C1C2Part 2Double taxation relief
Pt. 2 applied by 2010 c. 4, s. 269DL(6) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 Pt. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 3 para. 1)
CHAPTER 3Miscellaneous provisions
Interpretation of double taxation arrangements
133Special relationship rule for royalties: matters to be shown by taxpayer
1
If this section applies (as to which, see section 132(1)), the special relationship rule is to be read as requiring the taxpayer to show—
a
the absence of any special relationship, or
b
as the case may be, the rate or amounts of royalties that would have been payable in the absence of the special relationship.
2
The requirement under subsection (1)(a) includes whichever is applicable of the following requirements.
3
The first of those requirements is—
a
to show that no person of any of the descriptions in section 132(4)(a) to (d) has previously been the beneficial owner of the asset in respect of which the royalties are paid, and
b
to show that no person of any of those descriptions has previously been the beneficial owner of any asset which that asset represents or from which it is derived.
4
The second of those requirements is—
a
to show that the transaction, or series of transactions, mentioned in section 132(5)(a) would have taken place in the absence of a special relationship, and
b
to show the amounts which would have been paid under the transaction, or under each of the transactions in the series of transactions, in the absence of a special relationship.
Pt. 2 modified by 1988 c. 1, Sch. 19ABA paras. 26-28 (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 34(3) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22))