Part 4Savings and investment income

Chapter 9Gains from contracts for life insurance etc.

Transaction-related calculations and part surrender or assignment events

514Chargeable events where transaction-related calculations show gains

1

If the calculation in section 511 shows that a relevant transaction resulted in a gain arising on the policy or contract, the relevant transaction is treated as a chargeable event.

2

Subsection (1) is subject to section 485(5) (which restricts the circumstances in which such events occur in relation to qualifying policies).

3

Subsection (4) applies if—

a

a relevant transaction that is a chargeable event occurs in a different tax year from that in which the insurance year ends, and

b

apart from subsection (4), a person would be liable to tax on the gain under this Chapter for the tax year in which the transaction occurs.

4

The gain is charged to tax under this Chapter for the tax year in which the insurance year ends instead.

5

If the relevant transaction occurs in the final insurance year, the chargeable event within subsection (1) is treated as occurring before the chargeable event that ends that year.