Finance Act 1996

Amendments of the Taxes Act 1988 U.K.

1 U.K. The Taxes Act 1988 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 28 below.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7 para. 2 repealed (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2)

3 U.K. Section 17 (Schedule C) shall be omitted.

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(2) In subsection (3) of that section—

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(b) in Case IV, the words “except such income as is charged under Schedule C” shall be omitted; and

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F5 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 7 para. 4(1) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F3 Sch. 7 para. 4(2)(a) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F4 Sch. 7 para. 4(2)(c) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F5 Sch. 7 para. 4(3)(4) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

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Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 7 para. 5 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 8 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 7)

6 U.K. For the heading to Part III there shall be substituted the following heading— “ Government Securities ”

7 U.K. Section 44 (mode of charge of tax under Schedule C) shall be omitted.

8 U.K. Section 45 (interpretation of Part III) shall be omitted.

9 U.K. Section 48 (securities of foreign states) shall be omitted.

10 U.K. In section 49 (stock and dividends in name of Treasury etc.), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3) In this section “dividends” means any interest, public annuities, dividends or shares of annuities.”

11 U.K. In sections 50(1) and 51A(1) (which provide for interest on certain securities to be paid without deduction of tax), the words “but shall be chargeable to tax under Case III of Schedule D” shall in each case be omitted.

12 U.K. Section 52 (taxation of interest on converted securities and interest which becomes subject to deduction) shall be omitted.

13 U.K. Section 123 (foreign dividends) shall be omitted.

14 U.K. In section 124—

(a) in subsection (6) (definitions in connection with quoted Eurobonds), the definitions of “recognised clearing system” and “relevant foreign securities”, and the word “and” immediately preceding those definitions, and

(b) subsection (7),

shall be omitted.

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Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 7 para. 15 repealed (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)

16 U.K. In section 398 (transactions in deposits with and without certificates or in debts), in paragraph (b), the words “C or” shall be omitted.

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Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 7 para. 17 repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 43 Pt. 5(3) Note of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 43 Pt. 5(3)

18 U.K. In section 474 (treatment of tax-free income), subsections (1) and (3) shall be omitted.

19 (1) In section 505 (exemptions for charities), in subsection (1), in paragraph (c), sub-paragraph (i) shall be omitted. U.K.

(2) For paragraph (d) of that subsection there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(d) exemption from tax under Schedule D in respect of public revenue dividends on securities which are in the name of trustees, to the extent that the dividends are applicable and applied only for the repair of—

(i) any cathedral, college, church or chapel, or

(ii) any building used only for the purposes of divine worship;”.

(3) After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(1A) In subsection (1)(d) above “public revenue dividends” means—

(a) income from securities which is payable out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland;

(b) income from securities issued by or on behalf of a government or a public or local authority in a country outside the United Kingdom.”

20 (1) In section 512 (exemption from income tax for Atomic Energy Authority and National Radiological Protection Board)— U.K.

(a) in subsection (1)(a), for “Schedules A and C” there shall be substituted “ Schedule A ”; and

(b) in subsection (1)(b), after “annual payment” there shall be inserted “ or in respect of public revenue dividends ”.

(2) After subsection (2) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(3) In subsection (1) above “public revenue dividends” means—

(a) income from securities which is payable out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland;

(b) income from securities issued by or on behalf of a government or a public or local authority in a country outside the United Kingdom.”

21 (1) In section 516 (government securities held by non-resident central banks), in subsection (1), for “dividends (within the meaning of Schedule C) paid out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom where they are” there shall be substituted “ income from securities which is payable out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom and which is ”. U.K.

(2) In subsection (2) of that section, for “such dividends” there shall be substituted “ such income ”.

22 U.K. In section 582A (designated international organisations), subsection (3) shall be omitted.

23 U.K. In section 730 (transfers of income arising from securities)—

(a) in subsections (2)F9 ... and (6), for “under Schedule C or under section 123(3)”, and

(b) in subsection (8), for “under Schedule C or section 123(3)”,

there shall in each case be substituted “ by virtue of section 18(3B) ”.

Textual Amendments

F9 Words in Sch. 7 para. 23(a) repealed (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)

24 U.K. In section 828(2) (orders and regulations not required to be made by statutory instrument), for “section 124(6) or 841(1)(b) or paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 3” there shall be substituted “ section 841(1)(b) or 841A ”.

25 U.K. In section 832(1) (interpretation of the Tax Acts), the definition of “recognised clearing system” shall be omitted.

26 U.K. After section 841 there shall be inserted the following section—

“841A Recognised clearing systems.

(1) In the Tax Acts, “recognised clearing system” means any system for clearing—

(a) quoted Eurobonds (as defined by section 124), or

(b) relevant foreign holdings (as defined by section 18(3C)),

which is for the time being designated for the purposes of this section as a recognised clearing system by an order made by the Board.

(2) An order under this section—

(a) may contain such transitional and other supplemental provision as appears to the Board to be necessary or expedient; and

(b) may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order.”

27 U.K. Schedule 3 (machinery for payment of income tax under Schedule C and, in certain cases, Schedule D) shall be omitted.

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Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 7 para. 28 repealed (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 156, Sch. 40 Pt. II(17)