Part 14Income tax liability: miscellaneous rules

Chapter 1Limits on liability to income tax of non-UK residents

Limit for non-UK resident individuals, trustees etc

814Meaning of “disregarded transaction income”

1

Subsection (2) applies if a non-UK resident carries on (alone or in partnership) a business through a broker in the United Kingdom.

2

Income is “disregarded transaction income”, subject to subsection (6), if—

a

it is transaction income, and

b

the independent broker conditions are met in relation to the transaction in question.

3

Subsection (4) applies if a non-UK resident carries on (alone or in partnership) a business through an investment manager in the United Kingdom.

4

Income is “disregarded transaction income”, subject to subsection (6), if—

a

it is transaction income, and

b

the independent investment manager conditions are met in relation to the transaction in question.

5

In this Chapter “transaction income”, in relation to a transaction carried out through a broker or investment manager in the United Kingdom on behalf of a non-UK resident, means income which arises to the non-UK resident from—

a

so much of the non-UK resident’s business carried on (alone or in partnership) through the broker or investment manager as relates to the transaction, or

b

property or rights which, as a result of the transaction, are used by, or held by or for, the broker or investment manager on behalf of the non-UK resident.

6

Income is not disregarded transaction income if it is chargeable to income tax in accordance with section 171(2) of FA 1993 (profits of the underwriting business of a member of Lloyd's).

7

This section needs to be read with—

  • section 817 (the independent broker conditions),

  • sections 818 to 824 (the independent investment manager conditions),

  • section 827 (meaning of “investment manager” and “investment transaction”), and

  • section 828 (transactions through brokers and investment managers).