Finance Act 2000

112 UK public revenue dividends: deduction of tax

(1) In subsection (A1) of section 50 of the Taxes Act 1988 (Treasury directions for payment of public revenue dividends without deduction of tax), for “registered gilt-edged securities” substitute “gilt-edged securities”.

(2) After subsection (3B) of section 349 of that Act (payments not out of profits or gains brought into charge to income tax, and annual interest) insert—

“(3C) Subject to any provision to the contrary in the Income Tax Acts, where any UK public revenue dividend is paid, the person by or through whom the payment is made shall, on making the payment, deduct out of it a sum representing the amount of income tax on it for the year in which the payment is made.”.

(3) At the end of subsection (4) of that section insert—

““UK public revenue dividend” means any income from securities which is paid out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom or Northern Ireland, but does not include interest on local authority stock.”.

(4) After section 350 of that Act insert—

“350A UK public revenue dividends: deduction of tax

(1) The Board may by regulations—

(a) make provision as to the time and manner in which persons who under section 349(3C) deduct sums representing income tax out of payments of UK public revenue dividends are to account for and pay those sums; and

(b) otherwise modify the provisions of sections 349 and 350 in their application to such dividends;

and in this section “UK public revenue dividend” has the same meaning as in section 349.

(2) Regulations under this section may—

(a) make different provision for different descriptions of UK public revenue dividend and for different circumstances;

(b) make special provision for UK public revenue dividends which—

(i) are payable to the Bank of Ireland out of the public revenue of the United Kingdom, or

(ii) are entrusted to the Bank of Ireland for payment and distribution and are not payable by that Bank out of its principal office in Belfast;

(c) include such transitional and other supplementary provisions as appear to the Board to be necessary or expedient.

(3) No regulations under this section shall be made unless a draft of them has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.”.

(5) This section applies to payments made on or after 1st April 2001.