfer if it is made by way of exchange in circumstances mentioned in section 85(1) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 or section 135(1) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.”
(2)This section applies in relation to exchanges made on or after 1st January 1992.
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Textual Amendments
F14S. 37 repealed (6.4.2003) (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 8 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 7)
Textual Amendments
F15S. 38 repealed (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to shares issued on or after 1.1.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 258, Sch. 26 Pt. V(17), Note
Textual Amendments
F16S. 39 repealed (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to shares issued on or after 1.1.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 258, Sch. 26 Pt. V(17), Note
Textual Amendments
F17S. 40 repealed (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to shares issued on or after 1.1.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 258, Sch. 26 Pt. V(17), Note
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 40A-43 repealed (19.7.2006) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4) Note 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4)
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 40A-43 repealed (19.7.2006) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4) Note 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4)
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 40A-43 repealed (19.7.2006) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4) Note 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4)
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 40A-43 repealed (19.7.2006) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4) Note 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4)
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 40A-43 repealed (19.7.2006) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4) Note 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4)
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 40A-43 repealed (19.7.2006) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4) Note 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4)
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Textual Amendments
F18Ss. 40A-43 repealed (19.7.2006) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4) Note 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), Sch. 26 Pt. 3(4)
The M9Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, with the insertion of the following after section 140—
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a qualifying company resident in one member State (company A)
transfers the whole or part of a trade carried on by it in the United Kingdom to a qualifying company resident in another member State (company B),
(b)the transfer is wholly in exchange for securities issued by company B to company A,
(c)a claim is made under this section by company A and company B,
(d)section 140B does not prevent this section applying, and
(e)the appropriate condition is met in relation to company B immediately after the time of the transfer.
(2)Where immediately after the time of the transfer company B is not resident in the United Kingdom, the appropriate condition is that were it to dispose of the assets included in the transfer any chargeable gains accruing to it on the disposal would form part of its chargeable profits for corporation tax purposes by virtue of section 10(3).
(3)Where immediately after the time of the transfer company B is resident in the United Kingdom, the appropriate condition is that none of the assets included in the transfer is one in respect of which, by virtue of the asset being of a description specified in double taxation relief arrangements, the company falls to be regarded for the purposes of the arrangements as not liable in the United Kingdom to tax on gains accruing to it on a disposal.
(4)Where this section applies—
(a)the two companies shall be treated, so far as relates to corporation tax on chargeable gains, as if any assets included in the transfer were acquired by company B from company A for a consideration of such amount as would secure that on the disposal by way of transfer neither a gain nor a loss would accrue to company A;
(b)section 25(3) shall not apply to any such assets by reason of the transfer (if it would apply apart from this paragraph).
(5)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above, a company shall be regarded as resident in a member State if it is within a charge to tax under the law of the State because it is regarded as resident for the purposes of the charge.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (5) above, a company shall be treated as not within a charge to tax under the law of a member State if it falls to be regarded for the purposes of any double taxation relief arrangements to which the State is a party as resident in a territory which is not within any of the member States.
(7)In this section—
“qualifying company” means a body incorporated under the law of a member State;
“securities” includes shares.
(1)Section 140A shall not apply unless the transfer of the trade or part is effected for bona fide commercial reasons and does not form part of a scheme or arrangements of which the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, is avoidance of liability to income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax.
(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where, before the transfer, the Board have on the application of company A and company B notified those companies that the Board are satisfied that the transfer will be effected for bona fide commercial reasons and will not form part of any such scheme or arrangements as are mentioned in that subsection.
(3)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 138 shall have effect in relation to subsection (2) above as they have effect in relation to subsection (1) of that section.”
Marginal Citations
The M10Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, with the insertion of the following sections after section 140B—
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a qualifying company resident in the United Kingdom (company A)
transfers to a qualifying company resident in another member State (company B) the whole or part of a trade which, immediately before the time of the transfer, company A carried on in a member State other than the United Kingdom through a branch or agency,
(b)the transfer includes the whole of the assets of company A used for the purposes of the trade or part (or the whole of those assets other than cash),
(c)the transfer is wholly or partly in exchange for securities issued by company B to company A,
(d)the aggregate of the chargeable gains accruing to company A on the transfer exceeds the aggregate of the allowable losses so accruing,
(e)a claim is made under this section by company A, and
(f)section 140D does not prevent this section applying.
(2)In a case where this section applies, this Act shall have effect in accordance with subsection (3) below.
(3)The allowable losses accruing to company A on the transfer shall be set off against the chargeable gains so accruing and the transfer shall be treated as giving rise to a single chargeable gain equal to the aggregate of those gains after deducting the aggregate of those losses.
(4)No claim may be made under this section as regards a transfer in relation to which a claim is made under section 140.
(5)In a case where this section applies, section 815A of the Taxes Act shall also apply.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above—
(a)a company shall not be regarded as resident in the United Kingdom if it falls to be regarded for the purposes of any double taxation relief arrangements to which the United Kingdom is a party as resident in a territory which is not within any of the member States;
(b)a company shall be regarded as resident in another member State if it is within a charge to tax under the law of the State because it is regarded as resident for the purposes of the charge.
(7)For the purposes of subsection (6)(b) above, a company shall be treated as not within a charge to tax under the law of a member State if it falls to be regarded for the purposes of any double taxation relief arrangements to which the State is a party as resident in a territory which is not within any of the member States.
(8)Section 442(3) of the Taxes Act (overseas business of UK insurance companies) shall be ignored in arriving at the chargeable gains accruing to company A on the transfer, and the allowable losses so accruing, for the purposes of subsections (1)(d) and (3) above.
(9)In this section—
“qualifying company” means a body incorporated under the law of a member State;
“securities” includes shares.
(1)Section 140C shall not apply unless the transfer of the trade or part is effected for bona fide commercial reasons and does not form part of a scheme or arrangements of which the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, is avoidance of liability to income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax.
(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where, before the transfer, the Board have on the application of company A notified that company that the Board are satisfied that the transfer will be effected for bona fide commercial reasons and will not form part of any such scheme or arrangements as are mentioned in that subsection.
(3)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 138 shall have effect in relation to subsection (2) above as they have effect in relation to subsection (1) of that section.”
Marginal Citations
(1)The M11Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, with the following amendments.
(2)In section 35(3)(d)(i) (re-basing) after “139," there shall be inserted “ 140A, ”.
(3)In section 116(11) (qualifying corporate bonds) after “139," there shall be inserted “ 140A, ”.
(4)In section 140 (transfer of assets to non-resident company) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (6)—
“(6A)No claim may be made under this section as regards a transfer in relation to which a claim is made under section 140C.”
(5)In section 174 (disposal or acquisition outside a group)—
(a)in subsection (2) after the word “section" (in the first place where it occurs) there shall be inserted “ 140A, ”;
(b)in subsection (3) after “section" there shall be inserted “ 140A, ”.
(6)In section 177(2) (dividend stripping) after “which section" there shall be inserted “ 140A, ”.
(7)In section 184(2) (indexation)—
(a)after the word “section" (in the first place where it occurs) there shall be inserted “ 140A, ”;
(b)for “either" there shall be substituted “ one ”.
Marginal Citations
Subject to the repeals made by the M12Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, in relation to transfers taking effect on or after 1st January 1992 the M13Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 shall have effect, and be deemed to have had effect, with the insertion of the following after section 269—
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a qualifying company resident in one member State (company A)
transfers the whole or part of a trade carried on by it in the United Kingdom to a qualifying company resident in another member State (company B),
(b)the transfer is wholly in exchange for securities issued by company B to company A,
(c)a claim is made under this section by company A and company B,
(d)section 269B below does not prevent this section applying, and
(e)the appropriate condition is met in relation to company B immediately after the time of the transfer.
(2)Where immediately after the time of the transfer company B is not resident in the United Kingdom, the appropriate condition is that were it to dispose of the assets included in the transfer any chargeable gains accruing to it on the disposal would form part of its chargeable profits for corporation tax purposes by virtue of section 11(2)(b) of the Taxes Act 1988.
(3)Where immediately after the time of the transfer company B is resident in the United Kingdom, the appropriate condition is that none of the assets included in the transfer is one in respect of which, by virtue of the asset being of a description specified in double taxation relief arrangements, the company falls to be regarded for the purposes of the arrangements as not liable in the United Kingdom to tax on gains accruing to it on a disposal.
(4)Where this section applies—
(a)the two companies shall be treated, so far as relates to corporation tax on chargeable gains, as if any assets included in the transfer were acquired by company B from company A for a consideration of such amount as would secure that on the disposal by way of transfer neither a gain nor a loss would accrue to company A;
(b)section 127(3) of the Finance Act 1989 (deemed disposal at market value) shall not apply to any such assets by reason of the transfer (if it would apply apart from this paragraph).
(5)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above, a company shall be regarded as resident in a member State if it is within a charge to tax under the law of the State because it is regarded as resident for the purposes of the charge.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (5) above, a company shall be treated as not within a charge to tax under the law of a member State if it falls to be regarded for the purposes of any double taxation relief arrangements to which the State is a party as resident in a territory which is not within any of the member States.
(7)In this section—
“qualifying company” means a body incorporated under the law of a member State;
“securities” includes shares.
(1)Section 269A above shall not apply unless the transfer of the trade or part is effected for bona fide commercial reasons and does not form part of a scheme or arrangements of which the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, is avoidance of liability to income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax.
(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where, before the transfer, the Board have on the application of company A and company B notified those companies that the Board are satisfied that the transfer will be effected for bona fide commercial reasons and will not form part of any such scheme or arrangements as are mentioned in that subsection.
(3)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 88 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 shall have effect in relation to subsection (2) above as they have effect in relation to subsection (1) of that section.”
Subject to the repeals made by the M14Taxation M15of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, in relation to transfers taking effect on or after 1st January 1992 the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 shall have effect, and be deemed to have had effect, with the insertion of the following sections after section 269B—
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a qualifying company resident in the United Kingdom (company A)
transfers to a qualifying company resident in another member State (company B) the whole or part of a trade which, immediately before the time of the transfer, company A carried on in a member State other than the United Kingdom through a branch or agency,
(b)the transfer includes the whole of the assets of company A used for the purposes of the trade or part (or the whole of those assets other than cash),
(c)the transfer is wholly or partly in exchange for securities issued by company B to company A,
(d)the aggregate of the chargeable gains accruing to company A on the transfer exceeds the aggregate of the allowable losses so accruing,
(e)a claim is made under this section by company A, and
(f)section 269D below does not prevent this section applying.
(2)The Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 shall have effect in accordance with subsection (3) below.
(3)The allowable losses accruing to company A on the transfer shall be set off against the chargeable gains so accruing and the transfer shall be treated as giving rise to a single chargeable gain equal to the aggregate of those gains after deducting the aggregate of those losses.
(4)No claim may be made under this section as regards a transfer in relation to which a claim is made under section 268A above.
(5)In a case where this section applies, section 815A of the Taxes Act 1988 shall also apply.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above—
(a)a company shall not be regarded as resident in the United Kingdom if it falls to be regarded for the purposes of any double taxation relief arrangements to which the United Kingdom is a party as resident in a territory which is not within any of the member States;
(b)a company shall be regarded as resident in another member State if it is within a charge to tax under the law of the State because it is regarded as resident for the purposes of the charge.
(7)For the purposes of subsection (6)(b) above, a company shall be treated as not within a charge to tax under the law of a member State if it falls to be regarded for the purposes of any double taxation relief arrangements to which the State is a party as resident in a territory which is not within any of the member States.
(8)Section 442(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 (overseas business of UK insurance companies) shall be ignored in arriving at the chargeable gains accruing to company A on the transfer, and the allowable losses so accruing, for the purposes of subsections (1)(d) and (3) above.
(9)In this section—
“qualifying company” means a body incorporated under the law of a member State;
“securities” includes shares.
(1)Section 269C above shall not apply unless the transfer of the trade or part is effected for bona fide commercial reasons and does not form part of a scheme or arrangements of which the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, is avoidance of liability to income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax.
(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where, before the transfer, the Board have on the application of company A notified that company that the Board are satisfied that the transfer will be effected for bona fide commercial reasons and will not form part of any such scheme or arrangements as are mentioned in that subsection.
(3)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 88 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 shall have effect in relation to subsection (2) above as they have effect in relation to subsection (1) of that section.”
(1)Subject to the repeals made by the M16Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, the enactments mentioned in this section shall be amended as there mentioned.
(2)In section 268A of the M17Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (transfer of assets to non-resident company) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (6)—
“(6A)No claim may be made under this section as regards a transfer in relation to which a claim is made under section 269C below.”
(3)In section 275 of that Act (disposal or acquisition outside a group)—
(a)in subsection (1A) after the word “section" (in the first place where it occurs) there shall be inserted “ 269A, ”;
(b)in subsection (1B) after “section" there shall be inserted “ 269A, ”.
(4)In section 281(2) of that Act (dividend stripping) after “which section" there shall be inserted “ 269A, ”.
(5)In paragraph 10(2) of Schedule 13 to the M18Finance Act 1984 (qualifying corporate bonds) after paragraph (bb) there shall be inserted—
“(bc)section 269A of the Taxes Act (transfer of United Kingdom trade between companies of different member States); or”.
(6)In section 68(7A)(b) of the M19Finance Act 1985 (indexation) after “267," there shall be inserted “ 269A, ”.
(7)In paragraph 1(3)(b) of Schedule 8 to the M20Finance Act 1988 (re-basing) after “267," there shall be inserted “ 269A, ”.
(8)In paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to that Act (indexation)—
(a)after “section" there shall be inserted “ 269A, ”;
(b)the word “intra-group" shall be omitted;
(c)for “either" there shall be substituted “ one ”.
(9)Subsections (3) and (4) above apply where the transfer referred to in section 269A takes effect on or after 1st January 1992.
(10)Subsections (5) to (7) above apply to any disposal by way of transfer where the transfer takes effect on or after 1st January 1992.
(11)Subsection (8) above applies where any disposal to which section 269A applies is by way of a transfer taking effect on or after 1st January 1992.
The following section shall be inserted after section 815 of the Taxes Act 1988—
(1)This section applies where section 269C of the 1970 Act or section 140C of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 applies; and references in this section to company A, the transfer and the trade shall be construed accordingly.
(2)Where company A produces to the inspector an appropriate certificate given by the tax authorities of the relevant member State, this Part, including any arrangements having effect by virtue of section 788, shall apply as if the amount stated in the certificate in accordance with subsection (4)(b) below were tax payable under the law of the relevant member State.
(3)In any case where—
(a)company A is unable to obtain an appropriate certificate from the tax authorities of the relevant member State,
(b)the Board is satisfied that this is the case, and
(c)company A makes a claim to the Board under this subsection and provides the Board with such information and documents in connection with the claim as the Board may require,
the Board shall determine the amount which in their opinion is the amount of tax computed on the required basis which would have been payable under the law of the relevant member State in respect of the gains accruing to company A on the transfer but for the Mergers Directive; and this Part, including any arrangements having effect by virtue of section 788, shall apply as if the amount so determined were tax payable under the law of the relevant member State.
(4)For the purposes of this section, an appropriate certificate is one containing—
(a)a statement to the effect that gains accruing to company A on the transfer would have been chargeable to tax under the law of the relevant member State but for the Mergers Directive;
(b)a statement of the amount of tax which would have been payable under that law in respect of the gains so accruing but for that Directive; and
(c)a statement to the effect that that amount has been computed on the required basis.
(5)For the purposes of this section, the required basis is that—
(a)so far as permitted under the law of the relevant member State, any losses arising on the transfer are set against any gains so arising, and
(b)any relief available to company A under that law has been duly claimed.
(6)In this section—
“the Mergers Directive” means the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 23rd July 1990 on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different member States (no. 90/434/EEC);
“relevant member State” means the member State in which, immediately before the time of the transfer, company A carried on the trade through a branch or agency.”
(1)The following section shall be inserted after section 815A of the Taxes Act 1988—
(1)Subsection (2) below applies if the Arbitration Convention requires the Board to give effect to—
(a)an agreement or decision, made under the Convention by the Board (or their authorised representative) and any other competent authority, on the elimination of double taxation, or
(b)an opinion, delivered by an advisory commission set up under the Convention, on the elimination of double taxation.
(2)The Board shall give effect to the agreement, decision or opinion notwithstanding anything in any enactment; and any such adjustment as is appropriate in consequence may be made (whether by way of discharge or repayment of tax, the making of an assessment or otherwise).
(3)Any enactment which limits the time within which claims for relief under any provision of the Tax Acts may be made shall not apply to a claim made in pursuance of an agreement, decision or opinion falling within subsection (1)(a) or (b) above.
(4)In this section “the Arbitration Convention” means the Convention on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises, concluded on 23rd July 1990 by the parties to the treaty establishing the European Economic Community (90/436/EEC).”
(2)In section 816 of the Taxes Act 1988 (disclosure of information) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2)—
“(2A)The obligation as to secrecy imposed by any enactment shall not prevent the Board, or any authorised officer of the Board, from disclosing information required to be disclosed under the Arbitration Convention in pursuance of a request made by an advisory commission set up under that Convention; and “the Arbitration Convention” here has the meaning given by section 815B(4).”
(3)The following section shall be inserted after section 182 of the M21Finance Act 1989 (disclosure of information)—
(1)A person who discloses any information acquired by him in the exercise of his functions as a member of an advisory commission set up under the Arbitration Convention is guilty of an offence.
(2)Subsection (1) above does not apply to any disclosure of information—
(a)with the consent of the person who supplied the information to the commission, or
(b)which has been lawfully made available to the public before the disclosure is made.
(3)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that at the time of the alleged offence he believed that the information in question had been lawfully made available to the public before the disclosure was made and had no reasonable cause to believe otherwise.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both;
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or both.
(5)No prosecution for an offence under this section shall be instituted in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland except—
(a)by the Board, or
(b)by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions or, in Northern Ireland, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
(6)In this section—
“the Arbitration Convention” has the meaning given by section 815B(4) of the Taxes Act 1988;
“the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.”
Marginal Citations
(1)In the Taxes Act 1988 the following section shall be inserted after section 808—
(1)Subsection (2) below applies where any arrangements having effect by virtue of section 788—
(a)make provision, whether for relief or otherwise, in relation to interest (as defined in the arrangements), and
(b)make provision (the special relationship provision) that where owing to a special relationship the amount of the interest paid exceeds the amount which would have been paid in the absence of the relationship, the provision mentioned in paragraph (a) above shall apply only to the last-mentioned amount.
(2)The special relationship provision shall be construed as requiring account to be taken of all factors, including—
(a)the question whether the loan would have been made at all in the absence of the relationship,
(b)the amount which the loan would have been in the absence of the relationship, and
(c)the rate of interest and other terms which would have been agreed in the absence of the relationship.
(3)The special relationship provision shall be construed as requiring the taxpayer to show that there is no special relationship or (as the case may be) to show the amount of interest which would have been paid in the absence of the special relationship.
(4)In a case where—
(a)a company makes a loan to another company with which it has a special relationship, and
(b)it is not part of the first company’s business to make loans generally,
the fact that it is not part of the first company’s business to make loans generally shall be disregarded in construing subsection (2) above.
(5)Subsection (2) above does not apply where the special relationship provision expressly requires regard to be had to the debt on which the interest is paid in determining the excess interest (and accordingly expressly limits the factors to be taken into account).”
(2)This section shall apply in relation to interest (as defined in the arrangements) paid after 14th May 1992.
(1)Section 158 of the Taxes Act 1988 (car fuel) shall be amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (2) (cash equivalents) there shall be substituted—
“(2)Subject to the provisions of this section, the cash equivalent of that benefit shall be ascertained from—
(a)Table A below where the car has an internal combustion engine with one or more reciprocating pistons and is not a diesel car;
(b)Table AB below where the car has an internal combustion engine with one or more reciprocating pistons and is a diesel car;
(c)Table B below where the car does not have an internal combustion engine with one or more reciprocating pistons.
Cylinder capacity of car in cubic centimetres | Cash equivalent |
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1,400 or less | £500 |
More than 1,400 but not more than 2,000 | £630 |
More than 2,000 | £940 |
Cylinder capacity of car in cubic centimetres | Cash equivalent |
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2,000 or less | £460 |
More than 2,000 | £590 |
Original market value of car | Cash equivalent |
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Less than £6,000 | £500 |
£6,000 or more but less than £8,500 | £630 |
£8,500 or more | £940 |
(2A)For the purposes of subsection (2) above a diesel car is a car which uses heavy oil as fuel; and “heavy oil” here means heavy oil as defined by section 1(4) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979.
(2B)For the purposes of Tables A and AB in subsection (2) above a car’s cylinder capacity is the capacity of its engine calculated as for the purposes of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971.”
(3)In subsection (4) (Treasury orders) for “either" there shall be substituted “ any ”.
(4)This section shall have effect for the year 1992-93 and subsequent years of assessment.
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Textual Amendments
F19S. 54 repealed (6.4.2003) (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 8 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 7)
(1)In section 502 of the Taxes Act 1988 (defined expressions for Chapter V of Part XII of that Act - petroleum extraction activities), in subsection (1), in the definition of “oil extraction activities", in paragraph (c)—
(a)the words “as far as dry land in the United Kingdom" shall be omitted; and
(b)after the words “so held" there shall be inserted
“where the transportation is—
(i)to the place where the oil is first landed in the United Kingdom, or
(ii)to the place in the United Kingdom or, in the case of oil first landed in another country, the place in that or any other country (other than the United Kingdom) at which the seller in a sale at arm’s length could reasonably be expected to deliver it or, if there is more than one such place, the one nearest to the place of extraction”.
(2)Subsection (1) above has effect with respect to chargeable periods ending after 27th November 1991.
(3)In so far as the amendments made by paragraph 3 of Schedule 15 to this Act amend the definitions of “initial storage" and “initial treatment" as they have effect, by virtue of section 502(2) of the Taxes Act 1988, for the purposes of Chapter V of Part XII of that Act, those amendments have effect with respect to chargeable periods ending after 27th November 1991.
Schedule 9 to this Act (which makes provision in relation to friendly societies) shall have effect.
Textual Amendments
F20S. 57 repealed (31.7.1998 with effect in accordance with s. 38(2)(3) of the repealing Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 165, Sch. 27 Pt. III(4), Note
Textual Amendments
F21S. 58 repealed (31.7.1998 with effect in accordance with s. 38(2)(3) of the repealing Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 165, Sch. 27 Pt. III(4), Note
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F22S. 59 repealed (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 460, Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)
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F24S. 61 repealed (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2)
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Textual Amendments
F25S. 62 repealed (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2)
Schedule 11 to this Act (which makes provision in relation to the payment of income tax on foreign dividends etc.) shall have effect.
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Textual Amendments
F26S. 64 repealed (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2)
(1)For the purposes of this section a claim is a relevant claim if it is made under or by virtue of any of the following provisions—
(a)section 393(1) of the Taxes Act 1988 (claim for carry forward of trading losses);
(b)section 393A(1) of the Taxes Act 1988 (claim for carry sideways and backwards of trading losses);
(c)section 402(2) of the Taxes Act 1988 (surrender of relief between members of groups and consortia: group claim);
(d)section 402(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 (surrender of relief between members of groups and consortia: consortium claim);
(e)any provision reproduced in any of the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) above (whether directly or indirectly and whether with or without modification).
(2)For the purposes of this section the following are relevant provisions—
(aa)section 434(1) and (1A) of the Taxes Act 1988 (section 208 not to apply in relation to life assurance profits computed in accordance with Case I of Schedule D etc);
F27(ab). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F28(a)section 434A(1) of the Taxes Act 1988 (profits derived from investments held for purposes of life assurance business treated as profits of that business in ascertaining loss);]
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(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F29(d)section 83(2) of the M22Finance Act 1989 ( amounts to be taken into account as receipts or expenses);]
(e)section 37(1) of the M23Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (exclusion from consideration for disposal of asset of any money or moneys worth taken into account in computing profits or losses etc.);
(f)any provision reproduced in any of the provisions mentioned in paragraphs (a) F30. . . and (e) above (whether directly or indirectly and whether with or without modification).
(3)For the purposes of this section—
(a)the I minus E basis is the basis commonly so called (under which a company carrying on life assurance business is charged to tax in respect of that business otherwise than under Case I of Schedule D);
(b)life assurance business includes annuity business [F31and capital redemption business].
(4)Neither the making of a relevant claim in respect of a trading loss incurred by a company in an accounting period nor the application of any commercial or accounting principle or practice in computing that loss—
(a)shall prevent the I minus E basis being applied for that or any other accounting period in respect of the company’s life assurance business;
(b)shall affect the calculation of the income or gains of that business for that or any other accounting period in applying that basis.
(5)The application of a relevant provision as regards a company for an accounting period shall not—
(a)prevent the I minus E basis being applied for that or any other accounting period in respect of its life assurance business;
(b)affect the calculation of the income or gains of that business for that or any other accounting period in applying that basis.
(6)This section—
(a)shall apply in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after the day on which this Act is passed;
(b)shall apply and be deemed always to have applied in relation to accounting periods beginning before that day[F32but, in relation to any case in which by virtue of section 99 of the Finance Act 1990 losses may be set off under subsection (1) of section 393 of the Taxes Act 1988 without the making of a claim, this section shall have effect as if references to the making of a claim under that subsection were references to the setting off of any loss under that subsection.]
Textual Amendments
F27S. 65(2)(ab) omitted (17.9.2004) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Overseas Life Insurance Companies Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2200), regs. 1(1), 8(2)
F28S. 65(2)(a) substituted (1.5.1995 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 8 paras. 55(2), 57(1) of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 4, s. 51, Sch. 8 paras. 20(2), 55(2), 57(1)
F29S. 65(2)(d) substituted (1.5.1995 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 8 paras. 55(2), 57(1) of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 4, s. 51, Sch. 8 paras. 16(6), 55(2), 57(1)
F30S. 65(2)(b)(c) and words in s. 65(2)(f) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect in accordance with ss. 80-105 of the repealing Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. V(3), Note
F31Words in s. 65(3)(b) added (23.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/498, reg. 13
F32Words in s. 65(6) inserted (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 120, Sch. 14 para. 9
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 65 modified (31.12.2006) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Overseas Life Insurance Companies Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3271), regs. 1, 33
Marginal Citations
Schedule 12 to this Act (which makes provision in relation to companies that are or have been carrying on a deposit-taking business and are in compulsory liquidation) shall have effect.
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