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These notes refer to the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c.5) which received Royal Assent on 24 March 2005. These notes are published in three volumes.

INCOME TAX (TRADING AND OTHER INCOME) ACT


EXPLANATORY NOTES - VOLUME ONE (SECTIONS 1 TO 364)

EXPLANATORY NOTES - VOLUME TWO (SECTIONS 365 TO 886)

EXPLANATORY NOTES - VOLUME THREE (SCHEDULES)


EXPLANATORY NOTES — VOLUME TWO

(SECTIONS 365 TO 886)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 4: Savings and investment income     2

Chapter 1: Introduction     2

Section 365: Overview of Part 4     2

Section 366: Provisions which must be given priority over Part 4     2

Section 367:Priority between Chapters within Part 4     4

Section 368: Territorial scope of Part 4 charges     4

Chapter 2: Interest     5

Section 369: Charge to tax on interest     6

Section 370: Income charged     8

Section 371: Person liable     9

Section 372: Building society dividends     9

Section 373: Open-ended investment company interest distributions     9

Section 374: Date when interest payments under section 373 made     10

Section 375: Interpretation of sections 373 and 374     10

Section 376: Authorised unit trust interest distributions     10

Section 377: Date when interest payments under section 376 made     10

Section 378: Interpretation of sections 376 and 377     11

Section 379: Industrial and provident society payments     11

Section 380: Funding bonds     11

Section 381: Discounts     11

Introduction     12

Section 382: Contents of Chapter     12

Section 387: Date when dividends paid under section 386     15

Section 388: Interpretation of sections 386 and 387     15

Section 390: Date when dividends paid under section 389     16

Section 391: Interpretation of sections 389 and 390     16

Section 396: Interpretation of sections 392 to 395     18

Section 398: Increase in amount or value of dividends where tax credit available     19

Section 399: Qualifying distributions received by persons not entitled to tax credits     19

Section 401: Relief: qualifying distribution after linked non-qualifying distribution     20

Chapter 4: Dividends from non-UK resident companies     21

Section 402: Charge to tax on dividends from non-UK resident companies     21

Section 403: Income charged     22

Section 404: Person liable     22

Section 405: SIP shares: introduction     22

Section 406: Later charge where cash dividends retained in SIPs are paid over     22

Section 407: Dividend payment when dividend shares cease to be subject to SIP     22

Section 408: Reduction in tax due in cases within 407     23

Chapter 5: Stock dividends from UK resident companies     23

Section 409: Charge to tax on stock dividend income     23

Section 410: When stock dividend income arises     24

Section 411: Income charged     24

Section 412: Cash equivalent of share capital     24

Section 413: Person liable     24

Section 414: Income tax treated as paid     25

Chapter 6: Release of loan to participator in close company     26

Section 415: Charge to tax under Chapter 6     26

Section 416: Income charged     26

Section 417: Person liable     26

Section 418: Relief where borrowers liable as settlors     27

Section 419: Loans and advances to persons who die     28

Section 420: Loans and advances to trustees of trusts that have ended     28

Section 421: Income tax treated as paid     28

Section 435: Securities issued in separate tranches: basic rule     34

Section 444: Meaning of "strip" in Chapter 8     37

Section 447: Restriction of profits on strips by reference to original acquisition cost     38

Section 448: Restriction of losses on strips by reference to original acquisition cost     38

Section 449: Strips of government securities: manipulation of acquisition, sale or redemption payments     39

Section 450: Market value of strips etc.     39

Section 451: Market value of strips etc. quoted in foreign stock exchange lists     39

Section 465: Person liable: individuals     44

Section 466: Person liable: personal representatives     45

Section 467: Person liable: UK resident trustees     45

Section 475: Special rules: personal portfolio bonds     48

Section 482: Excepted group life policies: conditions about persons intended to benefit     50

Section 484: When chargeable events occur     50

Section 486: Exclusion of maturity of capital redemption policies in certain circumstances     51

Section 489: Conditions applicable to alterations of life insurance policy terms     52

Section 490: Last payment under guaranteed income bonds etc. treated as total surrender     52

Calculating gains: general     52

Section 493: The value of a policy or contract     53

Part surrenders and assignments: periodic calculations and excess events     54

Section 498: Requirement for periodic calculations in part surrender or assignment cases     55

Transaction-related calculations and part surrender or assignment events     59

Section 510: Requirement for transaction-related calculations in certain part surrender and assignment cases     59

Section 512: Available premium left for relevant transaction     60

Section 513: Special rules for part surrenders and assignments in final insurance year     61

Section 523: The total amount of personal portfolio bond excesses     63

Section 524: The total amount of part surrender gains     64

Section 527: Reduction for sums taken into account otherwise than under Chapter 9     64

Section 532: Relief for policies and contracts with European Economic Area insurers     67

Section 533: Meaning of "comparable EEA tax charge"     67

Section 539: Relief for deficiencies     69

Section 540: When deficiencies arise: events following calculation events     70

Section 544: Application of Chapter to policies and contracts in which companies interested     71

Section 546: Table of provisions subject to special rules for older policies and contracts     71

Chapter 10: Distributions from unauthorised unit trusts     71

Section 547: Charge to tax under Chapter 10     71

Section 548: Income charged     72

Section 549: Person liable     72

Section 550: Income tax treated as paid     72

Chapter 13: Sales of foreign dividend coupons     80

Section 570: Charge to tax under Chapter 13     80

Section 571: Meaning of "foreign holdings" etc     81

Section 572: Income charged     81

Section 573: Person liable     81

Part 5: Miscellaneous income     81

Part 5: Chapter 1: Introduction     82

Section 574: Overview of Part 5     82

Section 575: Provisions which must be given priority over Part 5     82

Section 576: Priority between Chapters within Part 5     82

Section 577: Territorial scope of Part 5 charges     83

Chapter 3: Films and sound recordings: non-trade businesses     93

Section 609: Charge to tax on films and sound recordings businesses     94

Section 610: Income charged     94

Section 611: Person liable     94

Section 612: Calculation of income     94

Section 613: Application of trading income rules to non-trade businesses     95

Section 614: Charge to tax on certain telecommunication rights of a non-trader     95

Section 615: Income charged     95

Section 616: Person liable     95

Section 617: Deductions in calculating certain income charged     96

Section 618: Payments received after deduction of tax     96

Section 620: Meaning of "settlement" and "settlor"     97

Section 625: Settlor's retained interest     98

Section 626: Exception for outright gifts between spouses     99

Section 630: Exceptions for gifts to charities     100

Section 632: Offshore income gains     101

Section 634: Meaning of "capital sum" and "sums paid to settlor"     101

Section 635: Amount of available income     102

Section 636: Calculation of undistributed income     102

Section 637: Qualifications to section 636     102

Section 638: Capital sums paid by way of loan or repayment of loan     103

Section 639: Loans to participators in close companies     103

Section 640: Grossing-up of deemed income     103

Section 642: Exception for certain loans or repayments of loans     104

Section 645: Property or income originating from settlor     105

Chapter 7: Annual payments not otherwise charged     120

Section 683: Charge to tax on annual payments not otherwise charged     121

Section 684: Income charged     122

Section 685: Person liable     122

Section 686: Payments received after deduction of tax     122

Section 688: Income charged     124

Section 689: Person liable     125

Part 6: Exempt income     125

Chapter 1: Introduction     125

Section 690: Overview of Part 6     125

Chapter 2: National savings income     125

Section 691: National Savings Bank ordinary account interest     126

Section 692: Income from savings certificates     126

Section 693: Income from Ulster Savings Certificates     127

Chapter 3: Income from individual investment plans     128

Section 694: Income from individual investment plans     128

Section 695: Investment plans     128

Section 696: Plan managers     128

Section 697: Special requirements for certain foreign managers     128

Section 698: Requirements for discharge of foreign institution's duties     128

Section 699: Non-entitlement to exemption     129

Section 700: Information     129

Section 701: General and supplementary powers     129

Section 703: Meaning of "certified SAYE savings arrangement"     130

Chapter 5: Venture capital trust dividends     131

Section 709: Venture capital trust dividends     132

Section 710: Treatment of shares where annual acquisition limit     132

exceeded     132

Section 711: Identification of shares after disposals     132

Section 712: Identification of shares after reorganisations etc.     133

Chapter 6: Income from FOTRA securities     134

Section 713: Introduction: securities free of tax to residents abroad ("FOTRA securities")     134

Section 714: Exemption of profits from FOTRA securities     135

Section 715: Interest from FOTRA securities held on trust     135

Section 716: Restriction on deductions etc. relating to FOTRA securities     135

Section 720: Exempt proportion: term dependent solely on duration of life     138

Section 725: Annual payments under immediate needs annuities     140

Section 726: Meaning of "care provider"     140

Section 732: Compensation awards     143

Section 733: Persons entitled to exemptions for personal injury payments etc.     143

Section 734: Payments from trusts for injured persons     143

Section 748: Payments by persons liable to pool betting duty     145

Section 757: Interest and royalty payments: introduction     148

Section 758: Exemption for certain interest and royalty payments     149

Section 759: The person making the payment     149

Section 760: The person beneficially entitled to the payment     149

Section 761: Meaning of "25% associates"     150

Section 762: Interest payments: exemption notices     150

Section 763: Special relationships     150

Section 764: Application of ICTA provisions about special relationships     150

Section 765: Anti-avoidance     150

Section 766: Interest and royalty payments: interpretation     150

Section 767: Power to amend references to the Directive by Order     150

Section 777: VAT repayment supplements     153

Section 778: Incentives to use electronic communications     153

Section 780: Disabled person's vehicle maintenance grant     153

Section 781: Payments under New Deal 50plus     153

Section 782: Payments under employment zone programme     153

Chapter 10: General     153

Section 783: General disregard of exempt income for income tax purposes     153

Section 820: Periods of account not ending on 5th April     163

Section 828: Overlap profit     165

Part 8: Foreign income: special rules     165

Chapter 1: Introduction     167

Section 829: Overview of Part 8     167

Section 830: Meaning of "relevant foreign income"     167

Chapter 2: Relevant foreign income charged on remittance basis     169

Section 831: Claims for relevant foreign income to be charged on the remittance basis     169

Section 832: Relevant foreign income charged on the remittance basis     170

Section 833: Income treated as remitted: repayment of UK-linked debts     170

Section 834: Arrangements treated as repayment of UK-linked debts     170

Section 835: Relief for delayed remittances     171

Section 836: Relief for delayed remittances: backdated pensions     171

Section 837: Claims for relief on delayed remittances     171

Chapter 3: Relevant foreign income charged on arising basis: deductions and reliefs     172

Section 838: Expenses attributable to collection or payment of relevant foreign income     172

Section 839: Annual payments payable out of relevant foreign income     172

Section 840: Relief for backdated pensions charged on the arising basis     172

Chapter 4: Unremittable income     173

Section 841: Unremittable income: introduction     173

Section 842: Claim for relief for unremittable income     173

Section 843: Withdrawal of relief     174

Section 844: Income charged on withdrawal of relief after source ceases     174

Section 845: Valuing unremittable income     174

Part 9: Partnerships     175

Section 846: Overview of Part 9     175

Section 847: General provisions     175

Section 848: Assessment of partnerships     175

Section 849: Calculation of firm's profits or losses     175

Section 850: Allocation of firm's profits or losses between partners     176

Section 851: Calculations etc. where firm has other income or losses     176

Section 852: Carrying on by partner of notional trade     177

Section 853: Basis periods for partners' notional trades     177

Section 854: Carrying on by partner of notional business     178

Section 855: Basis periods for partners' notional businesses     179

Section 856: Overlap profits from partners' notional businesses     179

Section 857: Partners to whom the remittance basis may apply     179

Section 858: Resident partners and double taxation agreements     180

Section 859: Special provisions about farming and property income     181

Section 860: Adjustment income     181

Section 861: Sale of patent rights: effect of partnership changes     182

Section 862: Sale of patent rights: effect of later cessation of trade     183

Section 863: Limited liability partnerships     183

Part 10: General provisions     184

Chapter 1: Introduction     184

Section 864: Overview of Part 10     184

Chapter 2: General calculation rules etc.     184

Section 865: Unpaid remuneration: non-trades and non-property businesses     184

Section 866: Employee benefit contributions: non-trades and non-property businesses     184

Section 867: Business entertainment and gifts: non-trades and non-property businesses     185

Section 868: Social security contributions: non-trades etc.     185

Section 869: Penalties, interest and VAT surcharges: non-trades etc.     186

Section 870: Crime-related payments: non-trades and non-property businesses     186

Section 871: Apportionment etc. of miscellaneous profits to tax year     186

Section 872: Losses calculated on same basis as miscellaneous income     187

Chapter 3: Supplementary and general provisions     187

Section 873: Orders and regulations made by Treasury or Board     187

Section 874: Activities in UK sector of continental shelf     187

Section 875: Meaning of "caravan"     187

Section 876: Meaning of "farming" and related expressions     187

Section 877: Meaning of grossing up     189

Section 878: Other definitions     189

Section 879: Interpretation: Scotland     190

Section 880: Interpretation: Northern Ireland     190

Section 881: Disapplication of corporation tax: section 9 of ICTA     191

Section 882: Consequential amendments     191

Section 883: Commencement and transitional provisions etc.     191

Section 884: Repeals and revocations     191

Section 885: Abbreviations and general index in Schedule 4     191



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