SCHEDULE 27Permanent establishment etc: consequential amendments
Taxes Act 1988
1
(1)
The Taxes Act 1988 is amended as follows.
(2)
“(13)
References in this section to the employer include, where the employer is not resident in the United Kingdom, any person who is treated as UK representative of the employer under section 126 of the Finance Act 1995 or section 150 of the Finance Act 2003.”.
(3)
“(7)
In this section—
“overseas permanent establishment” means a permanent establishment through which a company carries on a trade in a territory outside the United Kingdom; and
“permanent establishment”—
(a)
if there are arrangements having effect under section 788 in relation to the territory concerned that define the expression, has the meaning given by those arrangements, and
(b)
if there are no such arrangements, or if they do not define the expression, has the meaning given by section 148 of the Finance Act 2003.”.
(4)
In Schedule 15 (qualifying policies), in paragraph 24 (policies issued by non-resident companies), in sub-paragraph (3)(b)
(twice) and (c) for “branch” substitute “
permanent establishment
”
.