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Summary

Background

Steering Committee

Consultative Committee

Consultation

Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Bill

Glossary

Part 1: Overview

Part 2: Double taxation relief

Chapter 1: Double taxation arrangements and unilateral relief arrangements

Clause 2: Giving effect to arrangements made in relation to other territories

Clause 3: Arrangements may include retrospective or supplementary provision

Clause 4: Meaning of “double taxation” in sections 2 and 3

Clause 5: Orders under section 2: contents and procedure

Clause 6: The effect given by section 2 to double taxation arrangements

Clause 7: General regulations

Clause 8: Interpretation: “unilateral relief arrangements” means rules 1 to 9, etc

Clause 9: Rule 1: the unilateral entitlement to credit for non-UK tax

Clause 10: Rule 2: accrued income profits

Clause 11: Rule 3: interaction between double taxation arrangements and rules 1 and 2

Clause 12: Rule 4: cases in which, and calculation of, credit allowed for tax on dividends

Clause 13: Rule 5: credit for tax charged directly on dividend

Clause 14: Rule 6: credit for underlying tax on dividend paid to 10% associate of payer

Clauses 15 and 16: Rule 7: credit for underlying tax on dividend paid to sub-10% associate; Rule 8: credit for underlying tax on dividend paid by exchanged associate

Clause 17: Rule 9: credit in relation to dividends for spared tax

Chapter 2: Double taxation relief by way of credit

Clause 18: Entitlement to credit for foreign tax reduces UK tax by amount of the credit

Clause 19: Time limits for claims for relief under section 18(2)

Clause 20: Foreign tax includes tax spared because of international development relief

Clause 21: Meaning of “the arrangements”, “the non-UK territory”, “foreign tax” etc

Clause 22: Credit for foreign tax on overlap profit if credit for that tax already allowed

Clause 23: Time limits for claims for relief under section 22(2)

Clause 24: Claw-back of relief under section 22(2)

Clause 25: Credit not allowed if relief allowed against overseas tax

Clause 26: Credit not allowed under arrangements unless taxpayer is UK resident

Clause 27: Credit not allowed if person elects against credit

Clause 28: Unilateral relief for Isle of Man or Channel Islands tax

Clause 29: Unilateral relief for tax on income from employment or office

Clause 30: Unilateral relief for non-UK tax on non-resident’s UK branch or agency etc

Clause 31: Calculation of income or gain where remittance basis does not apply

Clause 32: Calculation of amount received where UK tax charged on remittance basis

Clause 33: Limit on credit: minimisation of the foreign tax

Clause 34: Reduction in credit: payment by reference to foreign tax

Clause 35: Disallowed credit: use as a deduction

Clause 36: Amount of limit

Clause 37: Credit against tax on trade income: further rules

Clause 38: Credit against tax on royalties: further rules

Clause 39: Credit reduced by reference to accrued income losses

Clause 40: Amount of limit

Clause 41: Amount of limit

Clause 42: Amount of limit

Clause 43: Profits attributable to permanent establishment for purposes of section 42(2)

Clause 44: Credit against tax on trade income

Clause 45: Credit against tax on trade income: anti-avoidance rules

Clause 46: Applying section 44(2): asset in hedging relationship with derivative contract

Clause 47: Applying section 44(2): royalty income

Clause 48: Applying section 44(2): “portfolio” of transactions, arrangements or assets

Clause 49: Restricting section 44(3) if company is a bank or connected with a bank

Clauses 50 and 51: Tax for period on loan relationships; tax for period on intangible fixed assets

Clause 52: General deductions

Clauses 53 to 55: Earlier years’ non-trading deficits on loan relationships; non-trading debits on loan relationships; current year’s non-trading deficits on loan relationships

Clause 56: Non-trading debits on intangible fixed assets

Clause 57: Credit in respect of dividend: taking account of underlying tax

Clause 58: Calculation if dividend paid by non-resident company to resident company

Clause 59: Meaning of “relevant profits” in section 58

Clause 60: Underlying tax to be left out of account on claim to that effect

Clause 61: Calculation if section 58 does not apply

Clause 62: Meaning of “relevant profits” in section 61

Clause 63: Non-UK company dividend paid to 10% investor: relief for UK and other tax

Clause 64: Meaning of “dividend-paying chain” of companies

Clause 65: Relief for underlying tax paid by company lower in dividend-paying chain

Clause 66: Limitations on section 65(4)

Clause 67: Restriction of relief if underlying tax at rate higher than rate of corporation tax

Clause 68: Meaning of “avoidance scheme” in section 67

Clause 69: Dividends paid out of transferred profits

Clause 70: Underlying tax reflecting interest on loans

Clause 71: Foreign taxation of group as single entity

Clause 72: Application of section 73(1)

Clause 73: Carry-forward and carry-back of unrelieved foreign tax

Clause 74: Rules for carrying back unrelieved foreign tax

Clause 75: Two or more establishments treated as a single establishment

Clause 76: Former and subsequent establishments regarded as distinct establishments

Clause 77: Claims for relief under section 73(1)

Clause 78: Meaning of “overseas permanent establishment”

Clause 79: Time limits for action if tax adjustment makes credit excessive or insufficient

Clause 80: Duty to give notice that adjustment has rendered credit excessive

Clause 81: Giving a counteraction notice

Clause 82: Conditions for the purposes of section 81(1)

Clause 83: Schemes and arrangements referred to in section 82(4)

Clause 84: Section 83(2) and (4): schemes enabling attribution of foreign tax

Clause 85: Section 83(2) and (4): schemes about effect of paying foreign tax

Clause 86: Section 83(2) and (4): schemes about claims or elections etc

Clause 87: Section 83(2) and (4): schemes that would reduce a person’s tax liability

Clause 88: Section 83(2) and (4): schemes involving tax-deductible payments

Clause 89: Contents of counteraction notice

Clause 90: Consequences of counteraction notices

Clause 91: Counteraction notices given before tax return made

Clause 92: Counteraction notices given after tax return made

Clause 93: Amendment, closure notices and discovery assessments in section 92 cases

Clause 94: Information made available for the purposes of section 92(4)

Clause 95: Interpretation of sections 89 to 94

Clause 96: Companies with overseas branches: restriction of credit

Clause 97: Companies with more than one category of business: restriction of credit

Clause 98: Attribution for section 97 purposes if category is gross roll-up business

Clause 99: Allocation of expenses etc in calculations under section 35 of CTA 2009

Clause 100: First limitation for purposes of section 99(2)

Clause 101: Second limitation for purposes of section 99(2)

Clauses 102 to 104: Interpreting sections 99 to 101 for life assurance or gross roll-up business; interpreting sections 99 to 101 for other insurance business; interpreting sections 100 and 101: amounts referable to category of business

Chapter 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Clause 105: Meaning of “chargeable gain”

Clause 106: Chapters 1 and 2 apply to capital gains tax separately from other taxes

Clause 107: Disregard of foreign tax referable to derivative contract

Clause 108: Disregard of foreign tax attributable to interest under a loan relationship

Clauses 109 and 110: Repo cases in which no disregard under section 108; stock-lending cases in which no disregard under section 108

Clause 111: When payment to beneficiary treated as arising from foreign source

Clauses 112 and 113 Deduction from income for foreign tax (instead of credit against UK tax); deduction from capital gain for foreign tax (instead of credit against UK tax)

Clause 114: Time limits for action if tax adjustment makes reduction too large or too small

Clause 115: Duty to give notice that adjustment has rendered reduction too large

Clause 116: Introduction to section 117

Clause 117: Tax treated as chargeable in respect of transfer of loan relationship, derivative contract or intangible fixed assets

Clause 118: Introduction to section 119

Clause 119: Tax treated as chargeable in respect of transfer of loan relationship, derivative contract or intangible fixed assets

Clause 120: Introduction to section 121

Clause 121: Tax treated as chargeable in respect of relevant transactions

Clause 122: Tax treated as chargeable in respect of gains on transfer of non-UK business

Clause 123: Interpretation of sections 116 to 122

Clause 124: Giving effect to solutions to cases and mutual agreements resolving cases

Clause 125: Effect of, and deadline for, presenting a case

Clause 126: Meaning of “the Arbitration Convention”

Clause 127: Giving effect to agreements, decisions and opinions under the Convention

Clause 128: Disclosure under the Convention

Clause 129: Disclosure where relief given overseas for tax paid in the United Kingdom

Clause 130: Interpreting provision about UK taxation of profits of foreign enterprises

Clause 131: Interpreting provision about interest influenced by special relationship

Clause 132: Interpreting provision about royalties influenced by special relationship

Clause 133: Special relationship rule for royalties: matters to be shown by taxpayer

Clause 134: Correcting assessments where relief is available

Part 3: Double taxation relief for special withholding tax

Clause 135: Relief under this Part: introductory

Clause 136: Interpretation of Part

Clause 137: Income tax credit etc for special withholding tax

Clause 138: Amount and application of the deemed tax under section 137

Clause 139: Capital gains tax credit etc for special withholding tax

Clause 140: Provisions about the deemed tax under section 139

Clause 141: Credit under Chapter 2 of Part 2 to be allowed first

Clause 142: Conditions for purposes of section 143

Clause 143: Taking account of special withholding tax in calculating income or gains

Clause 144: Issue of certificate

Clause 145: Refusal to issue certificate and appeal against refusal

Part 4: Transfer pricing

Chapter 1: Basic transfer-pricing rule

Clause 146: Application of this Part

Clause 147: Tax calculations to be based on arm’s length, not actual, provision

Clause 148: The “participation condition”

Chapter 2: Key interpretative provisions

Clause 149: “Actual provision” and “affected persons”

Clause 150: “Transaction” and “series of transactions”

Clause 151: “Arm’s length provision”

Clause 152: Arm’s length provision where actual provision relates to securities

Clause 153: Arm’s length provision where security issued and guarantee given

Clause 154: Interpretation of sections 152 and 153

Clause 155: “Potential advantage” in relation to United Kingdom taxation

Clause 156: “Losses” and “profits”

Clause 157: Direct participation

Clause 158: Indirect participation: defined by sections 159 to 162

Clause 159: Indirect participation: potential direct participant

Clause 160: Indirect participation: one of several major participants

Clause 161: Indirect participation: sections 148 and 175: financing cases

Clause 162: Indirect participation: sections 148 and 175: further financing cases

Clause 163: Meaning of “connected” in section 159

Clause 164: Part to be interpreted in accordance with OECD principles

Chapter 3: Exemptions from basic rule

Clause 165: Exemption for dormant companies

Clause 166: Exemption for small and medium-sized enterprises

Clause 167: Small and medium-sized enterprises: exceptions from exemption

Clause 168: Medium-sized enterprises: exception from exemption: transfer pricing notice

Clause 169: Giving of transfer pricing notices

Clause 170: Appeals against transfer pricing notices

Clause 171: Tax returns where transfer pricing notice given

Clause 172: Meaning of “small enterprise” and “medium-sized enterprise”

Clause 173: Meaning of “qualifying territory” and “non-qualifying territory”

Chapter 4: Position, if only one affected person potentially advantaged, of other affected person

Clause 174: Claim by the affected person who is not potentially advantaged

Clause 175: Claims under section 174 where actual provision relates to a security

Clause 176: Claims under section 174: advantaged person must have made return

Clause 177: Time for making, or amending, claim under section 174

Clause 178: Meaning of “return” in sections 176 and 177

Clause 179: Compensating payment if advantaged person is controlled foreign company

Clause 180: Application of section 174(2)(a) in relation to transfers of trading stock etc

Clause 181: Section 182 applies to claims where actual provision relates to a security

Clause 182: Making of section 182 claims

Clause 183: Giving effect to section 182 claims

Clause 184: Amending a section 182 claim if it is followed by a relevant notice

Clause 185: Notice to potential claimants

Clause 186: Extending claim period if notice under section 185 not given or given late

Clause 187: Tax treatment if actual interest exceeds arm’s length interest

Clause 188: Double taxation relief by way of credit for foreign tax

Clause 189: Double taxation relief by way of deduction for foreign tax

Clause 190: Meaning of “relevant notice”

Chapter 5: Position of guarantor of affected person’s liabilities under a security issued by the person

Clause 191: When sections 192 to 194 apply

Clause 192: Attribution to guarantor company of things done by issuing company

Clause 193: Interaction between claims under sections 174 and 192(1)

Clause 194: Claims under section 192(1): general provisions

Chapter 6: Balancing payments

Clause 195: Qualifying conditions for purposes of section 196

Clause 196: Balancing payments between affected persons: no charge to, or relief from, tax

Clause 197: Qualifying conditions for purposes of section 198

Clause 198: Balancing payments by guarantor to issuer: no charge to, or relief from, tax

Clause 199: Pre-conditions for making election under section 200

Clause 200: Election to pay tax rather than make balancing payments

Clause 201: Pre-conditions for making election under section 202

Clause 202: Election, in guarantee case, to pay tax rather than make balancing payments

Clause 203: Elections under section 200 or 202

Clause 204: Meaning of “capital market condition” in sections 199 and 201

Chapter 7: Oil-related ring-fence trades

Clause 205: Provision made or imposed between ring-fence trade and other activities

Clause 206: Meaning of “oil-related ring-fence trade” in sections 205 and 218

Chapter 8: Supplementary provisions and interpretation of Part

Clause 207: Application of Part to unit trusts

Clause 208: The determinations which require the Commissioners’ sanction

Clause 209: Determinations exempt from requirement for Commissioners’ sanction

Clause 210: The requirement for the Commissioners’ sanction

Clause 211: Restriction of right to appeal against Commissioners’ approval

Clause 212: Appeals

Clause 213: Capital allowances

Clause 214: Chargeable gains

Clause 215: Manner of making adjustments to give effect to Part

Clause 216: Meaning of “the relevant activities”

Clause 217: Meaning of “control” and “firm”

Part 5: Advance pricing agreements

Clause 218: Meaning of “advance pricing agreement”

Clause 219: Meaning of “associate” in section 218(2)(e)

Clause 220: Effect of agreement on party to it

Clause 221: Effect of revocation of agreement or breach of its conditions

Clause 222: Effect of agreement on non-parties

Clause 223: Application for agreement

Clause 224: Provision in agreement about years ended or begun before agreement made

Clause 225: Modification and revocation of agreement

Clause 226: Annulment of agreement for misrepresentation

Clause 227: Penalty for misrepresentation in connection with agreement

Clause 228: Party to agreement: duty to provide information

Clause 229: Modifications of agreement for double taxation purposes

Clause 230: Interpretation of Part: meaning of “Commissioners” and “officer”

Part 6: Tax arbitrage

Clause 231: Overview

Clause 232: Deduction notices

Clause 233: The deduction scheme conditions

Clause 234: Schemes achieving UK tax advantage for a company

Clause 235: Further provisions about deduction notices

Clause 236: Schemes involving hybrid entities

Clause 237: Instruments of alterable character

Clause 238: Shares subject to conversion

Clause 239: Securities subject to conversion

Clause 240: Debt instruments treated as equity

Clause 241: Scheme including issue of shares not conferring qualifying beneficial entitlement

Clause 242: Scheme including transfer of rights under a security

Clause 243: Consequences of deduction notices

Clause 244: The rule against double deduction

Clause 245: Application of the rule against deduction for untaxable payments

Clause 246: Cases where payee’s non-liability treated as not a result of scheme

Clause 247: Cases where payee treated as having reduced liability as a result of scheme

Clause 248: The rule against deduction for untaxable payments

Clause 249: Receipt notices

Clause 250: The receipt scheme conditions

Clause 251: Amounts within corporation tax

Clause 252: Further provisions about receipt notices

Clause 253: Exception for dealers

Clause 254: Rule for calculation or recalculation of income etc following receipt notice

Clause 255: Notices given before tax return made

Clause 256: Notices given after tax return made

Clause 257: Amendments, closure notices and discovery assessments where section 256 applies

Clause 258: Schemes and series of transactions

Clause 259: Minor definitions

Part 7: Tax treatment of financing costs and income

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Application of Part

Clause 261: Application of Part

Clause 262: UK net debt of worldwide group for period of account of worldwide group

Clause 263: Net debt of a company

Clause 264: Worldwide gross debt of worldwide group for period of account of the group

Clause 265: References to amounts disclosed in balance sheet of relevant group company

Clause 266: Qualifying financial services groups

Clause 267: Qualifying activities

Clause 268: Lending activities and activities ancillary to lending activities

Clause 269: Insurance activities and insurance-related activities

Clause 270: Relevant dealing in financial instruments

Clause 271: UK trading income of the worldwide group

Clause 272: Worldwide trading income of the worldwide group

Clause 273: Foreign currency accounting

Chapter 3: Disallowance of deductions

Clause 274: Application of Chapter and meaning of “total disallowed amount”

Clause 275: Meaning of “company to which this Chapter applies”

Clause 276: Appointment of authorised company for relevant period of account

Clause 277: Meaning of “the reporting body”

Clause 278: Statement of allocated disallowances: submission

Clause 279: Statement of allocated disallowances: submission of revised statement

Clause 280: Statement of allocated disallowances: requirements

Clause 281: Statement of allocated disallowances: effect

Clause 282: Company tax returns

Clause 283: Power to make regulations about statement of allocated disallowances

Clause 284: Failure of reporting body to submit statement of allocated disallowances

Clause 285: Powers to make regulations in relation to reductions under section 284

Chapter 4: Exemption of financing income

Clause 286: Application of Chapter and meaning of “total disallowed amount”

Clause 287: Meaning of “company to which this Chapter applies”

Clause 288: Appointment of authorised company for relevant period of account

Clause 289: Meaning of “the reporting body”

Clause 290: Statement of allocated exemptions: submission

Clause 291: Statement of allocated exemptions: submission of revised statement

Clause 292: Statement of allocated exemptions: requirements

Clause 293: Statement of allocated exemptions: effect

Clause 294: Company tax returns

Clause 295: Power to make regulations about statement of allocated exemptions

Clause 296: Failure of reporting body to submit statement of allocated exemptions

Clause 297: Power to make regulations in relation to reductions under section 296

Clause 298: Balancing payments between group companies: no tax charge or relief

Chapter 5: Intra-group financing income where payer denied deduction

Clause 299: Tax exemption for certain financing income received from EEA companies

Clause 300: Meaning of “relevant associate”

Clause 301: Meaning of “tax-resident” and “EEA territory”

Clause 302: Qualifying EEA tax relief for payment in current or previous period

Clause 303: Qualifying EEA tax relief for payment in future period

Clause 304: References to tax of a territory

Clause 305: Financing income amounts of a company

Chapter 6: Tax avoidance

Clause 306: Schemes involving manipulation of rules in Chapter 2

Clause 307: Schemes involving manipulation of rules in Chapters 3 and 4

Clause 308: Meaning of “relevant net deduction”

Clause 309: Calculation of amounts

Clause 310: Meaning of “carried-back amount” and “carried-forward amount”

Clause 311: Schemes involving manipulation of rules in Chapter 5

Clause 312: Meaning of “scheme” and “excluded scheme”

Chapter 7: “Financing expense amount” and “financing income amount”

Clause 313: The financing expense amounts of a company

Clause 314: The financing income amounts of a company

Clause 315: Interpretation of sections 313 and 314

Clause 316: Group treasury companies

Clause 317: Real estate investment trusts

Clause 318: Companies engaged in oil extraction activities

Clause 319: Intra-group short-term finance: financing expense

Clause 320: Intra-group short-term finance: financing income

Clause 321: Short-term loan relationships

Clause 322: Stranded deficits in non-trading loan relationships: financing expense

Clause 323: Stranded deficits in non-trading loan relationships: financing income

Clause 324: Stranded management expenses in non-trading loan relationships: financing expense

Clause 325: Stranded management expenses in non-trading loan relationships: financing income

Clause 326: Charities

Clause 327: Educational and public bodies

Clause 328: Interpretation of sections 316 to 327

Chapter 8: “Tested expense amount” and “tested income amount”

Clause 329: The tested expense amount

Clause 330: The tested income amount

Clause 331: Companies with net financing deduction or net financing income that is small

Chapter 9: “Available amount”

Clause 332: The available amount

Clause 333: Group members with income from oil extraction subject to particular tax treatment in UK

Clause 334: Group members with income from shipping subject to particular tax treatment in UK

Clause 335: Group members with income from property rental subject to particular tax treatment in UK

Clause 336: Meaning of accounting expressions used in this Chapter

Chapter 10: Other interpretative provisions

Clause 337: The worldwide group

Clause 338: Meaning of “group”

Clause 339: Meaning of “ultimate parent”

Clause 340: Meaning of “corporate entity”

Clause 341: Meaning of “relevant non-corporate entity”

Clause 342: Treatment of entities stapled to corporate, or relevant non-corporate, entities

Clause 343: Treatment of business combinations

Clause 344: Meaning of “large” in relation to a group

Clause 345: Meaning of “UK group company” and “relevant group company”

Clause 346: Financial statements of the worldwide group

Clause 347: Non-compliant financial statements of the worldwide group

Clause 348: Non-existent financial statements of the worldwide group

Clause 349: References to amounts disclosed in financial statements

Clause 350: Translation of amounts disclosed in financial statements

Clause 351: Expressions taking their meaning from international accounting standards

Clause 352: Meaning of “relevant accounting period”

Clause 353: Other expressions

Part 8: Offshore funds

Clause 354: Power to make regulations about tax treatment of participants

Clause 355: Meaning of “offshore fund”

Clause 356: Meaning of “mutual fund”

Clause 357: Exceptions to definition of “mutual fund”

Clause 358: Meaning of “relevant income-producing asset”

Clause 359: Power to make regulations about exceptions to definition of “mutual fund”

Clause 360: Treatment of umbrella arrangements

Clause 361: Treatment of arrangements comprising more than one class of interest

Clause 362: Meaning of “participant” and “participation”

Clause 363: Meaning of “umbrella arrangements” and “part of umbrella arrangements”

Part 9: Amendments to relocate provisions of tax legislation

Clause 364: Oil activities

Clause 365: Alternative finance arrangements

Clause 366: Power to amend the alternative finance provisions

Clause 367: Leasing arrangements: finance leases and loans

Clause 368: Sale and lease-back etc

Clause 369: Factoring of income etc

Clause 370: UK representatives of non-UK residents

Clause 371: Miscellaneous relocations

Part 10: General provisions

Clause 372: Orders and regulations

Clause 373: Abbreviated references to Acts

Clause 374: Minor and consequential amendments

Clause 375: Power to make consequential provision

Clause 376: Power to undo changes

Clause 377: Transitional provisions and savings

Clause 378: Repeals and revocations

Clause 379: Index of defined expressions

Clause 380: Extent

Clause 381: Commencement

Clause 382: Short title

Schedule 1: Oil activities: new Chapter 16A of Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005

Section 225A: Meaning of “oil extraction activities”

Section 225B: Meaning of “oil rights”

Section 225C: Meaning of “ring fence income”

Section 225D: Meaning of “ring fence trade”

Section 225E: Other definitions

Section 225F: Valuation where market value taken into account under section 2 of OTA 1975

Section 225G: Valuation where disposal not at arm’s length

Section 225H: Valuation where excess of nominated proceeds

Section 225I: Valuation where relevant appropriation but no disposal

Section 225J: Valuation where appropriation to refining etc

Section 225K: Reduction of expenditure by reference to regional development grant

Section 225L: Adjustment as a result of regional development grant

Section 225M: Tariff receipts etc

Section 225N: Expenditure on and under abandonment guarantees

Section 225O: Relief for reimbursement expenditure under abandonment guarantees

Section 225P: Payment under abandonment guarantee not immediately applied

Section 225Q: Amounts excluded from section 225O(1)

Section 225R: Introduction to sections 225S and 225T

Section 225S: Relief for expenditure incurred by a participator in meeting defaulter’s abandonment expenditure

Section 225T: Reimbursement by defaulter in respect of certain abandonment expenditure

Schedule 2: Alternative finance arrangements

Part 1: New Part 10A of ITA 2007

Section 564A: Introduction

Section 564B: Meaning of “financial institution”

Section 564C: Purchase and resale arrangements

Section 564D: Diminishing shared ownership arrangements

Section 564E: Deposit arrangements

Section 564F: Profit share agency arrangements

Section 564G: Investment bond arrangements

Section 564H: Provision not at arm’s length: exclusion of arrangements from sections 564C to 564G

Section 564I: Purchase and resale arrangements

Section 564J: Purchase and resale arrangements where return in foreign currency

Section 564K: Diminishing shared ownership arrangements

Section 564L: Other arrangements

Section 564M: Treatment of alternative finance return as interest for ITTOIA 2005

Section 564N: Alternative finance return under arrangements for trade or property business purposes

Section 564O: Relief for some alternative finance return under Chapter 1 of Part 8 etc

Section 564P: Tax relief schemes and arrangements

Section 564Q: Deduction of income tax at source under Part 15

Section 564R: Treatment of discount

Section 564S: Treatment of bond-holder and bond-issuer

Section 564T: Treatment as securities

Section 564U: Arrangements not unit trust scheme or offshore fund

Section 564V: Exclusion of alternative finance return from consideration for sale of assets

Section 564W: Diminishing shared ownership arrangements not partnerships

Section 564X: Treatment of principal under profit share agency arrangements

Section 564Y: Provision not at arm’s length: relevant return

Part 2: New Chapter 4 of Part 4 of TCGA 1992

Sections 151H to 151S: Meaning of alternative finance arrangements etc

Section 151T: Investment bond arrangements are qualifying corporate bonds

Sections 151U to 151Y: Rules for investment bond arrangements and other rules

Part 3: Other amendments

Section 367A of ICTA: Alternative finance arrangements

Section 173A of ITEPA: Alternative finance arrangements

Sections 372A to 372D of ITA: Community investment tax relief: alternative finance arrangements

Section 372A: Meaning of “loan” and “interest”

Section 372B: Purchase and resale arrangements

Section 372C: Deposit arrangements

Section 372D: Profit share agency arrangements

Schedule 3: Leasing arrangements: finance leases and loans

Part 1: New Part 11A of ITA 2007

Section 614A: Overview of Part

Section 614AA: Normal rent

Section 614AB: Accountancy rental earnings

Section 614AC: Rental earnings

Chapter 2: Finance leases with return in capital form

Section 614B: Arrangements to which this Chapter applies

Section 614BA: Purposes of this Chapter

Section 614BB: Application of this Chapter

Section 614BC: The conditions referred to in section 614BB(1)

Section 614BD: Provisions supplementing section 614BC

Section 614BE: The arrangements and circumstances referred to in section 614BC(8)

Section 614BF: Current lessor taxed by reference to accountancy rental earnings

Sections 614BG to 614BK: Reduction of taxable rent by cumulative rental excesses

Section 614BG: Reduction of taxable rent by cumulative rental excesses: introduction

Section 614BH: Meaning of “accountancy rental excess” and “cumulative accountancy rental excess”

Section 614BI: Reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative accountancy rental excess

Section 614BJ: Meaning of “normal rental excess” and “cumulative normal rental excess”

Section 614BK: Reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative normal rental excess

Sections 614BL to 614BO: Relief for bad debts by reduction of cumulative rental excesses

Section 614BL: Relief for bad debts: reduction of cumulative accountancy rental excess

Section 614BM: Recovery of bad debts following reduction under section 614BL

Section 614BN: Relief for bad debts: reduction of cumulative normal rental excess

Section 614BO: Recovery of bad debts following reduction under section 614BN

Section 614BP: Effect of disposals of leases: general

Section 614BQ: Assignments on which neither a gain nor a loss accrues

Sections 614BR to 614BW: Capital allowances: claw-back of major lump sum

Section 614BR: Effect of capital allowances: introduction

Section 614BS: Cases where expenditure taken into account under Part 2, 5 or 8 of CAA 2001

Section 614BT: Cases where expenditure taken into account under other provisions of CAA 2001

Section 614BU: Capital allowances deductions: waste disposal and cemeteries

Section 614BV: Capital allowances deductions: films and sound recordings

Section 614BW: Contributors to capital expenditure

Section 614BX: Pre-26 November 1996 schemes where this Chapter does not at first apply

Section 614BY: Post-25 November 1996 schemes to which Chapter 3 applied first

Chapter 3: Other finance leases

Section 614C: Introduction to Chapter

Section 614CA: Purpose of this Chapter

Section 614CB: Leases to which this Chapter applies

Section 614CC: Current lessor taxed by reference to accountancy rental earnings

Section 614CD: Application of provisions of Chapter 2 for purposes of this Chapter

Chapter 4: Supplementary provisions

Section 614D: Pre-26 November 1996 schemes and post-25 November 1996 schemes

Section 614DA: Time apportionment where periods of account do not coincide

Section 614DB: Periods of account and related periods of account and tax years

Section 614DC: Connected persons

Section 614DD: Assets which represent the leased asset

Section 614DE: Parent undertakings and consolidated group accounts

Section 614DF: Assessments and adjustments

Section 614DG: Interpretation

Part 2: New section 37A of TCGA 1992

Section 37A: Consideration on disposal of certain leases

Schedule 4: Sale and lease-back etc: new Part 12A of ITA 2007

Overview

Chapter 1: Payments connected with transferred land

Section 681A: Overview

Section 681AA: Transferor or associate becomes liable for payment of rent

Section 681AB: Transferor or associate becomes liable for payment other than rent

Section 681AC: Relevant income tax relief and relevant deduction from earnings

Section 681AD: Relevant income tax relief: deduction not to exceed commercial rent

Section 681AE: Deduction from earnings not to exceed commercial rent

Section 681AF: Carrying forward parts of payments

Section 681AG: Aggregation and apportionment of payments

Section 681AH: Payments made for later periods

Section 681AI: Exclusion of service charges etc

Section 681AJ: Commercial rent: comparison with rent under a lease

Section 681AK: Commercial rent: comparison with payments other than rent

Section 681AL: Lease and rent

Section 681AM: Associated persons

Section 681AN: Land outside the UK

Chapter 2: New lease of land after assignment or surrender

Section 681B: Overview

Section 681BA: New lease after assignment or surrender

Section 681BB: Taxation of consideration

Section 681BC: Position where new lease does not include all original property

Section 681BD: Relief for rent under new lease

Section 681BE: New lease treated as ending

Section 681BF: Position where rent reduces

Section 681BG: Position where lease may be ended

Section 681BH: Position where lease may be varied

Section 681BI: Lease treated as ending: rentcharge

Section 681BJ: Lease varied to provide for increased rent

Section 681BK: Relevant income tax relief

Section 681BL: Linked persons

Section 681BM: Lease, lessee, lessor and rent

Chapter 3: Leased trading assets

Section 681C: Overview

Section 681CA: Professions and vocations

Section 681CB: Leased trading assets

Section 681CC: Tax deduction not to exceed commercial rent

Section 681CD: Long funding finance leases

Sections 681CE and 681CF: Commercial rent; lease

Section 681CG: Relevant asset

Chapter 4: Leased assets: capital sums

Section 681D: Overview

Section 681DA: Application of the Chapter

Section 681DB: Payment under lease

Section 681DC: Sum obtained

Section 681DD: Charge to income tax

Section 681DE: Hire-purchase agreements

Section 681DF: Adjustments where sum obtained before payment made

Section 681DG: Sum obtained in respect of interest

Section 681DH: Sum obtained in respect of lessee’s interest

Section 681DI: Disposal of interest to associate

Section 681DJ: Apportionment of payments made and of sums obtained

Section 681DK: Manner of apportionment

Section 681DL: Associates

Section 681DM: Capital sum

Section 681DN: Lease

Section 681DO: Relevant asset

Section 681DP: Relevant tax relief

Schedule 5: Factoring of income etc: new Chapters 5B and 5C of Part 13 of ITA 2007

Chapter 5B: Finance arrangements

Section 809BZA: Type 1 finance arrangement defined

Section 809BZB: Certain tax consequences not to have effect

Section 809BZC: Payments treated as borrower’s income

Section 809BZD: Deemed interest if borrower is not a partnership

Section 809BZE: Deemed interest if borrower is a partnership

Section 809BZF: Type 2 finance arrangement defined

Section 809BZG: Relevant change in relation to partnership

Section 809BZH: Certain tax consequences not to have effect

Section 809BZI: Deemed interest

Section 809BZJ: Type 3 finance arrangement defined

Section 809BZK: Certain tax consequences not to have effect

Section 809BZL: Deemed interest

Section 809BZM: Exceptions: preliminary

Section 809BZN: Exceptions

Section 809BZO: Exceptions: relevant person

Section 809BZP: Power to make further exceptions

Sections 809BZQ to 809BZS: Accounts; arrangements; assets

Chapter 5C: Loan or credit transactions

Section 809CZA: Loan or credit transaction defined

Section 809CZB: Certain payments treated as yearly interest

Section 809CZC: Tax charged on income transferred

Schedule 6: UK representatives of non-UK residents

Part 1: New Chapters 2B and 2C of Part 14 of ITA 2007

Overview

Section 835C: Overview of Chapter

Section 835D: Income tax chargeable on company’s income: application

Section 835E: Branch or agency treated as UK representative

Section 835F: Trade or profession carried on in partnership

Section 835G: Agents

Section 835H: Brokers

Section 835I: Investment managers

Section 835J: Persons acting under alternative finance arrangements

Section 835K: Lloyd’s agents

Section 835L: The independent broker conditions

Section 835M: The independent investment manager conditions

Section 835N: Investment managers: the 20% rule

Section 835O: Meaning of “qualifying period”, “relevant disregarded income” and “beneficial entitlement”

Section 835P: Treatment of transactions where 20% rule not met

Section 835Q: Application of 20% rule to collective investment schemes

Section 835R: Supplementary provision

Section 835S: Interpretation of Chapter

Chapter 2C: Income tax obligations and liabilities imposed on UK representatives

Section 835T: Introduction to Chapter

Section 835U: Obligations and liabilities of UK representative

Section 835V: Exceptions: notices and information

Section 835W: Exceptions: criminal offences and penalties etc

Section 835X: Indemnities

Section 835Y: Meaning of “independent agent”

Part 2: New Part 7A of TCGA 1992

Overview

Chapter 1: Treatment of branch or agency as UK representative of non-UK resident

Section 271A: Overview of Chapter

Section 271B: Branch or agency treated as UK representative

Section 271C: Trade or profession carried on in partnership

Section 271D: Interpretation of Chapter

Chapter 2: Capital gains tax obligations and liabilities imposed on UK representatives

Section 271E: Introduction to Chapter

Section 271F: Obligations and liabilities of UK representative

Section 271G: Exceptions: notices and information

Section 271H: Exceptions: criminal offences and penalties etc

Section 271I: Indemnities

Section 271J: Meaning of “non-UK resident” and “independent agent”

Schedule 7: Miscellaneous relocations

Part 1: Relocation of section 38 of, and Schedule 15 to, FA 1973

Section 77B of TMA: Pre-conditions for serving secondary-liability notice

Section 77C of TMA: Secondary-liability notices

Section 77D of TMA: Payments under secondary-liability notices

Section 77E of TMA: Exception for certain pre-1974 cases

Section 77F of TMA: Issue, cancellation and effect of exemption certificates

Section 77G of TMA: Liabilities for assessments made after exemption certificate cancelled

Section 77H of TMA: Calculations under sections 77C(3) and 77G(7)

Section 77I of TMA: Information

Section 77J of TMA: Meaning of “related to a licence” as respects tax, or profits or gains

Section 77K of TMA: Other definitions in Part 7A

Part 2: Relocation of section 24 of FA 1974

Section 8(4A) and (4B) of TMA: Personal return

Section 8ZA of TMA: Interpretation of section 8(4A)

Section 15A of TMA: Non-resident’s staff are UK client’s employees for section 15 purposes

Part 3: Relocation of section 42 of ICTA

Section 302A of ITTOIA: Appeals against proposed determinations

Section 302B of ITTOIA: Section 302A: supplementary

Section 302C of ITTOIA: Determination by tribunal

Section 242 of CTA 2009: Determination by tribunal

Part 4: Relocation of section 84A of ICTA

Section 94A of ITTOIA: Costs of setting up SAYE option scheme or CSOP scheme

Section 272 of ITTOIA: Profits of a property business: application of trading income rules

Part 5: Relocation of section 152 of ICTA

Section 54A of TMA: No questioning in appeal of amounts of certain social security income

Section 54B of TMA: Notifications of taxable amounts of certain social security income

Section 54C of TMA: Interpretation of sections 54A and 54B: “appropriate officer” etc

Part 6: Relocation of section 337A(2) of ICTA

Section 1301A of CTA 2009: Restriction of deductions for interest

Part 7: Relocation of section 475 of ICTA

Section 154A of ITTOIA: Certain non-UK residents with interest on 31/2% War Loan 1952 Or After

Part 8: Relocation of section 700 of ICTA

Section 682A of ITTOIA: Statements relating to estate income

Part 9: Relocation of section 787 of ICTA

Part 10: Relocation of sections 130 to 132 of FA 1988

Section 109B of TMA: Provisions for securing payment by company of outstanding tax

Section 109C of TMA: Penalty for company’s failure to comply with section 109B

Section 109D of TMA: Penalty for other persons if company fails to comply with section 109B

Section 109E of TMA: Liability of other persons for unpaid tax

Section 109F of TMA: Interpretation of sections 109B to 109E

Part 11: Relocation of section 151 of FA 1989

Part 12: Relocation of Schedule 12 to F(No 2)A 1992 so far as applying for income tax purposes

Section 837A of ITA: Overview of Chapter

Section 837B of ITA: Application of Chapter

Section 837C of ITA: Charge to income tax on winding up receipts

Section 837D of ITA: Transfer of rights to payment

Section 837E of ITA: Allowable deductions

Section 837F of ITA: Election to carry back

Section 837G of ITA: Relationship of Chapter with other income tax provisions

Section 837H of ITA: Interpretation of Chapter

Part 13: Relocation of section 200 of FA 1996 so far as applying for income tax purposes

Section 835B of ITA: Domicile for income tax purposes of overseas electors

Part 14: Relocation of section 36 of FA 1998 and section 111 of FA 2009

Section 59F of TMA: Arrangements for paying tax on behalf of group members

Sections 59G and 59H of TMA: Managed payment plans

Part 15: Relocation of section 118 of FA 1998

Section 43E of TMA: Making of income tax claims by electronic communications etc

Section 43F of TMA: Effect of directions under section 43E

Part 16: Relocation of section 144 of FA 2000

Section 106A of TMA: Offence of fraudulent evasion of income tax

Part 17: Relocation of section 199 of FA 2003

Section 18B of TMA: Savings income; regulations about European and international aspects

Section 18C of TMA: Regulations under section 18B: provision about “paying agents”

Section 18D of TMA: Content of regulations under section 18B: supplementary provision

Section 18E of TMA: Interpretation of sections 18B to 18D: “prescribed” etc

Part 18: Relocation of section 61 of F(No 2)A 2005

Paragraph 87A of Schedule 18 to FA 1998: Company ceasing to be UK resident on formation of SE by merger

Paragraph 87B of Schedule 18 to FA 1998: SE ceasing to be UK resident

Paragraph 87C of Schedule 18 to FA 1998: Meaning of SE

Part 19: Relocation of paragraph 13 of Schedule 13 to FA 2007

Section 925A of ITA: Creditor repos

Section 925B of ITA: Debtor repos

Section 925C of ITA: Actual payments ignored if section 925A or 925B applies

Section 925D of ITA: Power to modify repo sections

Section 925E of ITA: Cases where section 925D applies: non-standard repos

Section 925F of ITA: Interpretation of the repo sections

Section 926 of ITA: Interpretation of Chapter

Schedule 8: Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1: Double taxation relief

Section 24 of TMA: Power to obtain information as to income from securities

Section 43D of TMA: Claims for double taxation relief in relation to petroleum revenue tax

Section 790 of ICTA: Unilateral relief

Sections 806A to 806K of ICTA: Foreign dividends: onshore pooling, utilisation of eligible unrelieved foreign tax and branches or agencies in the United Kingdom of persons resident elsewhere

Section 807 of ICTA: Sale of securities with or without accrued interest

Sections 812 to 814 of ICTA: Withdrawal of right to tax credit of certain non-resident companies connected with unitary states

Section 816 of ICTA: Disclosure of information

Schedule 26 to ICTA: Controlled foreign companies: reliefs against liability for tax in respect of chargeable profits

Section 194 of FA 1993: DTR in relation to PRT

Schedule 18 to FA 1998: Company tax returns, assessments and related matters

Section 115 of FA 2004: Supplementary

Section 527 of ITA: charitable trusts: exemption from charges under provisions to which section 1016 of ITA applies

Section 1026 of ITA: meaning of “non-qualifying income” for the purposes of section 1025 of ITA (meaning of “modified net income”)

Section 793 of CTA 2009: Intangible fixed assets: reallocation of degrouping charge within group and recovery: further requirements about elections under section 793

Sections 931H and 931J of CTA 2009: Dividends derived from transactions not designed to reduce tax; schemes involving manipulation of controlled company rules

Part 9: Sale and lease-back etc

Section 781(5) of ICTA: Assets leased to traders and others: cessation of trade

Broadcasting Act 1996, Greater London Authority Act 1999 and Transport Act 2000

Part 10: Factoring of income etc

Part 11: UK representatives of non-UK residents

Section 824 of ITA: Application of 20% rule to collective investment schemes

Part 12: Amendments for purposes connected with other tax law rewrite Acts

Greater London Authority Act 1999

FA 2005

CTA 2009

Schedule 9: Transitionals and savings etc

Part 3: Double taxation relief

Part 10: Alternative finance arrangements

Part 12: Factoring of income etc

Application of section 809CZC of ITA 2007 (income-transfer under loan or credit transaction)

Schedule 10: Repeals and revocations

Part 6: Oil activities

Schedule 11: Index of defined expressions used in Parts 2 to 8

Part 2 Double taxation relief

Part 4: Transfer Pricing

Part 6 Tax Arbitrage

Part 7: Tax Treatment of Financing Costs and Income

Part 8: Offshore Funds

Part 2 of Schedule 9

Change 1: Double taxation relief: capital gains tax relief under double taxation arrangements: clause 3

Change 2: References to “officer of Revenue and Customs”:

Change 3: Double taxation relief: unilateral relief for tax on profits of UK branch, agency or permanent establishment: limit: clause 30

Change 4: Double taxation relief: income tax and capital gains tax: order in which credit relief is allowed: clauses 36 and 40

Change 5: Requiring an apportionment, or a reduction, to be just and reasonable: clauses 37 and 44 and Schedule 4 (sections 681DE and 681DJ of ITA)

Change 6: Double taxation relief: limit on total credit against income tax and capital gains tax: interaction with gift aid: clause 41

Change 7: Double taxation relief: corporation tax: credit relief: royalty income: clause 47

Change 8: Double taxation relief: cases about being taxed otherwise than in accordance with DTAs: capital gains tax and PRT: clauses 124 and 125

Change 9: Avoidance: tax arbitrage: cases where payee not treated as not liable as a result of scheme: clause 245

Change 10: Oil taxation: abandonment guarantees and expenditure under sections 63 and 65 of FA 1991: Schedule 1 (sections 225O, 225Q, 225R and 225T of ITTOIA)

Change 11: Sale and lease-back etc: restriction of excessive lease rentals: relationship with accounting practice: Schedule 4 (sections 681AD and 681CC of ITA)

Change 12: Sale and lease-back etc: exclusion of service charges etc to be on just and reasonable basis: Schedule 4 (section 681AI of ITA)

Change 13: Trading income: omission of references to a company carrying on a profession or a vocation: Schedule 4 (section 681DP of ITA)

Change 14: Relocation of section 152 of ICTA: Schedule 7

Change 15: Omission of section 59(3) of ICTA: Schedule 8

This change is in principle adverse to some taxpayers and favourable to others. But it is expected to have no practical effect as it is in line with generally accepted practice.

 
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