Part 3Income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax

Chapter 4Personal taxation

Miscellaneous

91Income of spouses: jointly held property

1

Section 282A of the Taxes Act 1988 is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (4) insert—

4A

Subsection (1) above shall not apply to income consisting of a distribution arising from property consisting of—

a

close company shares to which either the husband or the wife is beneficially entitled to the exclusion of the other, or

b

close company shares to which they are beneficially entitled in equal or unequal shares.

In this subsection “close company shares” means shares in or securities of a close company; and for this purpose “shares” and “securities” have the same meaning as in Part 6 (see section 254).

3

This section has effect in relation to the year 2004-05 and subsequent years of assessment.