Income Tax Act 2007

816 Meaning of “disregarded company income” U.K.

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter income arising to a non-UK resident company is “disregarded company income” if it is—

(a) disregarded savings and investment income (see section 825),

(b) disregarded annual payments (see section 826),

[F1 (c) income arising from a transaction carried out through a broker in the United Kingdom acting as an agent of independent status in the ordinary course of the broker’s business,]

[F1 (d) income arising from a transaction carried out through an investment manager in the United Kingdom acting as an agent of independent status in the ordinary course of the investment manager’s business, or]

(e) income of such other description as the Treasury may by regulations designate for the purposes of this section.

[F2 (2) A broker is regarded for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) as an agent of independent status acting in the ordinary course of the broker’s business in relation to a transaction carried out on behalf of a non-UK resident company in the course of that company’s trade if, and only if, the independent broker conditions are met in relation to the transaction (see section 817).

(3) An investment manager is regarded for the purposes of subsection (1)(d) as an agent of independent status acting in the ordinary course of the investment manager’s business in relation to an investment transaction carried out on behalf of a non-UK resident company in the course of that company’s trade if, and only if, the independent investment manager conditions are met in relation to the investment transaction (see sections 818 to 824).

(4) This section needs to be read with—

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

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

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 816(1)(c)(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by Income Tax Act 2007 (Amendment) (No.3) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3506), arts. 1(1), 3(4)(a)

F2 S. 816(2)-(4) substituted for s. 816(2) (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by Income Tax Act 2007 (Amendment) (No.3) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3506), arts. 1(1), 3(4)(b)