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              (a)             the sum of the foster care receipts for the year from each foster care

arrangement from which those receipts arise, less

              (b)             the individual’s limit for the year.

Election for alternative method

  14      (1)      An individual may elect—

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              (a)             for the alternative method of calculating profits given in paragraph

12 or 13 to apply if the conditions specified in paragraph 11(a), (b)

and (c) are met, and

              (b)             for the alternative method of calculating profits given in sub-

paragraph (5) of paragraph 15 to apply if the conditions specified in

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paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph are

met.

          (2)      An election under this paragraph has effect for the year of assessment for

which it is made.

          (3)      Subject to sub-paragraphs (5) and (6), an election under this paragraph must

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be made on or before the election deadline for the year of assessment to

which it relates.

          (4)      The election deadline for a year of assessment is—

              (a)             the first anniversary of the 31st January next following that year of

assessment, or

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              (b)             such later date as the Board may in any particular case allow.

          (5)      If—

              (a)             an individual does not make an election under this paragraph for a

year of assessment on or before the election deadline for that year,

and

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              (b)             an adjustment is made after that deadline to the profits from his

provision of foster care on which he is chargeable to tax for that year,

                   the individual may make an election under this paragraph for the year on or

before the date specified in sub-paragraph (6).

          (6)      That date is—

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              (a)             the first anniversary of the 31st January next following the year of

assessment in which the adjustment is made, or

              (b)             such later date as the Board may in any particular case allow.

          (7)      Any election under this paragraph must be made in writing to an officer of

the Board.

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Periods of account ending otherwise than on 5th April

  15      (1)      This paragraph applies to an individual for a year of assessment for which—

              (a)             the individual qualifies for relief under this Schedule,

              (b)             his foster care receipts are the receipts of a trade, profession or

vocation, and

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              (c)             the period of account in which his foster care receipts accrue ends on

a day other than 5th April in that year of assessment.

          (2)      If the individual’s total foster care receipts for the period of account do not

exceed the relevant limit for that period (see sub-paragraph (6) or (8)) the

 

 

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profits or losses from his trade, profession or vocation for the year of

assessment are to be treated as nil.

          (3)      If, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (2), the individual would, apart

from that sub-paragraph, be entitled to a deduction for the year under

section 63A(1) or (3) of the Taxes Act 1988 (overlap profits and overlap

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losses), the individual is entitled to that deduction notwithstanding that sub-

paragraph.

          (4)      Sub-paragraph (5) applies where—

              (a)             the individual’s total foster care receipts for the period of account

exceed the relevant limit for that period, and

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              (b)             an election by him under paragraph 14 has effect.

          (5)      The profits of the year of assessment of the trade, profession or vocation

from which the individual’s foster care receipts arise are—

              (a)             the amount of the foster care receipts arising from the trade,

profession or vocation for the period of account, less

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              (b)             the relevant limit for that period.

          (6)      If the period of account in which the individual’s foster care receipts accrue

ends in the year 2003-04, “the relevant limit” for that period is found by

aggregating—

              (a)             the individual’s share of the fixed amount for the year 2003-04

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(found in accordance with paragraph 7), and

              (b)             each amount per child for that individual for that period of account.

          (7)      For the purposes of sub-paragraph (6), an individual’s amount per child for

the period of account is each amount that would be his amount per child by

virtue of paragraph 8 for the year 2003-04 if that period of account were the

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income period for that year.

          (8)      If the period of account in which the individual’s foster care receipts accrue

ends in a year subsequent to the year 2003-04, “the relevant limit” for that

period is found by aggregating—

              (a)             the individual’s share of the fixed amount for the year in which the

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period of account ends (found in accordance with paragraph 7), and

              (b)             for each of the years of assessment in which the period of account

falls, each amount per child for that individual for each part of that

period of account which falls within that year of assessment.

          (9)      For the purposes of sub-paragraph (8), an individual’s amount per child for

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a part of a period of account is each amount that would be his amount per

child by virtue of paragraph 8 for the year of assessment in which the part of

that period falls if that part of the period of account were the income period

for that year.

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Capital allowances

Introductory

  16      (1)      Paragraphs 17 to 19 make provision for the application of the Capital

Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2) (“CAA 2001”) in relation to—

              (a)             a relevant individual, and

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              (b)             a relevant chargeable period of that individual.

 

 

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          (2)      For this purpose, a “relevant individual” is an individual who, in a year of

assessment, satisfies the conditions in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).

          (3)      The first condition is that in the year of assessment the individual would,

apart from this Schedule, have foster care receipts chargeable—

              (a)             under Case I or II of Schedule D as the profits of a trade, profession

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or vocation, or

              (b)             under Case VI of Schedule D as the profits of one or more foster care

arrangements.

          (4)      The second condition is that—

              (a)             the exemption in paragraph 10 or (as the case may be) 15(2) applies

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to the individual for the year of assessment, or

              (b)             the individual has elected for the alternative method of calculating

profits in paragraph 12, 13 or (as the case may be) 15(5) to apply to

him for the year of assessment.

          (5)      A period is a “relevant chargeable period” of a relevant individual if—

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              (a)             it is a chargeable period of the individual,

              (b)             it corresponds to an income period for the individual’s foster care

receipts in a year of assessment, and

              (c)             that year of assessment is a year in which the individual satisfies the

conditions in sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).

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Provisions applying in relation to carried forward unrelieved qualifying expenditure

  17      (1)      This paragraph applies in any case where—

              (a)             there is any available qualifying expenditure in a relevant pool for a

relevant chargeable period of a relevant individual,

              (b)             that expenditure is unrelieved qualifying expenditure carried

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forward in the pool from the previous chargeable period under

section 59 of CAA 2001, and

              (c)             that previous chargeable period was not a relevant chargeable

period.

          (2)      In any such case, CAA 2001 has effect in relation to the relevant individual’s

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available qualifying expenditure in the pool for the relevant chargeable

period as if—

              (a)             a disposal event occurred immediately after the beginning of the

period,

              (b)             disposal receipts fall to be brought into account in the pool for that

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period by reason of that event, and

              (c)             the total of those disposal receipts equals the amount of the

unrelieved qualifying expenditure carried forward in the pool from

the previous chargeable period under section 59 of CAA 2001.

          (3)      In any such case, section 13 of CAA 2001 (use for qualifying activity of plant

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and machinery provided for other purposes) shall apply as if, on the first

day of the first subsequent chargeable period which is not a relevant

chargeable period,—

              (a)             the relevant individual brings into use for the purposes of his

provision of foster care such of the plant or machinery on which the

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unrelieved qualifying expenditure was incurred as he still owns on

that day, and

 

 

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              (b)             he owns that plant or machinery as a result of having incurred capital

expenditure on its provision for purposes other than those of the

provision of foster care.

          (4)      In this paragraph “relevant pool” means a pool containing expenditure

incurred on the provision of plant or machinery wholly or partly for the

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purposes of the provision of foster care by the relevant individual.

Expenditure incurred in a relevant chargeable period not qualifying expenditure

  18       Capital expenditure (“excluded capital expenditure”) which is incurred—

              (a)             by a relevant individual,

              (b)             in a relevant chargeable period, and

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              (c)             on the provision of plant or machinery wholly or partly for the

purposes of the provision of foster care by the individual,

           does not constitute qualifying expenditure for the purposes of CAA 2001.

Excluded capital expenditure: subsequent treatment of asset

  19       Where a relevant individual incurs excluded capital expenditure in a

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relevant chargeable period, section 13 of CAA 2001 shall apply as if, on the

first day of the first subsequent chargeable period which is not a relevant

chargeable period,—

              (a)             he brings into use for the purposes of his provision of foster care such

of the plant or machinery on which the expenditure was incurred as

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he still owns on that day, and

              (b)             he owns that plant or machinery as a result of having incurred capital

expenditure on its provision for purposes other than those of the

provision of foster care.

Interpretation of this Part

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  20       Expressions which—

              (a)             are used in this Part, and

              (b)             are used in CAA 2001, but

              (c)             apart from this paragraph, are not defined in this Schedule,

           have the same meaning in this Part as in that Act.

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Part 4

Supplementary

Interpretation

  21       In this Schedule—

                    “CAA 2001” means the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2);

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                    “excluded capital expenditure” is to be construed in accordance with

paragraph 18;

                    “foster care arrangement” has the meaning given in paragraph 2(5);

                    “foster care receipts” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 3;

                    “income period” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 3(2)

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and (3);

 

 

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                    “profits” includes gains;

                    “provision of foster care” has the meaning given in paragraph 4;

                    “relevant chargeable period” is to be construed in accordance with

paragraph 16(5);

                    “relevant individual” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph

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16(2);

                    “total foster care receipts” is to be construed in accordance with

paragraph 5.

Schedule 37

Section 177

 

Loan relationships: amendments

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Part 1

Amendments to Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1996

Introductory

  1        Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) (loan relationships: special

computational provisions) is amended as follows.

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Late interest

  2       (1)      Paragraph 2 is amended as follows.

          (2)      After sub-paragraph (5) insert—

                           “(5A)                  A person who is a participator in a company which controls

another company shall be treated for the purposes of this

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paragraph as also being a participator in that other company.”.

          (3)      In sub-paragraph (6), in the definition of “participator” (which is expressed

to have effect in relation to a close company) omit “close”.

          (4)      The amendments made by this paragraph have effect in relation to interest

which would, apart from paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1996,

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be treated as accruing on or after 9th April 2003.

Continuity of treatment: groups etc

  3       (1)      Paragraph 12 is amended as follows.

          (2)      In sub-paragraph (2) (determination of credits and debits to be brought into

account) in paragraph (a) (disregard of the transaction or series of

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transactions except for certain purposes) after “except” insert—

                             “(i)                               for the purpose of determining the debits or credits

to be brought into account in respect of exchange

gains or losses and identifying the company which

is to bring them into account; or

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                              (ii)”.                               

          (3)               In paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph (transferor and transferee deemed to

be the same person, except for that purpose) for “that purpose” substitute

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          (4)      In sub-paragraph (2A) (amount to be brought into account where transferor

company uses authorised mark to market basis of accounting) for paragraph

(a) substitute—

                    “(a)                                            the amount to be brought into account by the transferor

company in respect of the transaction, the result of the series

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of transactions, or the transfer must be—

                           (i)                          where an asset is to be brought into account, the fair

value of the asset, or of the rights under or interest in

the asset, and

                           (ii)                         where a liability is to be brought into account, the fair

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value of the liability,

                                          as at the date on which the transferee company becomes

party to the loan relationship;

                    (aa)                      the amount to be brought into account by the transferee

company in respect of the transaction, the result of the series

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of transactions, or the transfer must be the same as the

amount brought into account by the transferor company in

respect of the transaction, or, as the case may be, the result of

the series of transactions, or the transfer; and”.

          (5)               In sub-paragraph (6) (novation: equivalent rights) after “rights” insert “, or

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(as the case may be) its obligations,”.

          (6)      After sub-paragraph (7) (cases where rights are “equivalent”) insert—

                           “(7A)                  For the purposes of sub-paragraph (6) above a person’s

obligations under a debtor relationship are equivalent to

obligations under another such relationship if they subject the

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holder of the liability representing the relationship—

                      (a)                     to the same obligations to the same persons as to capital,

interest and dividends, and

                      (b)                     to the same remedies for the enforcement of those

obligations,

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                                             notwithstanding any difference in the total nominal amounts of

the assets representing the corresponding creditor relationships,

in the form in which those assets are held or in the manner in

which they can be transferred.”.

          (7)      The amendments made by this paragraph have effect where the date on

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which the transferee company becomes party to the loan relationship falls

on or after 9th April 2003.

Discounted securities where companies have a connection

  4       (1)      In paragraph 17, for sub-paragraph (8) (reference to person standing in the

position of creditor to include person indirectly standing in that position)

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substitute—

                           “(8)                  Any reference in this paragraph to a company which stands in the

position of a creditor as respects a relevant discounted security

includes a reference to a company which indirectly stands in that

position by reference to a series of loan relationships or money

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debts which would be loan relationships if a company directly

stood in the position of creditor or debtor.”.

 

 

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          (2)      The amendment made by this paragraph has effect in relation to relevant

periods beginning on or after 9th April 2003.

          (3)      If, in the case of an issuing company, 9th April 2003 falls in a relevant period

beginning before that day—

              (a)             the amendment made by this paragraph also has effect in relation to

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a proportionate part of the debits of that company relating to the

amount of the discount that is referable to that period, and

              (b)             that proportion is the proportion which the part of that period—

                    (i)                   beginning with 9th April 2003, and

                    (ii)                  ending with the end of that period,

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                              bears to the whole of that period.

          (4)      Expressions used in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) and in paragraph 17 of

Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) have the same meaning in that sub-

paragraph as in that paragraph.

Discounted securities of close companies

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  5       (1)      Paragraph 18 is amended as follows.

          (2)      In sub-paragraph (2C) (reference to person standing in the position of

creditor to include person indirectly standing in that position) for the words

from “includes a reference” to the end of that sub-paragraph substitute

“includes a reference to a person who indirectly stands in that position by

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reference to a series of loan relationships or money debts which would be

loan relationships if a company directly stood in the position of creditor or

debtor”.

          (3)      After sub-paragraph (3B) (meaning of “control”) insert—

                           “(3C)                  A person who is a participator in a company which controls

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another company shall be treated for the purposes of this

paragraph as also being a participator in that other company.”.

          (4)      The amendments made by this paragraph have effect in relation to relevant

periods beginning on or after 9th April 2003.

          (5)      If, in the case of an issuing company, 9th April 2003 falls in a relevant period

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beginning before that day—

              (a)             the amendments made by this paragraph also have effect in relation

to a proportionate part of the debits of that company relating to the

amount of the discount that is referable to that period, and

              (b)             that proportion is the proportion which the part of that period—

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                    (i)                   beginning with 9th April 2003, and

                    (ii)                  ending with the end of that period,

                              bears to the whole of that period.

          (6)      Expressions used in sub-paragraph (4) or (5) and in paragraph 18 of

Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1996 have the same meaning in that sub-

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paragraph as in that paragraph.

 

 

 
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