Part IV Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Chapter VI Miscellaneous provisions

Investments

157 Stock lending fees.

1

After section 129A of the Taxes Act 1988 (interest on cash collateral paid in connection with stock lending arrangements) there shall be inserted the following section—

129B Stock lending fees.

1

The income which, as income deriving from investments of a description specified in any of the relevant provisions, is eligible for relief from tax by virtue of that provision shall be taken to include any relevant stock lending fee.

2

For the purposes of this section the relevant provisions are sections 592(2), 608(2)(a), 613(4), 614(3), 620(6) and 643(2).

3

In this section “relevant stock lending fee”, in relation to investments of any description, means any amount, in the nature of a fee, which is payable in connection with an approved stock lending arrangement relating to investments which, but for any transfer under the arrangement, would be investments of that description.

4

In this section “approved stock lending arrangement” has the same meaning as in Schedule 5A.

2

This section has effect in relation to any arrangements entered into on or after 2nd January 1996.