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(1)In Schedule 25 to the Taxes Act 1988, Part I (acceptable distribution policy) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph 2 (acceptable distribution policies for both trading and non-trading companies)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1)—
(i)for “sub-paragraph (2)” there is substituted “ paragraph 2A ”,
(ii)in paragraph (a), “or for some other period which, in whole or in part, falls within that accounting period” is omitted,
(iii)in paragraph (b), for “the period for which it is paid” there is substituted “ that period ”,
(iv)in paragraph (d) for “proportion” there is substituted “ amount ” and for “represents at least” there is substituted “ is not less than ”, and
(v)the words following paragraph (d) are omitted,
(b)sub-paragraph (2) is omitted, and
(c)for sub-paragraph (3) there is substituted—
“(3)For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 2A below, a dividend which is not paid for the period or periods the profits of which are, in relation to the dividend, the relevant profits for the purposes of section 799 shall be treated (subject to sub-paragraph (3A) below) as so paid.
(3A)For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 2A below—
(a)where a dividend is paid for a period which is not an accounting period but falls wholly within an accounting period, it shall be treated as paid for that accounting period, and
(b)where a dividend (“the actual dividend”) is paid for a period which falls within two or more accounting periods—
(i)it shall be treated as if it were a number of separate dividends each of which is paid for so much of the period as falls wholly within an accounting period, and
(ii)the nece contract as regardsssary apportionment of the amount of the actual dividend shall be made to determine the amount of the separate dividends.”
(3)After that paragraph there is inserted—
“2A(1)Paragraph 2 above shall have effect in accordance with this paragraph to determine whether a controlled foreign company which is not a trading company pursues an acceptable distribution policy in respect of a particular accounting period (“the relevant accounting period”).
(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, where the distribution condition is satisfied in relation to the relevant accounting period, then, in addition to any dividend which falls within paragraph 2(1)(a) above apart from this paragraph—
(a)any dividend which is paid for the accounting period (“the preceding period”) which immediately precedes the relevant accounting period and is not an excluded period shall be treated as falling within that paragraph, and
(b)if the distribution condition is satisfied in relation to the preceding period, any dividend which is paid for the accounting period which immediately precedes the preceding period and is not an excluded period shall be treated as falling within that paragraph,
and so on; and in this sub-paragraph “dividend” means a dividend not paid out of specified profits.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph, the distribution condition is satisfied in relation to any accounting period if—
(a)a dividend or dividends are paid for the period to persons resident in the United Kingdom,
(b)the amount or, as the case may be, aggregate amount of any dividends falling within paragraph (a) above is not less than—
(i)the relevant profits for that period, or
(ii)where paragraph 2(4) or (5) above applies (with the modifications of paragraph 2 made by sub-paragraph (5) below), the appropriate portion of those profits, and
(c)any dividends falling within that paragraph are paid not later than the time by which any dividend paid for the relevant accounting period is required by paragraph 2(1)(b) above to be paid;
or if there are no relevant profits for the period.
(4)Where, by reason only of the fact that a company pursued an acceptable distribution policy in respect of any accounting period (“the earlier period”) earlier than the relevant accounting period, no direction could be given in respect of the earlier period under section 747(1), sub-paragraph (2) above shall apply to any dividend required to be taken into account for the purpose of showing that the company pursued an acceptable distribution policy in respect of the earlier period only to the extent (if any) to which that dividend was not required to be taken into account for that purpose.
(5)The modifications of paragraph 2 above referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(b) above are that—
(a)the references in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) to the accounting period in question are to be read as references to the accounting period for which the dividend or dividends are paid,
(b)the references in those sub-paragraphs to sub-paragraph (1)(d) are to be read as references to sub-paragraph (3)(b) above, and
(c)the reference in the definition of “X” in sub-paragraph (6) to available profits is to be read as a reference to relevant profits.
(6)Paragraph 2(1)(d) above shall have effect as if for “50 per cent. of the company’s available profits” there were substituted “90 per cent. of the company’s net chargeable profits”.
(7)In paragraph 2(6) above, the definition of “X” shall have effect as if the reference to available profits were a reference to net chargeable profits.
(8)For the purposes of this paragraph—
(a)a period is an excluded period if it is an accounting period in respect of which a direction is given under section 747(1), and
(b)relevant profits for any accounting period are the profits which would be the relevant profits of that period for the purposes of section 799 if a dividend were actually paid for that period.”
(4)In paragraph 3 of that Schedule (available profits)—
(a)after sub-paragraph (4) there is inserted—
“(4A)Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the net chargeable profits of a controlled foreign company for any accounting period are—
(a)its chargeable profits for that period, less
(b)the amount (if any) which, if a direction were given under section 747(1) in respect of the period, would be the company’s unrestricted creditable tax for that period;
and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph “unrestricted creditable tax” in relation to a company’s accounting period means the amount which would be its creditable tax for that period if the reference in section 751(6)(a) to Part XVIII did not include section 797”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (5), after “available profits” there is inserted “ or, where the company is not a trading company, the chargeable profits ”.
(5)This section shall apply to determine whether a controlled foreign company pursues an acceptable distribution policy in respect of accounting periods ending on or after 30th November 1993.
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