Finance Act 2000

29 (1) Amend section 826 of the Taxes Act 1988 as follows.

(2) After subsection (7B) insert—

“(7BB) Subject to subsection (7BC) below, in any case where—

(a) within the meaning of section 806D, any relievable underlying tax or relievable withholding tax arises in an accounting period of a company (“the later period”),

(b) pursuant to a claim under section 806G, the whole or any part of that tax is treated as mentioned in section 806D(4)(c) or (5)(c) in relation to the single related dividend or the single unrelated dividend arising in an earlier accounting period (“the earlier period”), and

(c) a repayment falls to be made of corporation tax paid for the earlier period or of income tax in respect of a payment received by the company in that period,

then, in determining the amount of interest (if any) payable under this section on the repayment referred to in paragraph (c) above, no account shall be taken of so much of the amount of the repayment as falls to be made as a result of the claim under section 806G, except so far as concerns interest for any time after the date on which any corporation tax for the later period became due and payable (as mentioned in subsection (7D) below).

(7BC) Where, in a case falling within subsection (7A)(a) and (b) above—

(a) as a result of the claim under section 393A(1), an amount or increased amount of eligible unrelieved foreign tax arises for the purposes of section 806A(1), and

(b) pursuant to a claim under section 806G, the whole or any part of an amount of relievable underlying tax or relievable withholding tax is treated as mentioned in section 806D(4)(c) or (5)(c) in relation to the single related dividend or the single unrelated dividend arising in an accounting period before the earlier period,

then subsection (7BB) above shall have effect in relation to the claim under section 806G as if the reference in the words after paragraph (c) to the later period within the meaning of that subsection were a reference to the period which, in relation to the claim under section 393A(1), would be the later period for the purposes of subsection (7A) above.”

(3) In subsection (7D) (date on which corporation tax is due and payable for the purposes of certain provisions) after “(7B)” insert “, (7BB)”.

(4) In subsection (7E) (which, for the purposes of certain provisions, restricts the power in section 59A of the [1970 c. 9.] Taxes Management Act 1970 to alter the date on which corporation tax is due and payable) after “(7B),”, in both places where it occurs, insert “(7BB),”.