Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3)

Part 15 U.K. Deduction of income tax at source

Chapter 14 U.K. Tax avoidance: directions for duty to deduct to apply

944 Directions for deduction from payments to non-UK residents U.K.

(1) This section applies if it appears to an officer of Revenue and Customs that any person entitled to an amount taxable under—

(a) Chapter 3 of Part 13 (tax avoidance: transactions in land), or

(b) Chapter 4 of that Part (tax avoidance: sales of occupation income),

is non-UK resident.

(2) The officer may, in relation to any payment forming the whole or part of that amount, direct that the person by or through whom the payment is made must, on making it, deduct from it a sum representing income tax on it at the basic rate in force for the tax year in which the payment is made.

(3) Subsection (2) does not affect the final liability of the person entitled to the amount mentioned in subsection (1) including any liability under section 768(4) or 786(4) (recovery of tax where consideration receivable by person not assessed).

(4) For provision about the collection of income tax in respect of a payment from which a sum must be deducted under subsection (2)—

(a) see Chapter 15 if the person making the payment is a UK resident company, and

(b) otherwise see Chapter 16.