260(1)Amend section 98 (special returns etc) as follows.
(2)In subsection (4A)(a) for “section 350(1) of, or Schedule 16 to, the principal Act” substitute “Chapter 15 or 16 of Part 15 of ITA 2007”.
(3)In subsection (4B) for paragraphs (a) to (d) substitute—
“(a)the payment is made by a company, local authority or qualifying partnership (within the meaning of section 932 of ITA 2007) without an amount representing income tax on the payment being deducted from it,
(b)at the time the payment is made, the company, authority or partnership—
(i)does not believe that the payment is an excepted payment for the purposes of Chapter 11 of Part 15 of ITA 2007 (payments between companies etc: exception from duties to deduct), or
(ii)if it does so believe, cannot reasonably do so,
(c)the payment is one from which tax is deductible under Part 15 of ITA 2007 unless the company, authority or partnership reasonably believes that it is an excepted payment for the purposes of Chapter 11 of that Part, and
(d)the payment is not an excepted payment at the time the payment is made.”
(4)Omit subsection (4C).
(5)For subsection (4D) substitute—
“(4D)A payment is within this subsection if—
(a)it is a payment from which a sum representing income tax must be deducted under Chapter 6 (deduction from annual payments and patent royalties) or 7 (deduction from other payments connected with intellectual property) of Part 15 of ITA 2007,
(b)a company, purporting to rely on section 911 of that Act (double taxation arrangements: deduction at treaty rate), deducts less from the payment than required by those Chapters, and
(c)at the time the payment is made the payee (as defined in section 913 of that Act) is not entitled to relief under double taxation arrangements (as defined in section 1023 of that Act) and the company—
(i)does not believe that it is entitled to such relief, or
(ii)if it does so believe, cannot reasonably do so.”
(6)For subsection (4DA) substitute—
“(4DA)A payment is within this subsection if—
(a)it is a payment from which a sum representing income tax must be deducted under Chapter 6 (deduction from annual payments and patent royalties) or 7 (deduction from other payments connected with intellectual property) of Part 15 of ITA 2007,
(b)a company, purporting to rely on section 914 of ITA 2007 (EU companies: discretion to make payment gross), makes the payment without deducting a sum representing income tax, and
(c)at the time the payment is made the payment is not exempt from income tax as a result of section 758 of ITTOIA 2005 (exemption for certain interest and royalty payments) and the company—
(i)does not believe that the payment is so exempt, or
(ii)if it does so believe, cannot reasonably do so.”
(7)In subsection (4E)(b) for “section 349(2) of the principal Act” substitute “section 874 of ITA 2007”.
(8)In the first column of the Table—
(a)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 42A of ICTA,
(b)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 476(1) of ICTA,
(c)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 477A(1) of ICTA,
(d)omit the entry relating to section 482(3) of ICTA,
(e)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 482(11) of ICTA,
(f)omit the entry relating to section 483 of ICTA,
(g)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 555(7) of ICTA,
(h)omit the entry relating to section 745(1) of ICTA,
(i)omit the entry relating to paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 15B to ICTA,
(j)omit the entry relating to regulations under paragraph 11B(5) of Schedule 28B to ICTA,
(k)omit the entry relating to section 86(12) of FA 1995,
(l)omit the entry relating to regulations under Schedule 33 to FA 2002, and
(m)at the end insert—
“sections 242 and 243(1) and (2) of ITA 2007;
section 271(2) of ITA 2007;
regulations under Chapter 5 of Part 6 of ITA 2007;
regulations under section 330(5) of ITA 2007;
section 703 of ITA 2007;
section 748(1) and (2) of ITA 2007;
section 771 of ITA 2007;
section 788 of ITA 2007;
section 862 of ITA 2007;
regulations under section 871(1) of ITA 2007;
regulations under section 969(1) of ITA 2007;
regulations under section 971(1) of ITA 2007;
paragraph 155(5) of Schedule 2 to ITA 2007.”
(9)In the second column of the Table—
(a)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 42A of ICTA,
(b)omit the entry relating to section 350(1) of ICTA,
(c)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 476(1) of ICTA,
(d)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 477A(1) of ICTA,
(e)omit the entry relating to section 482(2) of ICTA,
(f)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 482(11) of ICTA,
(g)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 555(7) of ICTA,
(h)omit the entry relating to paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 15B to ICTA,
(i)omit the entry relating to Schedule 16 to ICTA,
(j)omit the entry relating to regulations under Schedule 33 to FA 2002,
(k)omit the entry relating to regulations under section 122 of FA 2006, and
(l)at the end insert—
“sections 240 and 241 of ITA 2007;
section 271(1) of ITA 2007;
regulations under Chapter 5 of Part 6 of ITA 2007;
section 373 of ITA 2007;
regulations under section 871(1) of ITA 2007;
Chapter 15 of Part 15 of ITA 2007;
Chapter 16 of Part 15 of ITA 2007;
regulations under section 969(1) of ITA 2007;
regulations under section 971(1) of ITA 2007;
regulations under section 973(1) of ITA 2007.”
(10)After the paragraph at the end of the Table insert—
“References in this Table to sections 240, 241, 242 and 243(1) and (2) of ITA 2007 are to provisions that apply only in relation to shares issued after 5 April 2007.”