Income Tax Bill

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Session 2006 - 07
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498
Types of income tax for the purposes of section 497
(1)
The types of amount referred to at Step 2 in section 497 are as follows.


Type 1

The amount of any tax on income (other than income of a kind mentioned
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below in relation to Type 2 or 3) charged at the dividend trust rate or at the trust
rate.


Type 2

The amount of tax at the nominal rate on any income which is—
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(a)
chargeable under Chapter 3 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (dividends etc
from UK resident companies),
(b)
chargeable under Chapter 5 of that Part (stock dividends from UK
resident companies), or
(c)
chargeable under Chapter 6 of that Part (release of loan to participator
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in close company),

and on which tax is charged at the dividend trust rate as a result of section 479.


Type 3

The amount of tax at the nominal rate on any income on which tax is charged
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at the dividend trust rate as a result of section 481.


Type 4

The amount of any tax on income on which tax is charged at the basic rate or
at the savings rate as a result of section 491.
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Type 5

The amount of tax on any income determined in accordance with section 26 of
FA 2005 (special tax treatment for trusts for the benefit of vulnerable persons).
(2)
In relation to Types 2 and 3, references to the nominal rate are references to a
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rate equal to the difference between the dividend trust rate and the dividend
ordinary rate.
(3)
In relation to Types 1 to 4, references to income do not include income the tax
on which is reduced in accordance with section 26 of FA 2005.
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Trustees’ expenses and beneficiary’s income
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Application of Chapter
(1)
This Chapter applies if—
(a)
in a tax year (“the current tax year”) income arises to the trustees of a
settlement, and
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(b)
before being distributed, some or all of that income is income of another
person (“the beneficiary”).

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(2)
It contains provision about how the beneficiary’s income mentioned in
subsection (1)(b) (“the beneficiary’s income”) can be reduced for income tax
purposes by reference to expenses of the trustees.
500
Restrictions on use of trustees’ expenses to reduce the beneficiary’s income
(1)
Expenses of the trustees can be used to reduce the beneficiary’s income for
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income tax purposes only so far as—
(a)
the expenses are incurred by the trustees in the current tax year or in an
earlier tax year, and
(b)
as a result of the expenses being chargeable to income as mentioned in
subsection (2) or (3), the beneficiary’s entitlement to the beneficiary’s
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income is reduced by reference to the expenses.
(2)
Expenses are chargeable to income for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) if they
are chargeable to income by the trustees under a term of the settlement (subject
to any overriding law which prevents the expenses from being so chargeable).
(3)
Expenses are also chargeable to income for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) if
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they—
(a)
are not chargeable to income by the trustees under a term of the
settlement, but
(b)
are chargeable to income by the trustees in accordance with any law
(subject to any overriding term of the settlement which prevents the
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expenses from being so chargeable).
(4)
Expenses cannot be used to reduce the beneficiary’s income for income tax
purposes so far as they are expenses which have fallen, or may fall, to be taken
into account for the purpose of calculating the trustees’ liability to income tax
for any tax year.
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501
Non-UK resident beneficiaries
(1)
This section applies if—
(a)
expenses of the trustees are to be used to reduce the beneficiary’s
income for income tax purposes, and
(b)
a proportion of the beneficiary’s income is untaxed income (see section
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502).
(2)
A proportion of those expenses is not to be so used.
(3)
That proportion is the same as the proportion of the beneficiary’s income
which is untaxed income.
(4)
In subsection (3) the references to the beneficiary’s income and untaxed income
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do not, in either case, include so much (if any) of that income as is equal to the
amount of income tax, or of any foreign tax, for which the trustees are liable on
that income.
(5)
“Foreign tax” means any tax which—
(a)
is of a similar character to income tax, and
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(b)
is imposed by the laws of a territory outside the United Kingdom.

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502
Meaning of “untaxed income” in section 501
(1)
For the purposes of section 501 the beneficiary’s income is untaxed income so
far as the beneficiary is not liable to income tax on it wholly or partly because
the beneficiary—
(a)
has been non-UK resident, or
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(b)
has been treated as resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom
under double taxation arrangements.
(2)
If the income tax charged on the beneficiary for the beneficiary’s income is
limited under Chapter 1 of Part 13 (limits on liability to income tax of non-UK
residents), the untaxed income includes so much of the beneficiary’s income
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which is disregarded income (within the meaning of that Chapter) except so far
as the disregarded income is within subsection (3).
(3)
The disregarded income is within this subsection so far as—
(a)
sums representing income tax have been deducted from the income,
(b)
sums representing income tax have been treated as deducted from or
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paid in respect of the income, or
(c)
there are tax credits in respect of the income.
503
How beneficiary’s income is reduced
(1)
This section applies if the beneficiary’s income is to be reduced for income tax
purposes by expenses of the trustees.
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(2)
The beneficiary’s income is to be reduced in the following order—

first, reduce dividend income within subsection (3) (if any),

second, reduce dividend income not within that subsection (if any),

third, reduce savings income (if any), and

fourth, reduce other income (if any).
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(3)
Income is within this subsection so far as it is—
(a)
chargeable under Chapter 3 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (dividends etc
from UK resident companies),
(b)
chargeable under Chapter 5 of that Part (stock dividends from UK
resident companies), or
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(c)
chargeable under Chapter 6 of that Part (release of loan to participator
in close company).
(4)
If the trustees are liable for income tax charged on a component of the
beneficiary’s income at a particular rate, then any reduction of that component
is to be made in accordance with the steps set out in subsection (5).
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(5)
Here are the steps.


Step 1

Deduct from the component the amount of income tax charged on it at the
particular rate for which the trustees are liable.
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Step 2

Take the result from Step 1 and reduce it (but not below nil) by the amount of
the trustees’ expenses so far as they have not already been used to reduce other
components of the beneficiary’s income.
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Step 3

Take the result from Step 2 and gross it up by reference to the particular rate.

The result is the reduced amount of the component of the beneficiary’s income.
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Unauthorised unit trusts
504
Treatment of income of unauthorised unit trust
(1)
This section applies for income tax purposes in relation to an unauthorised unit
trust if the trustees are UK resident.
(2)
If income arises to the trustees, the income is treated as the income of the
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trustees and not of the unit holders.
(3)
If income tax on any part of the income would apart from this subsection be
charged at the dividend ordinary rate or at the savings rate, income tax on that
part of the income is charged at the basic rate instead.
(4)
None of the following applies in relation to the income—
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(a)
section 479,
(b)
section 397(1) of ITTOIA 2005 (tax credits for qualifying distributions),
(c)
section 399(2) and (6) of ITTOIA 2005 (person not entitled to tax credit
treated as having paid income tax), and
(d)
section 400(2) and (3) of ITTOIA 2005 (person whose income includes
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non-qualifying distribution treated as having paid income tax).
(5)
Sections 494 and 495 do not apply in relation to payments made by the trustees.
505
Relief for trustees of unauthorised unit trust
(1)
This section applies if in a tax year the trustees of an unauthorised unit trust are
treated as making a deemed payment.
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(2)
The trustees are entitled to a relief for the tax year equal to the gross amount of
the payment.
(3)
The relief is given by deducting that gross amount in calculating the trustees’
net income for the tax year (see Step 2 of the calculation in section 23).
(4)
But this is subject to subsections (5) to (7) and section 506.
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(5)
Relief is not to be given for the payment so far as it is ineligible for relief.
(6)
For the purpose of determining the extent to which the payment is ineligible
for relief (if at all) section 450 applies in relation to the payment as that section
applies in relation to a payment to which section 449 applies.
(7)
The total amount of the reliefs given under this section to the trustees for the
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tax year cannot be greater than the amount of the trustees’ modified net income
for the tax year (see section 958).
(8)
In this section and in section 506 “deemed payment” and “the gross amount”
have the meanings given by section 874(6).