Amendments to the Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) Regulations 2006
2.—(1) The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.
(2) At the end of Chapter 2 of Part 4(2) insert—
“Annual payments to non-residents
Annual Payments – duty to deduct income tax
46A.—(1) An annual payment made to a participant which meets the conditions in paragraphs (2) to (6) is not a qualifying annual payment for the purposes of Chapter 6 of Part 15 of ITA 2007 (deduction from annual payments and royalties).
(2) The payment must be charged to income tax under Chapter 7 of Part 5 of ITTOIA 2005 (annual payments not otherwise charged).
(3) The payment must be made in respect of the participant’s interest in an authorised investment fund other than a Property AIF.
(4) The payment and the amount of the payment must be directly or indirectly referable to, and must not be more than, any management fees paid to the manager of the authorised investment fund in respect of the participant’s interest in the fund.
(5) Any management fees must not exceed an amount representing a reasonable commercial amount in all the circumstances.
(6) At the time the payment is made, the person making the payment must have reasonable grounds for believing that the participant is not resident in the United Kingdom.
Consequences of reasonable but incorrect belief
46B.—(1) This regulation applies if—
(a)an annual payment is made to a participant without a sum representing income tax on the payment being deducted from it,
(b)at the time the payment is made, the condition in regulation 46A(6) is met,
(c)the payment would be a qualifying annual payment but for that condition being met, and
(d)at the time the payment is made, the participant is resident in the United Kingdom.
(2) Section 900 (deduction from commercial payments made by individuals) and section 901 (deduction from annual payments made by other persons) of ITA 2007 apply as if the payment were a qualifying annual payment.”
S.I. 2006/964, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2007/794 and 2008/705.
Regulations 34 to 46 were revoked by S.I. 2007/794.