Finance Act 1999

Part IU.K. Excise duties

Alcoholic liquor dutiesU.K.

1 Rate of duty on sparkling cider.U.K.

(1)In section 62(1A)(a) of the M1Alcoholic Liquor Duties Act 1979 (rate of duty per hectolitre on sparkling cider of a strength exceeding 5.5 per cent.), for “£45.05” there shall be substituted “ £161.20 ”.

(2)This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 9th March 1999.

Hydrocarbon oil dutiesU.K.

2 Rates of duty and rebate on hydrocarbon oil.U.K.

(1)In section 6(1A) of the M2Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (rates of duty on hydrocarbon oil)—

(a)in paragraph (a) (light oil), for “£0.4926” there shall be substituted “ £0.5288 ”;

(b)in paragraph (b) (ultra low sulphur diesel), for “£0.4299” there shall be substituted “ £0.4721 ”; and

(c)in paragraph (c) (heavy oil which is not ultra low sulphur diesel), for “£0.4499” there shall be substituted “ £0.5021 ”.

(2)In section 8(3) of that Act (road fuel gas), for “£0.2113” there shall be substituted “ £0.1500 ”.

(3)In section 11(1) of that Act (rebate on heavy oil)—

(a)in paragraph (a) (fuel oil), for “£0.0218” there shall be substituted “ £0.0265 ”; and

(b)in each of paragraphs (b) and (ba) (gas oil which is not ultra low sulphur diesel and ultra low sulphur diesel), for “£0.0282” there shall be substituted “ £0.0303 ”.

(4)In section 13A(1A) of that Act (rebate on unleaded petrol)—

(a)in paragraph (a) (higher octane unleaded petrol), for “£0.0050” there shall be substituted “ £0.0055 ”; and

(b)in paragraph (b) (other unleaded petrol), for “£0.0527” there shall be substituted “ £0.0567 ”.

(5)In section 14(1) of that Act (rebate on light oil for use as furnace fuel), for “£0.0218” there shall be substituted “ £0.0265 ”.

(6)This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 9th March 1999.

3 Increased rebate on higher octane unleaded petrol.U.K.

(1)In section 13A(1A)(a) of the Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (rebate on higher octane unleaded petrol), for “£0.0055” there shall be substituted “ £0.0367 ”.

(2)This section comes into force on 1st October 1999.

4 Drawback of duty on exportation.U.K.

(1)In section 15(1) of the M3Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (drawback of duty on exportation, shipment as stores or warehousing of hydrocarbon oil and related articles), the word “exportation,” shall be omitted.

(2)This section has effect in relation to any exportation on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

Tobacco products dutyU.K.

5 Rates of tobacco products duty.U.K.

(1)For the Table of rates of duty in Schedule 1 to the M4Tobacco Products Duty Act 1979 there shall be substituted—

(2)This section shall be deemed to have come into force at 6 o’clock in the evening of 9th March 1999.

Betting and gaming dutiesU.K.

6 Rate of pool betting duty.U.K.

(1)In section 7(1) of the M5Betting and Gaming Duties Act 1981 (rate of pool betting duty), for “26.50 per cent.” there shall be substituted “ 17.50 per cent. ”

(2)This section has effect in relation to bets the stake money on which is or has been paid on or after 28th March 1999.

7 Rates of gaming duty.U.K.

(1)For the Table in section 11(2) of the M6Finance Act 1997 (rates of gaming duty) there shall be substituted—

(2)This section has effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1st April 1999.

Vehicle excise dutyU.K.

8 The general rate of vehicle excise duty.U.K.

(1)In sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the M7Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (the general rate), for “£150” there shall be substituted “ £155 ”.

(2)For the word “The” at the beginning of that sub-paragraph there shall be substituted “ Except in the case of a vehicle having an engine with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,100 cubic centimetres, the ”.

(3)After that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(2A)In the case of a vehicle having an engine with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1,100 cubic centimetres, the general rate is £100.”

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(5)Subsection (1) above has effect in relation to any licence issued after 9th March 1999; and subsections (2) to (4) above have effect in relation to any licence taken out for a period beginning on or after 1st June 1999.

9 Rates of duty for goods vehicles.U.K.

Schedule 1 to this Act (which makes provision for new rates of vehicle excise duty for goods vehicles etc.) shall have effect.

Goods shipped etc. as storesU.K.

10 Goods for sale on board ships or aircraft.U.K.

(1)For subsection (4) of section 1 of the M8Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (goods for sale on board ships or aircraft to be treated as stores) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(4)Goods for use in a ship or aircraft as merchandise for sale to persons carried in the ship or aircraft shall be treated for the purposes of the customs and excise Acts as stores if, and only if—

(a)the goods are to be sold by retail either—

(i)in the course of a relevant journey, or

(ii)for consumption on board;

and

(b)the goods are not treated as exported by virtue of regulations under section 12 of the M9Customs and Excise Duties (General Reliefs) Act 1979 (goods for use in naval ships or establishments).

(4A)For the purposes of subsection (4) above a relevant journey is any journey beginning in the United Kingdom and having an immediate destination outside the member States.

(4B)In relation to goods treated as stores by virtue of subsection (4) above, any reference in the customs and excise Acts to the consumption of stores shall be construed as referring to the sale of the goods as mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection.”

(2)This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st July 1999 but shall not have effect in relation to any shipment of goods before that date.

11 Drawback of duty on shipment.U.K.

(1)In section 2 of the M10Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (power to provide for drawback of excise duty), in subsection (1), after “provision” there shall be inserted “ (a) ”, and after “Kingdom” there shall be inserted “; and

(b)conferring an entitlement to drawback of duty, in prescribed cases, on the shipment as stores, or warehousing in an excise warehouse for use as stores, of goods chargeable with duty”.

(2)In subsection (5) of that section, for “ “goods” has the same meaning” there shall be substituted “excise warehouse”, “goods”, “shipment”, “stores” and “warehousing” have the same meanings ”.

(3)Section 132 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (extension of drawback to shipment, and warehousing for use, as stores) shall cease to have effect.

(4)Subsection (3) above shall come into force on such day as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.

Part IIU.K. Value added tax

12 Works of art, antiques, etc.U.K.

(1)In subsection (4) of section 21 of the M11Value Added Tax Act 1994 (which treats as reduced for VAT purposes the value of goods falling within subsection (5) of that section and imported from outside the EU)—

(a)at the beginning there shall be inserted “ Subject to subsection (6D) below, ”; and

(b)for “14.29 per cent.” there shall be substituted “ 28.58 per cent. ”

(2)For subsections (5) and (6) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(5)The goods that fall within this subsection are—

(a)any work of art;

(b)any antique, not falling within paragraph (a) above or (c) below, that is more than one hundred years old;

(c)any collection or collector’s piece that is of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic, numismatic or philatelic interest.

(6)In this section “work of art” means, subject to subsections (6A) and (6B) below—

(a)any mounted or unmounted painting, drawing, collage, decorative plaque or similar picture that was executed by hand;

(b)any original engraving, lithograph or other print which—

(i)was produced from one or more plates executed by hand by an individual who executed them without using any mechanical or photomechanical process; and

(ii)either is the only one produced from the plate or plates or is comprised in a limited edition;

(c)any original sculpture or statuary, in any material;

(d)any sculpture cast which—

(i)was produced by or under the supervision of the individual who made the mould or became entitled to it by succession on the death of that individual; and

(ii)either is the only cast produced from the mould or is comprised in a limited edition;

(e)any tapestry or other hanging which—

(i)was made by hand from an original design; and

(ii)either is the only one made from the design or is comprised in a limited edition;

(f)any ceramic executed by an individual and signed by him;

(g)any enamel on copper which—

(i)was executed by hand;

(ii)is signed either by the person who executed it or by someone on behalf of the studio where it was executed;

(iii)either is the only one made from the design in question or is comprised in a limited edition; and

(iv)is not comprised in an article of jewellery or an article of a kind produced by goldsmiths or silversmiths;

(h)any mounted or unmounted photograph which—

(i)was printed by or under the supervision of the photographer;

(ii)is signed by him; and

(iii)either is the only print made from the exposure in question or is comprised in a limited edition;

(6A)The following do not fall within subsection (5) above by virtue of subsection (6)(a) above, that is to say—

(a)any technical drawing, map or plan;

(b)any picture comprised in a manufactured article that has been hand-decorated; or

(c)anything in the nature of scenery, including a backcloth.

(6B)An item comprised in a limited edition shall be taken to be so comprised for the purposes of subsection (6)(d) to (h) above only if—

(a)in the case of sculpture casts—

(i)the edition is limited so that the number produced from the same mould does not exceed eight; or

(ii)the edition comprises a limited edition of nine or more casts made before 1st January 1989 which the Commissioners have directed should be treated, in the exceptional circumstances of the case, as a limited edition for the purposes of subsection (6)(d) above;

(b)in the case of tapestries and hangings, the edition is limited so that the number produced from the same design does not exceed eight;

(c)in the case of enamels on copper—

(i)the edition is limited so that the number produced from the same design does not exceed eight; and

(ii)each of the enamels in the edition is numbered and is signed as mentioned in subsection (6)(g)(ii) above;

(d)in the case of photographs—

(i)the edition is limited so that the number produced from the same exposure does not exceed thirty; and

(ii)each of the prints in the edition is numbered and is signed as mentioned in subsection (6)(h)(ii) above.

(6C)For the purposes of this section a collector’s piece is of philatelic interest if—

(a)it is a postage or revenue stamp, a postmark, a first-day cover or an item of pre-stamped stationery; and

(b)it is franked or (if unfranked) it is not legal tender and is not intended for use as such.

(6D)Subsection (4) above does not apply in the case of any goods imported from outside the member States if—

(a)the whole of the VAT chargeable on their importation falls to be relieved by virtue of an order under section 37(1); or

(b)they were exported from the United Kingdom during the period of twelve months ending with the date of their importation.”

(3)This section has effect in relation to goods imported at any time on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

13 Gold.U.K.

(1)Notwithstanding the words preceding paragraph (a) in section 26(3) of the M12Value Added Tax Act 1994 (input tax allowable against output tax), regulations which—

(a)are made under section 26(3), and

(b)have effect in respect of exempt supplies which relate to gold,

may provide that input tax is allowable, as being attributable to the supplies, only in relation to specified matters.

(2)An order under section 31(2) of that Act (exempt supplies and acquisitions) which provides for certain supplies which relate to gold to be exempt supplies may—

(a)provide that a supply which would be an exempt supply by virtue of the order shall, if the supplier so chooses, be a taxable supply;

(b)make provision by reference to notices to be published by the Commissioners.

(3)An order under section 37(1) of that Act (relief on importation of goods) which gives relief from VAT on certain importations of gold may make provision by reference to notices to be published by the Commissioners.

(4)Provision made by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) above may be expressed—

(a)to apply only in specified circumstances;

(b)to apply subject to compliance with specified conditions (which may include conditions relating to general or specific approval of the Commissioners).

(5)Regulations may—

(a)require specified persons to keep specified records in relation to specified transactions concerning gold;

(b)require specified persons to give specified information to the Commissioners about specified transactions concerning gold;

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(6)The provisions of that Act (including, in particular, section 97 and paragraph 6(2) to [F3(4)] of Schedule 11) shall apply in relation to regulations under subsection (5) above [F4, and to records kept in pursuance of such regulations,] as they apply in relation to regulations under paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 11 to that Act [F5and to records kept in pursuance of that paragraph] .

(7)In this section “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

14 Preparations etc. of meat, yeast or egg.U.K.

Schedule 8 to the M13Value Added Tax Act 1994 (zero-rating) shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, as if in Group 1 (food), in Note (6) (which provides that certain items which override the exceptions listed in that Group relate only to item 4 of the excepted items (non-alcoholic beverages)) for “Items 4 to 6” there were substituted “ Items 4 to 7 ”.

15 Assignment of debts.U.K.

(1)In section 36 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (bad debts), for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3)In subsection (2) above “the outstanding amount” means—

(a)if at the time of the claim no part of the consideration written off in the claimant’s accounts as a bad debt has been received, an amount equal to the amount of the consideration so written off;

(b)if at that time any part of the consideration so written off has been received, an amount by which that part is exceeded by the amount of the consideration written off;

and in this subsection “received” means received either by the claimant or by a person to whom has been assigned a right to receive the whole or any part of the consideration written off.”

(2)In subsection (5)(e) of that section, for the words from “where” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted “ where any part (or further part) of the consideration written off in the claimant’s accounts as a bad debt is subsequently received either by the claimant or, except in such circumstances as may be prescribed, by a person to whom has been assigned a right to receive the whole or any part of that consideration; ”.

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[F7(4)Until such day as the Commissioners may specify in regulations made under section 36 of that Act, Part XIX of the M14Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 (bad debt relief), except regulation 171, shall be read as if a reference to a payment being received by the claimant were a reference to a payment being received either by the claimant or by a person to whom a right to receive it has been assigned.]

(5)Subsections (1) and (4) above have effect for the purposes of the making of any refund or repayment after 9th March 1999, but do not have effect in relation to anything received on or before that day.

16 Groups of companies.U.K.

Schedule 2 to this Act (which makes changes to provisions about the treatment of bodies corporate as members of a group) shall have effect.

17 Penalties for incorrect certificates.U.K.

(1)For subsections (1) and (2) of section 62 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (incorrect certificates as to zero-rating etc.) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(1)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, where—

(a)a person to whom one or more supplies are, or are to be, made—

(i)gives to the supplier a certificate that the supply or supplies fall, or will fall, wholly or partly within paragraph 1 of Schedule A1, Group 5 or 6 of Schedule 8 or Group 1 of Schedule 9, or

(ii)gives to the supplier a certificate for the purposes of section 18B(2)(d) or 18C(1)(c),

and

(b)the certificate is incorrect,

the person giving the certificate shall be liable to a penalty.

(1A)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, where—

(a)a person who makes, or is to make, an acquisition of goods from another member State prepares a certificate for the purposes of section 18B(1)(d), and

(b)the certificate is incorrect,

the person preparing the certificate shall be liable to a penalty.

(2)The amount of the penalty shall be equal to—

(a)in a case where the penalty is imposed by virtue of subsection (1) above, the difference between—

(i)the amount of the VAT which would have been chargeable on the supply or supplies if the certificate had been correct; and

(ii)the amount of VAT actually chargeable;

(b)in a case where it is imposed by virtue of subsection (1A) above, the amount of VAT actually chargeable on the acquisition.”

(2)Subsection (1) above has effect in relation to certificates given or, as the case may be, prepared on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

18 EC sales statements: time limits for assessments to penalties.U.K.

(1)For section 77(2) of the M15Value Added Tax Act 1994 (time limits for assessments under section 76) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(2)Subject to subsection (5) below, an assessment under section 76 of an amount due by way of any penalty, interest or surcharge referred to in subsection (3) of that section may be made at any time before the expiry of the period of 2 years beginning with the time when the amount of VAT due for the prescribed accounting period concerned has been finally determined.

(2A)Subject to subsection (5) below, an assessment under section 76 of a penalty under section 65 or 66 may be made at any time before the expiry of the period of 2 years beginning with the time when facts sufficient in the opinion of the Commissioners to indicate, as the case may be—

(a)that the statement in question contained a material inaccuracy, or

(b)that there had been a default within the meaning of section 66(1),

came to the Commissioners’ knowledge.”

(2)Subsection (1) above has effect in relation to any amount by way of penalty, interest or surcharge which becomes due on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

19 Period before repayment supplement payable.U.K.

(1)Section 79 of the M16Value Added Tax Act 1994 (repayment supplement) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2)(b), for “the period of 30 days beginning on the date of the receipt by the Commissioners of that return or claim” there shall be substituted “ the relevant period ”.

(3)After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—

“(2A)The relevant period in relation to a return or claim is the period of 30 days beginning with the later of—

(a)the day after the last day of the prescribed accounting period to which the return or claim relates, and

(b)the date of the receipt by the Commissioners of the return or claim.”

(4)In subsections (3) and (7), for “subsection (2)(b)” there shall be substituted “ subsection (2A) ”; and regulations under subsection (3) shall be construed accordingly.

(5)This section has effect in relation to returns and claims received by the Commissioners on or after 9th March 1999.

20 Meaning of “business”.U.K.

(1)Section 94(3) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (meaning of “business”: public organisations) shall cease to have effect.

(2)This section shall come into force in accordance with such provision as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may make by order made by statutory instrument.

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Part IIIU.K. Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Income tax rates and charge etc.U.K.

F922 Starting rate.U.K.

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F1023 Charge and rates for 1999-00.U.K.

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F1124 Personal allowances for 1999-00 for those aged 65 or more.U.K.

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25 Operative date of indexation for PAYE.U.K.

(1)The Taxes Act 1988 shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) below.

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F13(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)This section has effect for the year 1999-00 and subsequent years of assessment.

Rates of capital gains taxU.K.

F1426 Rates of capital gains tax.U.K.

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Corporation tax charge and ratesU.K.

27 Charge and main rate for financial year 2000.U.K.

Corporation tax shall be charged for the financial year 2000 at the rate of 30 per cent.

F1528 Corporation tax starting rate.U.K.

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29 Rate and fraction for corporation tax starting rate.U.K.

For the financial year 2000—

(a)the corporation tax starting rate shall be 10 per cent.; and

(b)the fraction mentioned in section 13AA(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 shall be one fortieth.

Income tax reductionsU.K.

F1630 Children’s tax credit.U.K.

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F1731 Restriction of MCA to those reaching 65 before 2000-01.U.K.

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F1832 Further provision about married couple’s allowance.U.K.

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33 Abolition of existing relief in respect of children.U.K.

(1)Sections 259 to 261A of the Taxes Act 1988 (additional relief in respect of children) shall cease to have effect.

(2)This section has effect for the year 2000-01 and subsequent years of assessment.

34 Abolition of widow’s bereavement allowance.U.K.

(1)Section 262 of the Taxes Act 1988 (income tax reduction for widow in year of bereavement and following year) shall cease to have effect.

(2)Subsection (1) above has effect in relation to deaths occurring on or after 6th April 2000.

(3)Where a woman is entitled to an income tax reduction for the year 2000-01 by virtue of paragraph (b) of section 262(1) of the Taxes Act 1988, the reference in that paragraph to the amount specified in section 257A(1) for that year shall be read as a reference to the amount specified in section 257A(5A) for that year.

F1935 Order of income tax reductions etc.U.K.

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36 Maintenance payments.U.K.

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F20(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F20(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F20(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F20(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F20(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7)Sections 347A and 347B of the Taxes Act 1988 shall have effect, notwithstanding anything in subsection (3) of section 36 of the M17Finance Act 1988 (which provides for the application of those sections), in relation to a payment made in pursuance of an existing obligation (within the meaning of that subsection) as they have effect in relation to a payment made otherwise than in pursuance of such an obligation.

(8)This section has effect in relation to any payment falling due on or after 6th April 2000.

Relief for interest paymentsU.K.

37 Limit on relief for interest.U.K.

For the year 1999-00 the qualifying maximum defined in section 367(5) of the Taxes Act 1988 (limit on relief for interest on certain loans) shall be £30,000.

38 Withdrawal of relief for interest on loans to buy land etc.U.K.

(1)A payment of interest falling within subsection (3) or (4) below shall not be eligible for relief under section 353 of the Taxes Act 1988 by virtue of section 354 of that Act (interest on loans to buy land etc.).

(2)Section 369(1) of that Act (mortgage interest payable under deduction of tax) shall not apply to any payment of interest falling within subsection (3) or (4) below which (apart from section 353(2) of that Act and subsection (1) above) would be eligible for relief under section 353 of that Act by virtue of section 354 of that Act.

(3)A payment of interest falls within this subsection if it is—

(a)a payment made on or after 6th April 2000 (whenever falling due); or

(b)a payment made before that date, but not before 9th March 1999, of any interest that was not due until on or after 6th April 2000.

(4)A payment of interest falls within this subsection if it is—

(a)made before 6th April 2000 but not before 9th March 1999; and

(b)made under or in accordance with any scheme made for a tax-avoidance purpose on or after 9th March 1999 (whether or not before the making of the payment).

(5)For the purposes of subsection (4) above, a scheme is made for a tax-avoidance purpose if its main purpose, or one of its main purposes, is to secure that a payment of one or more of the following descriptions is a relievable payment, that is to say—

(a)a payment discharging an obligation to make a payment which (but for the scheme) might have been expected to be a non-relievable payment;

(b)a payment made in pursuance of any obligation which has effect, directly or indirectly, in place of an obligation under which a payment which might have been expected to be a non-relievable payment would have become due;

(c)a payment made in pursuance of an obligation which (apart from the purpose of securing that it is a relievable payment) might have been expected to take the form of an obligation—

(i)to make a non-relievable payment, or

(ii)to make two or more payments at least one of which would have been a non-relievable payment.

(6)In subsection (5) above—

• “non-relievable payment” means a payment falling within subsection (3) above; and

• “relievable payment” means a payment which—

  (a)

  is eligible for relief under section 353 of the Taxes Act 1988, or

  (b)

  is a payment to which section 369(1) of that Act applies.

(7)The references in this section to a scheme are references to any scheme, arrangements or understanding of any kind whatever, whether or not legally enforceable.

(8)Schedule 4 to this Act (which contains amendments consequential on the preceding provisions of this section) shall have effect.

39 Withdrawal of relief for interest on new annuity loans.U.K.

(1)In section 365 of the Taxes Act 1988 (relief for interest on loans to buy life annuities), in subsection (1), before paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)that the loan was made before 9th March 1999;”.

(2)After subsection (1) of that section insert—

“(1AA)Where—

(a)a loan made on or after 9th March 1999 was made in pursuance of an offer made by the lender before that date, and

(b)the offer was either in writing or evidenced by a note or memorandum made by the lender before that date,

the loan shall be deemed for the purposes of subsection (1)(aa) above to have been made before that date.”

(3)This section has effect for the year 1998-99 and subsequent years of assessment.

40 Annuity loans: residence requirements and re-mortgages.U.K.

(1)Section 365 of the Taxes Act 1988 (relief for interest on loans to buy life annuities) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)(d) (residence requirement for land on which loan is secured), for “uses the land on which it was secured as his only or main residence at the time the interest is paid” substitute “ used the land on which it was secured as his only or main residence immediately before 9th March 1999 ”.

(3)After subsection (1AA) (inserted by section 39 of this Act) insert—

“(1AB)Subject to subsection (1AC) below, the conditions in paragraphs (aa) and (a) of subsection (1) above shall be treated as satisfied in relation to a loan (“the new loan”) if—

(a)the new loan was made on or after the day on which the Finance Act 1999 was passed;

(b)the new loan was made as part of a scheme (“the scheme”) under which the whole or any part of the proceeds of the loan was used to defray money applied in paying off another loan (“the old loan”); and

(c)the conditions in subsection (1) above were, or were treated by virtue of this subsection as, satisfied with respect to the old loan.

(1AC)If only part of the proceeds of the new loan was used to defray money applied in paying off the old loan, subsection (1AB) above applies only if, under the scheme, not less than nine-tenths of the remaining part of the proceeds of the new loan was applied to the purchase by the person to whom it was made of an annuity ending with his life or with the life of the survivor of two or more persons who include him.

(1AD)In subsection (1AC) above “the remaining part” means the part of the proceeds of the new loan that was not used to defray money applied in paying off the old loan.”

(4)For subsection (1A) substitute—

“(1A)The condition in subsection (1)(d) above shall be treated as satisfied in relation to a loan if—

(a)the person to whom the loan was made, or any of the annuitants, ceased to use the land as his only or main residence at a time falling within the period of twelve months ending with 8th March 1999, and

(b)the intention at that time of the person to whom the loan was made, or each of the annuitants owning an estate or interest in the land, was to take steps, before the end of the period of twelve months after the day on which the land ceased to be so used, with a view to the disposal of his estate or interest.”

(5)This section has effect in relation to any payment of interest (whenever falling due) made on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

41 Repayments attracting repayment supplement.U.K.

(1)Section 824 of the Taxes Act 1988 (repayment supplements for individuals) shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, with the following amendments.

(2)Before subsection (3) insert—

“(2B)Subsection (1) above shall apply to a payment made by the Board under section 375(8) (payment of amount which borrower would have been able to deduct from interest payment under section 369(1)) as if the payment were a repayment falling within that subsection.”

(3)In subsection (3), before paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)if the repayment is a payment made by the Board under section 375(8), the relevant time is—

(i)if the interest payment was made in the year 1996-97 or a subsequent year of assessment, the 31st January next following that year;

(ii)if the interest payment was made in an earlier year of assessment, the 5th April next following that year;”.

(4)This section shall be deemed to have had effect in relation to provisions corresponding to section 824 of the Taxes Act 1988 directly or indirectly re-enacted in that section as it has effect in relation to that section, subject to subsections (5) and (6) below.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (4) above the references in the amendments of section 824 of the Taxes Act 1988 made by this section to provisions of that Act shall be taken to include references to any corresponding provision contained in the enactments directly or indirectly re-enacted in those provisions.

(6)Subsection (4) above applies only if the payments corresponding to payments under section 375(8) of the Taxes Act 1988 were made in the year 1984-85 or a subsequent year of assessment.

Employee benefits etc.U.K.

F2142 Conditional acquisition of shares.U.K.

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F2143 Meaning of conditional interests in shares.U.K.

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F2144 Exemption for mobile telephones.U.K.

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F2145 Limited exemption for computer equipment.U.K.

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F2246 PRP and agricultural pay.U.K.

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[F2347 Cars available for private use.U.K.

(1)Schedule 6 to the Taxes Act 1988 (cars available for private use: cash equivalent of car) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph 2(1) (reduction for business travel: 18,000 miles and above)—

(a)for “in the year concerned” substitute “ in a year ”, and

(b)for “the amount ascertained under paragraph 1 above, reduced by two thirds” substitute “ 15 per cent. of the price of the car as regards the year ”.

(3)In paragraph 2(2) (reduction for business travel: 2,500 to 18,000 miles)—

(a)for “in the year concerned” substitute “ in a year ”, and

(b)for “the amount ascertained under paragraph 1 above, reduced by one third” substitute “ 25 per cent. of the price of the car as regards the year ”.

(4)For paragraph 4(a) (two or more cars) substitute—

“(a)paragraph 2(1) above shall have effect as if for “15 per cent.” there were substituted “25 per cent.””

(5)In paragraph 5 (reduction for age of car), for “one third” substitute “ one quarter ”.

(6)This section has effect for the year 1999-00 and subsequent years of assessment.]

F2448 Provision and support of bus services.U.K.

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F2449 Provision of motor cycle or cycle parking facilities.U.K.

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F2450 Cycles and cyclist’s safety equipment.U.K.

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Members of parliaments and assembliesU.K.

F2451 EU travel expenses.U.K.

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F2552 Scottish Parliament and devolved assemblies.U.K.

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Sub-contractors in the construction industryU.K.

F2653 Exemption certificates.U.K.

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Reverse premiumsU.K.

F2754 Tax treatment of reverse premiums.U.K.

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CharitiesU.K.

55 Gifts in kind to charities etc.U.K.

F28(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)Section 47 of the M18Finance Act 1998 (gifts in kind for relief in poor countries) shall cease to have effect.

(3)Subsections (1) and (2) above have effect in relation to gifts made on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

F2956 Gifts of money to relieve refugee poverty.U.K.

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F3057 Aggregation of money gifts for relief in poor countries.U.K.

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Education and trainingU.K.

F3158 Employees seconded to educational establishments.U.K.

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59 Phasing out of vocational training relief.U.K.

(1)For subsection (2) of section 32 of the M19Finance Act 1991 (vocational training relief) there shall be substituted—

“(2)The individual shall be entitled to relief under this subsection in respect of the payment for the year of assessment in which it is made; but relief under this subsection shall be given only on a claim made for the purpose, except where subsections (3) to (5) below apply.

(2A)Where an individual is entitled to relief under subsection (2) above in respect of any payment made in a year of assessment, the amount of his liability for that year to income tax on his total income shall be the amount to which he would be liable apart from this section less whichever is the smaller of—

(a)the amount which is equal to such percentage of the amount of the payment as is the basic rate for the year; and

(b)the amount which reduces his liability to nil.

(2B)In determining for the purposes of subsection (2A) above the amount of income tax to which a person would be liable apart from this section, no account shall be taken of—

(a)any income tax reduction under Chapter I of Part VII of the Taxes Act 1988 or under section 347B of that Act;

(b)any income tax reduction under section 353(1A) of the Taxes Act 1988;

(c)any relief by way of a reduction of liability to tax which is given in accordance with any arrangements having effect by virtue of section 788 of the Taxes Act 1988 or by way of a credit under section 790(1) of that Act;

(d)any tax at the basic rate on so much of that person’s income as is income the income tax on which he is entitled to charge against any other person or to deduct, retain or satisfy out of any payment.”

(2)That section and section 33 of that Act (provisions supplementary to section 32) shall cease to have effect.

(3)In this section—

(a)subsection (1) has effect in relation to payments made on or after 6th April 1999; and

(b)subsection (2) shall have effect in relation to payments made on or after such date after 6th April 2000 as the Treasury may by order appoint.

F3260 Student loans: certain interest to be disregarded.U.K.

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Various other reliefs etc.U.K.

F3361 Class 1B National Insurance contributions.U.K.

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62 Expenditure on film production and acquisition.U.K.

In subsection (2)(a) of section 48 of M20the Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (which provides for favourable tax treatment for certain expenditure on film production and acquisition incurred on or after 2nd July 1997 and before 2nd July 2000), for “2nd July 2000” there shall be substituted “ 2nd July 2002 ”.

F3463 Treatment of transfer fees under existing contracts.U.K.

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SettlementsU.K.

F3564 Income of unmarried child of settlor.U.K.

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Securities and investmentsU.K.

65 Relevant discounted securities.U.K.

F36(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F36(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F36(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F36(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F36(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F36(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F37(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8)Subject to subsections (9) to (12) below, [F38subsection (7) above has] effect in relation to—

(a)any transfer of a security on or after 15th February 1999; or

(b)any occasion on or after that date on which a person holding a security becomes entitled to any payment on its redemption.

(9)For the purposes of section 92 of that Act, [F39subsection (7)] above—

(a)[F39has effect] in relation to any accounting period of a company ending on or after 15th February 1999; but

(b)[F39does not affect] any amount falling to be brought into account in respect of any disposal (in whole or in part) of an asset representing a creditor relationship if the disposal was one completed before that day.

(10)For the purposes of paragraphs 17 and 18 of Schedule 9 to that Act, [F39subsection (7)] above—

(a)[F39has effect] in relation to any accounting period of a company ending on or after 15th February 1999; but

(b)[F39does not affect] any amount falling to be brought into account in respect of a security representing a debtor relationship of a company if, on that day, the company was no longer subject to any liability under the relationship.

(11)For the purposes of sections 117(2AA) and 251(8) of the M21Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, [F40subsection (7) above has] effect in relation to any disposal (in whole or in part) of an asset on or after 15th February 1999.

(12)For the purposes of subsection (1)(c) of section 254 of that Act (which, notwithstanding its repeal by the M22Finance Act 1998, continues to have effect in relation to loans made before 17th March 1998), [F40subsection (7) above has] effect in relation to any claim made on or after 15th February 1999.

66 Qualifying corporate bonds: provision consequential on s. 65.U.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)before 15th February 1999 there occurred a transaction (“the relevant transaction”) to which sections 127 to 130 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 applied; and

(b)the new holding (within the meaning given by section 126 of that Act) consisted of or included something (“the new asset”) that—

(i)did not fall to be treated as a qualifying corporate bond in relation to the relevant transaction, but

(ii)by virtue of section 65 above, does fall to be so treated in relation to a disposal on or after 15th February 1999.

(2)Section 116 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (reorganisations etc. involving qualifying corporate bonds) shall have effect in relation to any disposal of the whole or part of the new asset on or after 15th February 1999 as if—

(a)there had been a transaction (“the subsequent transaction”) by which the person holding the new asset had disposed of it and immediately re-acquired it;

(b)the subsequent transaction had occurred at the time mentioned in subsection (3) below;

(c)the asset re-acquired had been a qualifying corporate bond; and

(d)the subsequent transaction had been a transaction to which section 127 of that Act would have applied but for section 116(5) of that Act.

(3)That time is—

(a)where the relevant transaction took place before 5th April 1996, that date;

(b)where the relevant transaction took place on or after that date, immediately after the relevant transaction.

67 Deep discount and deep gain securities.U.K.

(1)In paragraph 19 of Schedule 15 to the M23Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships: savings and transitional provisions), after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(3A)Any income that is treated as arising at the time mentioned in subsection (5) of that section, as it applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) above, shall be brought into account as a non-trading credit given for the purposes of this Chapter for the accounting period in which that time falls.”

(2)In paragraph 20 of that Schedule, after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(2A)Any income that is treated as arising on the day mentioned in subsection (5) of that section, as it applies by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above, shall be brought into account as a non-trading credit given for the purposes of this Chapter for the accounting period in which that day falls.”

(3)In paragraph 19(7) of that Schedule, for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b)the company did not make any disposal of that security on that date,”.

(4)In subsection (5)(c) of sections 64 and 65 of the M24Finance Act 1993 (which have effect, notwithstanding their repeal by the Finance Act 1996, in relation to deep discount and deep gain securities held on and after 31st March 1996), for “it is transferred by the creditor company” there shall be substituted “ the creditor company makes a disposal of the security ”.

(5)After subsection (5) of section 65 of that Act there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(5A)There is a disposal of a security for the purposes of subsection (5)(c) above if there would be such a disposal for the purposes of the M25Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.”

(6)Subsections (1) and (2) above apply in relation to income treated as arising on or after 15th February 1999.

(7)Subsection (3) above applies in any case where the day mentioned in paragraph 19(9) of Schedule 15 to the Finance Act 1996 falls on or after 15th February 1999.

(8)Subsections (4) and (5) above apply for determining whether a time on or after 15th February 1999—

(a)is a time falling within section 64(5)(c) of the Finance Act 1993; or

(b)is on a day falling within section 65(5)(c) of that Act.

68 Court common investment funds.U.K.

F41(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)Section 328 of the Taxes Act 1988 (agreements with the Board about the taxation regime for common investment funds) shall cease to have effect.

(3)Subsections (1) and (2) above have effect in relation to—

(a)any income arising to a common investment fund on or after 6th April 1999; and

(b)any distribution made by such a fund for a distribution period beginning on or after that date.

(4)For the purposes of the Tax Acts where any common investment fund was in existence on 5th April 1999—

(a)the distribution period of that fund which was current on that date for the purposes of section 469 of the Taxes Act 1988 shall be taken to have ended with that date; and

(b)the fund’s first accounting period for the purposes of corporation tax, and its first distribution period for the purposes of the enactments relating to authorised unit trusts, shall each be taken to have begun with 6th April 1999.

(5)In this section “common investment fund” means any common investment fund established under section 42 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982.

Venture capital trustsU.K.

F4269 Company restructuring and convertible securities.U.K.

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F4370 Relief on distributions.U.K.

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Enterprise investment schemeU.K.

F4471 Eligibility for EIS relief.U.K.

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F4572 Deferred gains: application of taper relief.U.K.

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73 Deferred gains: gain accruing on part disposal, etc.U.K.

(1)Schedule 8 to this Act (which amends Schedule 5B to the M26Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 in relation to cases where there is a disposal of some, but not all, of the shares to which relief under that Schedule is attributable) shall have effect.

(2)The amendments made by Schedule 8 to this Act have effect in relation to shares issued on or after 6th April 1999.

Chargeable gainsU.K.

74 Value shifting: tax-free benefits.U.K.

Schedule 9 to this Act (which makes provision about tax-free benefits in relation to value shifting) shall have effect.

75 Allowable losses where beneficiary absolutely entitled.U.K.

(1)For subsection (2) of section 71 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (allowable losses of trustees treated as transferred to a person becoming absolutely entitled to settled property) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(2)Where, in any case in which a person (“the beneficiary”) becomes absolutely entitled to any settled property as against the trustee, an allowable loss would (apart from this subsection) have accrued to the trustee on the deemed disposal under subsection (1) above of an asset comprised in that property—

(a)that loss shall be treated, to the extent only that it cannot be deducted from pre-entitlement gains of the trustee, as an allowable loss accruing to the beneficiary (instead of to the trustee); but

(b)any allowable loss treated as accruing to the beneficiary under this subsection shall be deductible under this Act from chargeable gains accruing to the beneficiary to the extent only that it can be deducted from gains accruing to the beneficiary on the disposal by him of—

(i)the asset on the deemed disposal of which the loss accrued; or

(ii)where that asset is an estate, interest or right in or over land, that asset or any asset deriving from that asset.

(2A)In subsection (2) above “pre-entitlement gain”, in relation to an allowable loss accruing to a trustee on the deemed disposal of any asset comprised in any settled property, means a chargeable gain accruing to that trustee on—

(a)a disposal which, on the occasion on which the beneficiary becomes absolutely entitled as against the trustee to that property, is deemed under subsection (1) above to have taken place; or

(b)any other disposal taking place before that occasion but in the same year of assessment.

(2B)For the purposes of subsection (2)(b)(ii) above an asset (“the relevant asset”) derives from another if, in a case where—

(a)assets have merged,

(b)an asset has divided or otherwise changed its nature, or

(c)different rights or interests in or over any asset have been created or extinguished at different times,

the value of the relevant asset is wholly or partly derived (through one or more successive events falling within paragraphs (a) to (c) above but not otherwise) from the other asset.

(2C)The rules set out in subsection (2D) below shall apply (notwithstanding any other rules contained in this Act or in section 113(2) of the M27Finance Act 1995 (order of deduction))—

(a)for determining for the purposes of this section whether an allowable loss accruing to the trustee, or treated as accruing to the beneficiary, can be deducted from particular chargeable gains for any year of assessment; and

(b)for the making of deductions of allowable losses from chargeable gains in cases where it has been determined that such an allowable loss can be deducted from particular chargeable gains.

(2D)Those rules are as follows—

(a)allowable losses accruing to the trustee on a deemed disposal under subsection (1) above shall be deducted before any deduction is made in respect of any other allowable losses accruing to the trustee in that year;

(b)allowable losses treated as accruing to the beneficiary under this section, so far as they cannot be deducted in a year of assessment as mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above, may be carried forward from year to year until they can be so deducted; and

(c)allowable losses treated as accruing to the beneficiary for any year of assessment under this section, and allowable losses carried forward to any year of assessment under paragraph (b) above—

(i)shall be deducted before any deduction is made in respect of any allowable losses accruing to the beneficiary in that year otherwise than by virtue of this section; and

(ii)in the case of losses carried forward to any year, shall be deductible as if they were losses actually accruing in that year.”

(2)This section applies in relation to any occasion on or after 16th June 1999 on which a person becomes absolutely entitled to settled property as against the trustee.

76 Concessions that defer a capital gains charge.U.K.

(1)In Part VIII of the M28Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (supplemental), after section 284 there shall be inserted the following sections—

“284A Concessions that defer a charge.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)a person (“the original taxpayer”) has at any time obtained for any chargeable period (“the first chargeable period”) the benefit of any capital gains relief to which he had no statutory entitlement;

(b)the benefit of the relief was obtained in reliance on any concession;

(c)the concession was first published by the Board before 9th March 1999 or (having been published on or after that date) replaced a concession satisfying the requirements of this paragraph with a concession to the same or substantially the same effect; and

(d)the concession involved the application (with or without modifications), to a case to which they would not otherwise have applied, of the provisions of any enactment (“the relevant statutory provisions”).

(2)This section applies only if, at the time when the original taxpayer obtained the benefit of the relief, the concession was one available generally to any person falling within its terms.

(3)If the benefit obtained for the first chargeable period by the original taxpayer is repudiated for any later chargeable period (whether by the original taxpayer or by another person), the enactments relating to the taxation of chargeable gains shall have effect as if a chargeable gain equal to the amount of that benefit accrued in the later chargeable period to the person repudiating the benefit.

(4)For the purposes of this section—

(a)a capital gains relief for any chargeable period is a relief (of whatever description) the effect of which is that the amount of the chargeable gains taken to have accrued to that person in that period is less than it otherwise would have been; and

(b)the amount of the benefit of any such relief is the amount by which, as a consequence of that relief, those gains are less than they otherwise would have been.

(5)Where, without applying a specific enactment, any concession has the effect that—

(a)any asset is treated as the same as another asset and as acquired as the other asset was acquired,

(b)any two or more assets are treated as a single asset, or

(c)any disposal is treated as having been a disposal on which neither a gain nor a loss accrued,

that concession shall be assumed for the purposes of this section to have involved the application, to a case to which it would not otherwise have applied, of the provisions of an enactment to the corresponding effect.

(6)For the purposes of this section the benefit of any relief obtained by the original taxpayer for the first chargeable period is repudiated by a person for a later chargeable period if—

(a)circumstances arise such that, had the equivalent circumstances arisen in the case of the corresponding relief under the relevant statutory provisions, the whole or a part of the benefit of that relief would have fallen to be recouped from that person in the later chargeable period;

(b)apart from this section, the recoupment in the actual circumstances of the whole or a part of the benefit obtained by the original taxpayer is prevented by the fact that the original taxpayer relied on a concession (rather than on the relevant statutory provisions) to obtain that benefit; and

(c)the person from whom, in the equivalent circumstances, the amount of the benefit or any part of it would have fallen to be recouped is not precluded by subsection (8) below from relying on that fact in relation to that amount or part.

(7)For the purposes of this section an amount of the benefit of a capital gains relief is recouped from any person in a chargeable period to the extent that an amount is so brought into account in his case for that period as to secure that—

(a)the amount of his chargeable gains for that period is taken to be more than it otherwise would have been by an amount directly or indirectly representing the whole or a part of the amount of the benefit; or

(b)the amount of his allowable losses for that period is taken to be less than it otherwise would have been by an amount directly or indirectly representing the whole or a part of the amount of the benefit.

(8)Where—

(a)any such circumstances as are mentioned in subsection (6)(a) above have arisen in relation to the relief the benefit of which has been obtained by the original taxpayer,

(b)the person from whom, in the equivalent circumstances, the whole or any part of the amount of the benefit would have fallen to be recouped has accepted that, in the actual circumstances, the whole or a part of the benefit obtained by the original taxpayer may be recouped from him, and

(c)that acceptance is indicated in writing to the Board (whether by the making or amendment of a self-assessment or otherwise),

that person’s rights subsequently to amend, appeal against or otherwise challenge any assessment shall not be exercised in any manner inconsistent with his acceptance of that matter (which shall be irrevocable).

(9)In this section “concession” includes any practice, interpretation or other statement in the nature of a concession.

284B Provisions supplementary to section 284A.

(1)Chargeable gains that are treated as accruing to any person under section 284A(3) shall not be eligible for taper relief.

(2)The total amount of chargeable gains that are treated as accruing to any person under subsection (3) of section 284A in respect of any such benefit as is referred to in that subsection shall not exceed the amount of that benefit.

(3)Where, after any assessment to tax has been made on the basis that any chargeable gain is treated as having accrued to any person under section 284A(3)—

(a)the person assessed, within any of the periods allowed by subsection (4) below, gives an indication for the purposes of section 284A(8), or

(b)a final determination of the original taxpayer’s liability to tax for the first chargeable period is made on the basis that the original taxpayer did not, or was not entitled to, rely on the concession in question,

all such adjustments shall be made (whether by way of assessment, amendment of an assessment, repayment of tax or otherwise) as are necessary to secure that no person is subjected to any greater liability by virtue of section 284A(3) than he would have been had the indication been given, or the final determination made, before the making of the assessment.

(4)The periods allowed by this subsection are—

(a)the period of twelve months beginning with the making of the assessment;

(b)the period within which the person is entitled to amend his self-assessment or company tax return for the chargeable period in which the chargeable gain under section 284A(3) is treated as having accrued to him;

(c)where the person makes a claim for any further relief against the amount that may be recouped from him by virtue of his indication under section 284A(8), the period allowed for making that claim.

(5)Subsection (3) above has effect notwithstanding any time limits relating to the making or amendment of an assessment for any chargeable period.”

(2)Sections 284A and 284B of the M29Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 have effect in relation to any case in which the circumstances arising as mentioned in subsection (6)(a) of section 284A are circumstances arising on or after 9th March 1999, whether the benefit mentioned in subsection (1) of that section was obtained as so mentioned before or after the passing of this Act.

Capital allowancesU.K.

F4677. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F4778. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Pensions and insurance, etc.U.K.

79 Sharing of pensions on divorce, etc.U.K.

Schedule 10 to this Act (which, for purposes connected with the sharing of pensions between ex-spouses, makes provision with respect to pensions and annuities) shall have effect.

F4880 Purchased life annuities.U.K.

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81 Acquisitions disregarded under insurance companies concession.U.K.

(1)This section applies for the purposes of corporation tax in relation to the disposal by a company (“the relevant company”) of any asset where—

(a)the asset is one acquired by the relevant company from an insurance company at a time when the relevant company and that insurance company were both members of the same group of companies;

(b)there was an occasion before the disposal (whether the occasion of the transfer of the asset to the relevant company or the occasion of an earlier transfer of the asset) in relation to which the non-statutory arrangements for groups of insurance companies were applied in the case of the transferring company;

(c)the application of those arrangements in relation to that occasion had the effect of preventing the cost of the asset’s acquisition by the transferring company (“the previous acquisition”) from being brought into account for tax purposes; and

(d)there has not, between that occasion and the making of the disposal, been any relevant event by reference to which the cost of the previous acquisition has been brought into account in computing the profits or losses of any company for tax purposes.

(2)Subject to subsection (5) below, where the computation of the relevant company’s profits or losses from any trade requires the cost of the acquisition of the asset by that company to be brought into account in the accounting period in which the disposal takes place, that cost shall be brought into account in that period as if it were an amount equal to the cost of the previous acquisition.

(3)Subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, where—

(a)the asset disposed of represents a creditor relationship,

(b)the disposal is such that paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 to the M30Finance Act 1996 (adjustment for pre-commencement trading relationships) would require an amount to be brought into account in the accounting period in which the disposal takes place in any case in which there is, for that relationship, a difference such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) of that paragraph, and

(c)the cost of the previous acquisition is less than the amount which for the purposes of paragraph 5(2) of that Schedule would (apart from this subsection) be the notional closing value of the relationship on 31st March 1996,

the question whether an amount falls to be brought into account in accordance with paragraph 6(2) or (3) of that Schedule, and the amount (if any) falling to be so brought into account, shall be determined as if the notional closing value of the relationship on 31st March 1996 had been equal to the cost of the previous acquisition.

(4)In any case where the asset represents a creditor relationship in relation to which an election under paragraph 6(4) of Schedule 15 to the M31Finance Act 1996 has effect—

F49(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)paragraph 6(1) and (2) of that Schedule shall be treated as applying, notwithstanding [F50paragraph 6(4)] , if, in the case of that relationship, the amount referred to in subsection (3)(c) above exceeds the cost of the previous acquisition; and

(c)the amount falling by virtue of paragraph (b) above to be brought into account in accordance with paragraph 6(2) of that Schedule shall be determined as if the excess referred to in paragraph 6(2)(a) were the excess mentioned in paragraph (b) above.

(5)Where—

(a)there are two or more occasions such as are mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above, and

(b)paragraph (d) of that subsection is satisfied in relation to each of them,

subsections (2) to (4) above shall have effect as if the references to the previous acquisition were references to the acquisition which is the previous acquisition in relation to the earliest of those occasions.

(6)In subsection (1)(d) above “relevant event”, in relation to any asset, means—

(a)a disposal of the asset; or

(b)any event by reference to which the conditions of the non-statutory arrangements for groups of insurance companies has required the cost of the previous acquisition to be brought into account in computing the profits or losses of any company for tax purposes.

(7)Section 170 of the M32Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (meaning of groups etc.) shall apply for construing references in the preceding provisions of this section to a group of companies as it applies for the purposes of sections 171 to 181 of that Act.

(8)In the preceding provisions of this section—

• “creditor relationship” has the same meaning as in [F51Part 5 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 (see section 302(5))] ; and

• “insurance company” means an insurance company within the [F52meaning given by section 65 of the Finance Act 2012] .

(9)References in this section to an asset shall be construed as if [F53section 129 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009] (cases where different assets are treated as the same) applied for the purposes of this section as it applies for [F54the purpose of calculating the profits of a company's trade] ; and [F55section 340(2) to (4) of the Corporation Tax Act 2009] (cases where different companies are treated as the same) shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of [F55Part 5 of that Act]

(10)In this section any reference to the non-statutory arrangements for groups of insurance companies is a reference to so much of any arrangements made by the Board otherwise than by virtue of an enactment as—

(a)in relation to an accounting period beginning before 1st January 2000—

(i)provided for a single assessment of the trading profits of a group of insurance companies to be made on the principal company of the group; and

(ii)excluded trading profits on intra-group transfers of investments from the group assessment;

or

(b)contains transitional provision, in connection with the withdrawal of any arrangements falling within paragraph (a) above, for allowing trading profits on intra-group transfers to be excluded from assessments of members of groups of insurance companies that relate to accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 1999 and before 1st January 2000.

(11)This section—

(a)shall not be construed as requiring any amount representing a gain on the disposal of the asset to be brought into account for tax purposes in so far as an amount representing that gain is or has already been brought into account, as an attributed gain, under any regulations made by virtue of Schedule 16 to the M33Finance Act 1993 (Forex transitional provisions); and

(b)shall be without prejudice to any power of the Board apart from this section to enforce any conditions subject to which any relief in accordance with the non-statutory arrangements for groups of insurance companies has been allowed.

(12)This section applies in relation to disposals by the relevant company made in accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 1999.

[F56(13)If the relevant company changes from—

(a)not recognising a profit or loss on an asset until it is realised, to

(b)bringing assets into account in each period of account at a fair value,

then, in calculating the amount of any adjustment required under [F57Chapter 14 of Part 3 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009] (calculation of adjustment on change of basis), the amount to be taken into account as the cost of the asset in relation to a period of account before the change is the cost of the previous acquisition.]

82 Lloyd’s: members’ agent pooling arrangements.U.K.

(1)This section applies where a member has entered into a members’ agent pooling arrangement (“the arrangement”).

(2)Subsections (3) to (9) below shall apply for the purpose of determining any liability of the member’s to capital gains tax that may arise from transactions effected in pursuance of the arrangement.

(3)The syndicate rights held by the member under the arrangement shall be treated as a single asset acquired by him at the time when he entered into the arrangement; but, subject to subsection (9) below, he shall not be treated as disposing of the asset (in whole or in part) except as mentioned in subsection (6) below.

(4)The member shall be treated as having given, wholly and exclusively for the acquisition of the asset, consideration equal to any amount paid by him on entering into the arrangement.

(5)Any other amount paid by the member under the arrangement shall, on a disposal of the asset, be treated as expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively on the asset for the purpose of enhancing its value and reflected in its state or nature at the time of the disposal.

(6)If an amount is paid to the member at any time under the arrangement, he shall be treated as disposing of the whole asset or, as the case may be, part of the asset at that time for a consideration equal to that amount.

(7)If syndicate rights held by the member otherwise than under the arrangement become at any time rights held by him under the arrangement, he shall be treated as disposing of those rights at that time for a consideration equal to their market value at that time.

(8)If syndicate rights held by the member under the arrangement become at any time rights held by him otherwise than under the arrangement, he shall be treated as acquiring those rights at that time for a consideration equal to their market value at that time.

(9)Nothing in subsection (3) above shall affect the operation of section 24(1) of the M34Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (disposals where assets extinguished etc.) in relation to the asset.

(10)Subject to subsection (11) below this section applies to arrangements entered into on or after 6th April 1999 or subsisting on that date.

(11)In the case of arrangements subsisting on 6th April 1999, this section has effect—

(a)as if the time mentioned in subsection (3) above were the earliest time (“the notional time of acquisition”) at which the member acquired any of the syndicate rights held by him under the arrangement immediately before 6th April 1999;

(b)as if the consideration referred to in subsection (4) above were the consideration, in money or money’s worth, given by him wholly and exclusively for the acquisition of such of those rights as he acquired at the notional time of acquisition; and

(c)in relation to times before 6th April 1999, as if the amount mentioned in subsection (5) above were the amount of any consideration, in money or money’s worth, given by him wholly and exclusively for the acquisition, after the notional time of acquisition, of rights such as are mentioned in paragraph (a) above;

and the incidental costs of any acquisition falling within paragraph (b) or (c) above shall be taken to be incidental costs of the acquisition of the asset.

83 Provisions supplementary to s. 82.U.K.

(1)In section 82 above and this section, except where the context otherwise requires—

• “member” means an individual who is an underwriting member of Lloyd’s;

• “members’ agent”, in relation to a member, means a person registered as a members’ agent at Lloyd’s who is acting as such an agent for the member;

• “members’ agent pooling arrangement”, in relation to a member, means an arrangement—

  (i)

  under which a members’ agent arranges for the member’s participation in syndicates; and

  (ii)

  which satisfies the conditions set out in subsection (2) below;

• “syndicate” has the same meaning as in Chapter III of Part II of the M35Finance Act 1993; and

• “syndicate rights”, in relation to a member, means rights under a syndicate in which the member participates.

(2)The conditions mentioned in paragraph (ii) of the above definition of “members’ agent pooling arrangement” are that under the arrangement—

(a)the member must participate in each of the syndicates to which the arrangement relates; and

(b)the extent to which the member participates in each such syndicate is determined—

(i)by the members’ agent; or

(ii)according to a formula provided for in the arrangement.

(3)References in section 82 above to the payment of an amount are references to the payment of an amount in money or money’s worth; and to the extent that an amount mentioned in subsection (4), (5) or (6) of that section is paid in money’s worth, the amount of the consideration or expenditure there referred to shall be calculated by reference to the market value of the money’s worth at the time of the payment mentioned in that subsection.

(4)Section 82 above and this section have effect in relation to a Scottish partnership which is an underwriting member of Lloyd’s as they have effect in relation to a member, but as if the reference in section 82(2) to any liability of the member’s to capital gains tax that may arise from transactions effected in pursuance of the arrangement were a reference to any such liability of members of the partnership that may so arise.

84 Lloyd’s: roll-over relief.U.K.

(1)In section 155 of the M36Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (classes of assets for the purposes of roll-over relief), after Class 7 there shall be inserted—

“CLASS 8U.K. Assets within heads A and B below.

Head AU.K. Rights of a member of Lloyd’s under a syndicate within the meaning of Chapter III of Part II of the M37Finance Act 1993.

Head BU.K. An asset which a member of Lloyd’s is treated as having acquired by virtue of section 82 of the Finance Act 1999.”

(2)This section applies to—

(a)assets (or interests in them) disposed of on or after 6th April 1999;

(b)assets (or interests in them) acquired on or after that date.

Advance pricing agreements and CFCsU.K.

F5885 Advance pricing agreements etc.U.K.

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F5986 Provisions supplementary to s. 85.U.K.

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F6087 Effect of section 85 agreements on non-parties.U.K.

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F6188 Controlled foreign companies.U.K.

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Management and enforcementU.K.

89 Corporation tax: due and payable date.U.K.

(1)In the Table in section 98 of the M38Taxes Management Act 1970 (penalties for failure to provide information, produce documents etc.), in the first column, after the entry for Part III of the Taxes Management Act 1970 insert “ regulations under section 59E of this Act; ”.

F62(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)This section has effect in relation to accounting periods ending on or after 1st July 1999.

90 Release or writing off of debt: interest on tax overpaid.U.K.

(1)In section 826(4) of the Taxes Act 1988 (interest on tax overpaid)—

(a)for “the repayment of, or of the part in question of, the loan or advance mentioned in section 419(4) was made” substitute “ the event giving rise to entitlement to relief under section 419(4) occurred ”; and

(b)in paragraph (a)(i) of that subsection, after “repayment” insert “ , or the release or writing off, ”.

(2)This section has effect in relation to the release or writing off of the whole or part of a debt on or after 6th April 1999.

91 Advance corporation tax: consequences of abolition.U.K.

F63(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F63(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F63(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)In section 32(6) of the M39Finance Act 1998 (meaning of “unrelieved surplus advance corporation tax”), for “paragraph 11” substitute “ paragraph 12 ”.

F64(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)The amendment made by subsection (4) above shall be deemed always to have had effect.

92 Group relief: consequences of reduction in surrenderable amount.U.K.

(1)Part VIII of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (claims for group relief) is amended as follows.

(2)In paragraph 75 (reduction in amount available for surrender by way of group relief)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), for “amount available for relief” substitute “ total amount available for surrender ”; and

(b)in sub-paragraphs (2) and (4), before “amount available for surrender” insert “ total ”.

(3)After that paragraph insert—

“75A Assessment on other claimant companies

(1)This paragraph applies where, after the surrendering company has given notice of consent to surrender, a claimant company (“the chargeable company”) has become liable to tax in consequence of receiving—

(a)notice of the withdrawal of consent, or a copy of a new notice of consent, under paragraph 75(3), or

(b)a copy of a notice containing directions by the Inland Revenue under paragraph 75(4).

(2)If any of the tax is unpaid six months after the chargeable company’s time limit for claims, the Inland Revenue may make an assessment to tax in the name of the chargeable company on any other company that has obtained group relief as a result of the surrender.

(3)The assessment may not be made more than two years after that time limit.

(4)The amount of the assessment must not exceed—

(a)the amount of the unpaid tax, or

(b)if less, the amount of tax which the other company saves by virtue of the surrender.

(5)A company assessed to an amount of tax under sub-paragraph (2) is entitled to recover from the chargeable company—

(a)a sum equal to that amount, and

(b)any interest on that amount which it has paid under section 87A of the M40Taxes Management Act 1970 (interest on unpaid corporation tax).

(6)For the purposes of this paragraph the chargeable company’s time limit for claims is the last of the dates mentioned in paragraph 74(1) on which the chargeable company could make or withdraw a claim for group relief for the accounting period for which the claim in question is made.”

(4)In paragraph 76 (assessments to recover excessive group relief), after sub-paragraph (2) add—

“(3)If an assessment under this paragraph is made because a claimant company fails, or is unable, to amend its company tax return under paragraph 75(6), the assessment is not out of time if it is made within one year from—

(a)the date on which the surrendering company gives notice of the withdrawal of consent, or (if later) sends a copy of a new notice of consent, to the claimant company under paragraph 75(3), or

(b)the date on which the Inland Revenue send the claimant company a copy of a notice containing their directions under paragraph 75(4).”

(5)In section 87A(3) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (interest on unpaid corporation tax assessed on other persons), for “section 96(8) of the M41Finance Act 1990” substitute “ paragraph 75A(2) of Schedule 18 to the M42Finance Act 1998 ”.

(6)Section 96 of the Finance Act 1990 shall cease to have effect.

(7)This section has effect in relation to accounting periods ending on or after 1st July 1999.

93 Company tax returns, etc.U.K.

(1)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 11 to this Act have effect with the amendments specified there, which are minor amendments and amendments consequential on Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (company tax returns, assessments and claims, etc.).

(2)The amendments made by Schedule 11 to this Act have effect in relation to accounting periods ending on or after 1st July 1999.

Part IVU.K. Oil Taxation

94 Excluded oil.U.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)a contract (“the old contract”) provides for the sale by a person (“A”) of oil consisting of gas to the British Gas Corporation or one of its successors (“the purchaser”);

(b)the old contract is a contract made, or treated (by virtue of this section) as made, before the end of June 1975;

(c)the old contract is replaced by a contract (“the new contract”) for the sale of oil consisting of gas to the purchaser made after the end of June 1975; and

(d)any of the rights and liabilities which, under the old contract, were rights and liabilities of A are, under the new contract, rights and liabilities of another person (“B”).

(2)The new contract shall be treated for the purposes of section 10(1)(a) of the M43Oil Taxation Act 1975 as the same contract as the old contract unless the rights and liabilities of B under the new contract are so different from those of A under the old contract that a contract conferring those rights and imposing those liabilities on A could not have been regarded as the same contract as the old contract.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) above the successors of the British Gas Corporation are—

(a)British Gas plc; and

(b)British Gas Trading Limited.

(4)This section shall be deemed always to have had effect.

95 Sale and lease-back.U.K.

(1)This section applies to a lease (“the lease in question”) of an asset (“the relevant asset”) where—

(a)a person (“the seller”) who is a participator in an oil field (“the seller’s oil field”) has made a disposal in a chargeable period of the relevant asset or an interest in it;

(b)the relevant asset was a qualifying asset in relation to the seller and the seller’s oil field is the chargeable field in relation to it;

(c)the relevant asset is used in connection with an oil field (“the lessee’s oil field”) by a participator in that field (“the lessee”) under the lease in question;

(d)the seller, or a person connected with him at any time in the relevant period, is the lessee; and

(e)the lessee uses the relevant asset before the end of the period of two years beginning with the disposal.

(2)Subject to subsection (8) below, to the extent that the expenditure falling within subsection (3) below exceeds the amount of the cap, that expenditure shall not be allowable under section 3 or 4 of the principal Act or section 3 of the M44Oil Taxation Act 1983 for the lessee’s oil field.

(3)That expenditure is the aggregate of the following—

(a)the total expenditure, excluding operating expenditure, incurred by the lessee under the lease in question; and

(b)if at any time after the disposal he acquires the relevant asset or an interest in it, the total expenditure (not falling within paragraph (a) above) incurred by him in acquiring the asset or interest.

(4)Subject to subsections (5) to (7) below—

(a)if the period in which the disposal was made is one in which the seller has benefitted from safeguard relief, the amount of the cap is the smaller of—

(i)the amount given by dividing the marginal tax on the disposal receipts by the applicable rate of tax; and

(ii)the amount of the disposal receipts; and

(b)in any other case the amount of the cap is the amount of the disposal receipts.

(5)Subject to subsection (7) below, where at the relevant time there are, in relation to the relevant asset, two or more leases to which this section applies, the amount of the cap for the lease in question shall be the appropriate proportion of the cap found by applying subsection (4) above.

(6)For the purposes of subsection (5) above the appropriate proportion is the proportion given by the formula—

where—

• A is the proportion of the total use of the relevant asset during the term of the lease in question that is expected to be use under the lease; and

• B is—

  (a)

  in a case where the seller disposed of the whole of the relevant asset, one; and

  (b)

  in any other case, the proportion that the value of the interest disposed of by him bore to the total value of the relevant asset.

(7)Where at the relevant time the relevant asset is used, or is expected to be used, by the lessee under the lease in question in connection with two or more oil fields, the amount of the cap for each of the fields shall be so much of the cap found by applying subsections (4) to (6) above as accords with the proportion of the use of the asset under the lease that is expected, at that time, to be—

(a)use in connection with that field; or

(b)use giving rise to tariff receipts of the lessee attributable to that field.

(8)Where—

(a)expenditure falling within subsection (3) above has been allowed for the lessee’s oil field, on a claim under Schedule 5 or 6 to the principal Act, on the basis that the cap was of a particular amount;

(b)information later becomes available to the Board which establishes that the cap is not of that amount; and

(c)the amount that was allowed exceeds the amount (if any) of the expenditure falling within that subsection that would have been allowed on the claim if the information had been available when the expenditure was allowed,

the excess shall continue to be allowable.

(9)Subject to subsection (10) below, this section and sections 96 and 97 below apply to assets, or interests in assets, disposed of on or after 9th March 1999.

(10)This section and those sections do not apply to assets, or interests in assets, disposed of pursuant to an agreement made before that date if—

(a)the agreement is not conditional; or

(b)the agreement is conditional and the condition is satisfied before that date.

96 Transfer of field interest.U.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)section 95 above has applied to a lease;

(b)the lessee has transferred the whole or part of his interest in the lessee’s oil field; and

(c)pursuant to the transfer, the relevant asset is used in connection with that oil field under a lease (“the new participator’s lease”) by the person who is the new participator in relation to the transfer.

(2)Subject to subsection (4) below, section 95 above shall have effect as if the new participator were the lessee and the new participator’s lease were the lease in question.

(3)The reference in subsection (1)(b) above to the lessee includes a reference to a successor of his; and subject to subsection (4) below, the expenditure that the new participator is treated by virtue of subsection (2) above as having incurred includes—

(a)any expenditure, excluding operating expenditure, incurred by the lessee or a successor of his under the lease in question or a lease of the relevant asset; and

(b)any expenditure (not falling within paragraph (a) above) incurred by the lessee or a successor of his after the disposal mentioned in section 95(1)(a) above in acquiring the relevant asset or an interest in it.

(4)Where the transfer mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above, or any antecedent transfer, was a transfer of part of the transferor’s interest in the lessee’s oil field—

(a)the amount of the cap which is applicable by virtue of subsection (2) above shall be so much of the cap that would be applicable apart from this subsection as accords with the proportion of the lessee’s interest in the field that is represented by the new participator’s interest in the field; and

(b)the expenditure incurred (as mentioned in subsection (3) above) by the lessee or any successor of his that is treated, by virtue of subsection (2) above, as expenditure incurred by the new participator shall be so much of the expenditure incurred (as so mentioned) by the person concerned as accords with the proportion of that person’s interest in the field that is represented by the new participator’s interest in the field.

(5)A person is a successor of the lessee for the purposes of this section if and only if—

(a)this section has applied to an earlier transfer by the lessee or a successor of his of the whole or part of his interest in the lessee’s oil field; and

(b)that person was the new participator in relation to the earlier transfer and used the relevant asset under the lease in connection with that oil field.

(6)In this section “antecedent transfer” means a transfer (other than the transfer mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above) by the lessee or a successor of his of the whole or part of his interest in the lessee’s oil field, pursuant to which the relevant asset was used as mentioned in subsection (1)(c) above.

97 Provisions supplementary to ss. 95 and 96.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of section 95 above the marginal tax on the disposal receipts is the difference between—

(a)the amount of tax to which the seller is chargeable on the assessable profit accruing to him from the seller’s oil field in the period in which the asset or interest was disposed of; and

(b)the amount of tax to which the seller would have been so chargeable if the amount or value of the consideration received or receivable by him in respect of the disposal in that period of the asset or interest had been nil.

(2)For the purposes of that section—

(a)any question whether a person is connected with the seller shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of [F65section 1122 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010];

(b)the relevant period is the period beginning with the time of the disposal of the asset or interest and ending with the time when the first claim is made for the allowance, for the lessee’s oil field, of expenditure incurred by the lessee or a successor of his under the lease in question or a lease of the relevant asset (and in this paragraph the reference to the lessee includes a reference to a person who is treated as the lessee by virtue of section 96 above);

(c)the applicable rate of tax is the rate at which tax is charged under section 1(2) of the principal Act at the time of the disposal of the asset or interest;

(d)the amount of the disposal receipts is the aggregate of the amount or value of any consideration received or receivable by the seller in respect of the disposal of the asset or interest;

(e)a chargeable period is a period in which the seller benefits from safeguard relief if and only if the tax payable by the seller for that period is less than it would have been if section 9 of the principal Act (safeguard relief) had not been enacted;

(f)the relevant time is the end of the earliest claim period for which a claim such as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above is made; and

(g)tariff receipts of the lessee shall be taken to be attributable to an oil field if and only if they are attributable to the field for any chargeable period for the purposes of the M45Oil Taxation Act 1983.

(3)In section 96 above references—

(a)to the transfer by a person of the whole or part of his interest in the lessee’s oil field; or

(b)in relation to a transfer, to the new participator,

shall be construed in accordance with Schedule 17 to the M46Finance Act 1980.

(4)The expenditure which for the purposes of sections 95 and 96 above shall be taken to be operating expenditure shall be so much of the expenditure incurred by the lessee or, as the case may be, a successor of his under the lease concerned as appears, on a just and reasonable estimate, to be operating expenditure.

(5)References in this section to a successor of the lessee shall be construed in accordance with section 96(5) above.

(6)In this section and sections 95 and 96 above—

• “the chargeable field” has the same meaning as in the Oil Taxation Act 1983;

• “lease”, in relation to an asset, has the same meaning as in [F66Chapter 3 of Part 19 of CTA 2010 (see section 868)];

• “the lease in question”, “the lessee”, “the lessee’s oil field”, “the relevant asset”, “the seller” and “the seller’s oil field” shall be construed in accordance with section 95(1) above;

• “operating expenditure” means expenditure (for example, in respect of the provision of staff or crew or the maintenance or operation of the relevant asset) of such a nature that the lessee or, as the case may be, his successor would or might have incurred it, otherwise than under any arrangements to finance his ownership, if he had been the owner of the asset;

• “the new participator’s lease” shall be construed in accordance with section 96(1) above;

• “the principal Act” means the M47Oil Taxation Act 1975;

• “qualifying asset” has the same meaning as in the Oil Taxation Act 1983; and

• “tariff receipts” has the same meaning as in that Act.

(7)This section and sections 95 and 96 above shall be construed as one with Part I of the principal Act.

98 Qualifying assets.U.K.

(1)Subsection (2) below applies where—

(a)an asset which is not a mobile asset is a qualifying asset for the purposes of the M48Oil Taxation Act 1983 in relation to a person (“the taxpayer”) who is a participator in an oil field (“the field”);

[F67(ba)Chapter 16A of Part 2 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (oil activities).]

(d)not more than two chargeable periods intervene between the earlier period and the later period.

(2)The Oil Taxation Acts shall have effect, in relation to the later period and any subsequent chargeable period, as if—

(a)receipts of the taxpayer which are referable to the asset for the period concerned were tariff receipts [F68, tax-exempt tariffing receipts] or disposal receipts attributable to the field for that period; and

(b)in a case falling within subsection (1)(c)(i) above, the taxpayer continued to be a participator in the field.

(3)Subsection (4) below applies where—

(a)an asset which is not a mobile asset is a qualifying asset for the purposes of the Oil Taxation Act 1983 in relation to a person (“the taxpayer”) who is a participator in an oil field (“the field”);

(b)tariff receipts [F68, tax-exempt tariffing receipts] or disposal receipts of the taxpayer which are referable to the asset are attributable to the field for a chargeable period (“the earlier period”);

(c)in a subsequent chargeable period (“the later period”) the taxpayer disposes of—

(i)the asset; or

(ii)an interest in the asset,

to another person (“the transferee”) in circumstances such that section 7 of the Oil Taxation Act 1983 does not apply to the disposal; and

(d)not more than two chargeable periods intervene between the earlier period and the later period.

(4)The Oil Taxation Acts shall have effect, in relation to the later period and any subsequent chargeable period, as if—

(a)receipts of the transferee which are referable to the asset for the period concerned were tariff receipts [F68, tax-exempt tariffing receipts] or disposal receipts attributable to the field for that period; and

(b)the transferee were a participator in the field.

(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, any reference in this section to receipts of any person which are referable to the asset for a period is a reference to any sums which—

(a)are received or receivable by that person in that period in respect of the use of the asset, or the provision of services or other business facilities of whatever kind in connection with its use; or

(b)are received or receivable by that person in respect of the disposal in that period of the asset, or an interest in the asset.

(6)In a case falling within subsection (3)(c)(ii) above—

(a)any sums which are received or receivable by the transferee otherwise than by virtue of his acquisition of the interest shall not be regarded for the purposes of subsection (4) above as receipts of his which are referable to the asset for any period; and

(b)for the purposes of paragraph (a) above, such apportionments shall be made as may be just and reasonable.

[F69(6A)In relation to tax-exempt tariffing receipts, any reference in this section—

(a)to being attributable to a field for a period, or

(b)to being referable to an asset,

shall be construed as if tax-exempt tariffing receipts were tariff receipts (and expenditure were or had been allowable accordingly).]

(7)This section shall be construed as one with Part I of the M49Oil Taxation Act 1975; and in this section “the Oil Taxation Acts” means—

(a)the enactments relating to petroleum revenue tax (including this section);

[F70(aa)Part 8 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (oil activities); and]

[F67(ba)Chapter 16A of Part 2 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (oil activities).]

(8)Nothing in this section shall be taken to affect the meaning of “participator” in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act.

(9)Subject to subsection (11) below, subsection (1) above applies where—

(a)the disposal by virtue of which the taxpayer ceased to be a participator in the field; or

(b)the acquisition by virtue of which he became a participator in the other oil field,

was made on or after 1st July 1999.

(10)Subject to subsection (11) below, subsection (3) above applies where the asset, or the interest in the asset, was disposed of on or after that date.

(11)Neither subsection (1) nor subsection (3) above applies where the disposal or acquisition concerned was made pursuant to an agreement which was made before 1st July 1999 and either—

(a)the agreement was not conditional; or

(b)the agreement was conditional and the condition was satisfied before that date.

99 PRT instalments.U.K.

(1)In paragraph 3 of Schedule 19 to the M50Finance Act 1982 (months in which instalments may be withheld)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to sub-paragraph (1A) below,” and after “month” there shall be inserted “ (the relevant month) ”; and

(b)after that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(1A)Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply if the relevant month is a month in which any consideration (whether in the nature of income or capital) is received or receivable by the participator in respect of any such matter as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 6(2) of the M51Oil Taxation Act 1983 (chargeable tariff receipts).”

(2)Subsection (1) above applies for the purpose of determining whether instalments are payable in respect of chargeable periods ending on or after 31st December 1999.

F71100 Sale and lease-back: ring fence profits.U.K.

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101 Pipe-line elections.U.K.

(1)In subsection (1)(b) of section 233 of the M52Finance Act 1994 (relief for tariff receipts from participator in non-taxable field)—

(a)for “a participator in a non-taxable field” there shall be substituted “ any person ”, and

(b)for “in connection with that non-taxable field” there shall be substituted “ otherwise than in connection with a taxable field ”.

(2)Subsection (1) above applies to sums received or receivable in any chargeable period ending on or after 31st December 1999.

102 PRT returns.U.K.

(1)In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the M53Oil Taxation Act 1975 (returns by participators)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1) (returns must be delivered within two months of the end of a chargeable period), after “the period” there shall be inserted “ or within such longer period as the Board may allow ”; and

(b)after sub-paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(5)The power of the Board to allow an extension of time under sub-paragraph (1) above shall include power—

(a)to allow an extension for an indefinite period; and

(b)to provide for the period of any extension to end at such time as may be stipulated in a notice given by the Board.”

(2)In paragraph 5 of that Schedule (returns by the responsible person)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1) (returns must be delivered within one month of the end of a chargeable period), after “the period” there shall be inserted “ or within such longer period as the Board may allow ”; and

(b)after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(4)The power of the Board to allow an extension of time under sub-paragraph (1) above shall include power—

(a)to allow an extension for an indefinite period; and

(b)to provide for the period of any extension to end at such time as may be stipulated in a notice given by the Board.”

(3)After paragraph 12 of that Schedule there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“12A(1)Where—

(a)the Board has extended the period for the delivery of any return that is required under paragraph 2 of this Schedule to be delivered for any chargeable period, and

(b)the relevant time falls more than one year after the end of the chargeable period,

the period within which the Board may make an assessment under this Schedule for that chargeable period shall not expire before the end of the period of five years beginning with the relevant time.

(2)In this paragraph “the relevant time” means the earlier of—

(a)the time which, as a result of the extension, is the latest time for the delivery of the return; and

(b)the time when the return is delivered.”

(4)In paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to that Act, after sub-paragraph (6) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(7)Where—

(a)the claim period in which any expenditure allowable under section 3 or 4 of this Act for an oil field is incurred coincides with or includes a chargeable period, and

(b)the Board has extended the period for the delivery of the return that is required under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to this Act to be delivered for that chargeable period by the responsible person, and

(c)the relevant time falls more than four years after the end of the claim period,

sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect as if the reference to six years after the end of the claim period in which the expenditure is incurred were a reference to two years after the relevant time.

(8)In sub-paragraph (7) above “the relevant time” means the earlier of—

(a)the time which, as a result of the extension mentioned in that sub-paragraph, is the latest time for the delivery of the return there mentioned; and

(b)the time when that return is delivered.”

(5)In the Table in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to that Act (application of provisions of Schedule 5 to claims under Schedule 6), after the entry relating to paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 5 there shall be inserted the following entries—

(6)In subsection (4) of section 62 of the M54Finance Act 1987 (returns relating to sales of oil), for the words from the beginning to “additional return” there shall be substituted—

“(4)In any case where paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act requires a participator in any oil field to make a return for any chargeable period (including cases where the latest time for the delivery of that return is deferred), that participator shall also be required, not later than the end of the second month after the end of that chargeable period, to deliver to the Board a return”.

(7)In subsection (6) of that section, for paragraph (b) (return under subsection (4) not to include details included in return under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b)details of which are not included in a return for the period under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the principal Act which is delivered to the Board at the same time as the return required by subsection (4) above or which was delivered to them previously; and”.

(8)The preceding provisions of this section apply in relation to chargeable periods ending on or after 30th June 1999.

103 Business assets: roll-over relief.U.K.

(1)Section 193 of the M55Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (roll-over relief not available for gains on oil licences) shall cease to have effect.

(2)This section has effect in relation to—

(a)a disposal of a licence or an interest in a licence which occurs on or after 1st July 1999;

(b)an acquisition of a licence or an interest in a licence which occurs on or after 1st July 1999.

Part VU.K. Inheritance tax

104 Gifts.U.K.

The following shall be inserted after section 102 of the M56Finance Act 1986 (inheritance tax: gifts with reservation)—

“102A Gifts with reservation: interest in land.

(1)This section applies where an individual disposes of an interest in land by way of gift on or after 9th March 1999.

(2)At any time in the relevant period when the donor or his spouse enjoys a significant right or interest, or is party to a significant arrangement, in relation to the land—

(a)the interest disposed of is referred to (in relation to the gift and the donor) as property subject to a reservation; and

(b)section 102(3) and (4) above shall apply.

(3)Subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, a right, interest or arrangement in relation to land is significant for the purposes of subsection (2) above if (and only if) it entitles or enables the donor to occupy all or part of the land, or to enjoy some right in relation to all or part of the land, otherwise than for full consideration in money or money’s worth.

(4)A right, interest or arrangement is not significant for the purposes of subsection (2) above if—

(a)it does not and cannot prevent the enjoyment of the land to the entire exclusion, or virtually to the entire exclusion, of the donor; or

(b)it does not entitle or enable the donor to occupy all or part of the land immediately after the disposal, but would do so were it not for the interest disposed of.

(5)A right or interest is not significant for the purposes of subsection (2) above if it was granted or acquired before the period of seven years ending with the date of the gift.

(6)Where an individual disposes of more than one interest in land by way of gift, whether or not at the same time or to the same donee, this section shall apply separately in relation to each interest.

102B Gifts with reservation: share of interest in land.

(1)This section applies where an individual disposes, by way of gift on or after 9th March 1999, of an undivided share of an interest in land.

(2)At any time in the relevant period, except when subsection (3) or (4) below applies—

(a)the share disposed of is referred to (in relation to the gift and the donor) as property subject to a reservation; and

(b)section 102(3) and (4) above shall apply.

(3)This subsection applies when the donor—

(a)does not occupy the land; or

(b)occupies the land to the exclusion of the donee for full consideration in money or money’s worth.

(4)This subsection applies when—

(a)the donor and the donee occupy the land; and

(b)the donor does not receive any benefit, other than a negligible one, which is provided by or at the expense of the donee for some reason connected with the gift.

102C Sections 102A and 102B: supplemental.

(1)In sections 102A and 102B above “the relevant period” has the same meaning as in section 102 above.

(2)An interest or share disposed of is not property subject to a reservation under section 102A(2) or 102B(2) above if or, as the case may be, to the extent that the disposal is an exempt transfer by virtue of any of the provisions listed in section 102(5) above.

(3)In applying sections 102A and 102B above no account shall be taken of—

(a)occupation of land by a donor, or

(b)an arrangement which enables land to be occupied by a donor,

in circumstances where the occupation, or occupation pursuant to the arrangement, would be disregarded in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(b) of Schedule 20 to this Act.

(4)The provisions of Schedule 20 to this Act, apart from paragraph 6, shall have effect for the purposes of sections 102A and 102B above as they have effect for the purposes of section 102 above; and any question which falls to be answered under section 102A or 102B above in relation to an interest in land shall be determined by reference to the interest which is at that time treated as property comprised in the gift.

(5)Where property other than an interest in land is treated by virtue of paragraph 2 of that Schedule as property comprised in a gift, the provisions of section 102 above shall apply to determine whether or not that property is property subject to a reservation.

(6)Sections 102 and 102A above shall not apply to a case to which section 102B above applies.

(7)Section 102A above shall not apply to a case to which section 102 above applies.”

105 Delivery of accounts.U.K.

(1)For subsection (3) of section 216 of the M57Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (delivery of accounts) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(3)Subject to subsections (3A) and (3B) below, where an account is to be delivered by personal representatives (but not where it is to be delivered by a person who is an executor of the deceased only in respect of settled land in England and Wales), the appropriate property is—

(a)all property which formed part of the deceased’s estate immediately before his death, other than property which would not, apart from section 102(3) of the M58Finance Act 1986, form part of his estate; and

(b)all property to which was attributable the value transferred by any chargeable transfers made by the deceased within seven years of his death.

(3A)If the personal representatives, after making the fullest enquiries that are reasonably practicable in the circumstances, are unable to ascertain the exact value of any particular property, their account shall in the first instance be sufficient as regards that property if it contains—

(a)a statement to that effect;

(b)a provisional estimate of the value of the property; and

(c)an undertaking to deliver a further account of it as soon as its value is ascertained.

(3B)The Board may from time to time give such general or special directions as they think fit for restricting the property to be specified in pursuance of subsection (3) above by any class of personal representatives.”

(2)This section has effect in relation to deaths occurring on or after 9th March 1999.

F72106 Power to call for documents etc.U.K.

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107 Inland revenue charge.U.K.

(1)In subsection (3) of section 237 of the M59Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (imposition of Inland Revenue charge), for “ “personal property” includes leaseholds” there shall be substituted “personal property” does not include leaseholds ”.

(2)After subsection (3A) of that section there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(3B)Subsection (3C) below applies to any tax charged—

(a)under section 32, 32A or 79(3) above in respect of any property,

(b)under paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to this Act in respect of any property, or

(c)under paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 5 to this Act with respect to any object or property.

(3C)Where any tax to which this subsection applies, or any interest on it, is for the time being unpaid, a charge for the amount unpaid is also by virtue of this section imposed in favour of the Board—

(a)except where the event giving rise to the charge was a disposal to a purchaser of the property or object in question, on that property or object; and

(b)in the excepted case, on any property for the time being representing that property or object.”

(3)Subsection (1) above has effect in relation to deaths occurring on or after 9th March 1999; and subsection (2) above has effect in relation to tax charged on or after that day.

108 Penalties.U.K.

(1)For section 245 of the M60Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (failure to provide information) there shall be substituted the following sections—

“245 Failure to deliver accounts.

(1)This section applies where a person (“the taxpayer”) fails to deliver an account under section 216 or 217 above.

(2)The taxpayer shall be liable—

(a)to a penalty not exceeding £100; and

(b)to a further penalty not exceeding £60 for every day after the day on which the failure has been declared by a court or the Special Commissioners and before the day on which the account is delivered.

(3)If—

(a)proceedings in which the failure could be declared are not commenced before the end of the relevant period, and

(b)the taxpayer has not delivered the account by the end of that period,

he shall be liable to a further penalty not exceeding £100.

(4)In subsection (3) above “the relevant period” means the period of six months beginning immediately after the end of the period given by section 216(6) or (7) or section 217 above (whichever is applicable).

(5)If the taxpayer proves that his liability to tax does not exceed a particular amount, the penalty under subsection (2)(a) above, together with any penalty under subsection (3) above, shall not exceed that amount.

(6)A person shall not be liable to a penalty under subsection (2)(b) above if he delivers the account required by section 216 or 217 before proceedings in which the failure could be declared are commenced.

(7)A person who has a reasonable excuse for failing to deliver an account shall not be liable by reason of that failure to a penalty under this section, unless he fails to deliver the account without unreasonable delay after the excuse has ceased.

245A Failure to provide information etc.

(1)A person who fails to make a return under section 218 above shall be liable—

(a)to a penalty not exceeding £300; and

(b)to a further penalty not exceeding £60 for every day after the day on which the failure has been declared by a court or the Special Commissioners and before the day on which the return is made.

(2)A person who fails to comply with a notice under section 219 above shall be liable—

(a)to a penalty not exceeding £300; and

(b)to a further penalty not exceeding £60 for every day after the day on which the failure has been declared by a court or the Special Commissioners and before the day on which the notice is complied with.

(3)A person who fails to comply with a notice under section 219A(1) or (4) above shall be liable—

(a)to a penalty not exceeding £50; and

(b)to a further penalty not exceeding £30 for every day after the day on which the failure has been declared by a court or the Special Commissioners and before the day on which the notice is complied with.

(4)A person shall not be liable to a penalty under subsection (1)(b), (2)(b) or (3)(b) above if—

(a)he makes the return required by section 218 above,

(b)he complies with the notice under section 219 above, or

(c)he complies with the notice under section 219A(1) or (4) above,

before proceedings in which the failure could be declared are commenced.

(5)A person who has a reasonable excuse for failing to make a return or to comply with a notice shall not be liable by reason of that failure to a penalty under this section, unless he fails to make the return or to comply with the notice without unreasonable delay after the excuse has ceased.”

(2)In section 247 of that Act (provision of incorrect information)—

F73(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in subsection (3), for “£500” and “£250” there shall be substituted “ £3,000 ” and “ £1,500 ” respectively; and

(c)in subsection (4), for “£500” there shall be substituted “ £3,000 ”.

(3)Subsection (1) above does not have effect in relation to a failure by any person—

(a)to deliver an account under section 216 or 217 of the M61Inheritance Tax Act 1984,

(b)to make a return under section 218 of that Act, or

(c)to comply with a notice under section 219 of that Act,

where the period within which the person is required to perform the obligation in question expires before the day on which this Act is passed.

(4)Subsection (2) above has effect in relation to incorrect accounts, information or documents delivered, furnished or produced on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

Part VIU.K. Stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax

Stamp dutyU.K.

109 Interest and penalties on late stamping.U.K.

(1)For section 15 of the M62Stamp Act 1891 (penalty upon stamping instruments after execution) substitute—

“15 Stamping after execution.

(1)An unstamped or insufficiently stamped instrument may be stamped after being executed on payment of the unpaid duty and any interest or penalty payable.

(2)Any interest or penalty payable on stamping shall be denoted on the instrument by a particular stamp.

15A Late stamping: interest.

(1)Interest is payable on the stamping of an instrument which—

(a)is chargeable withad valorem duty, and

(b)is not duly stamped within 30 days after the day on which the instrument was executed (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere).

(2)Interest is payable on the amount of the unpaid duty from the end of the period of 30 days mentioned in subsection (1)(b) until the duty is paid.

If an amount is lodged with the Commissioners in respect of the duty, the amount on which interest is payable is reduced by that amount.

(3)Interest shall be calculated at the rate applicable under section 178 of the M63Finance Act 1989 (power of Treasury to prescribe rates of interest).

(4)The amount of interest shall be rounded down (if necessary) to the nearest multiple of £5.

No interest is payable if that amount is less than £25.

(5)Interest under this section shall be paid without any deduction of income tax and shall not be taken into account in computing income or profits for any tax purposes.

15B Late stamping: penalties.

(1)A penalty is payable on the stamping of an instrument which is not presented for stamping within 30 days after—

(a)if the instrument is executed in the United Kingdom, the day on which it is so executed;

(b)if the instrument is executed outside the United Kingdom, the day on which it is first received in the United Kingdom.

(2)If the instrument is presented for stamping within one year after the end of the 30-day period mentioned in subsection (1), the maximum penalty is £300 or the amount of the unpaid duty, whichever is less.

(3)If the instrument is not presented for stamping until after the end of the one-year period mentioned in subsection (2), the maximum penalty is £300 or the amount of the unpaid duty, whichever is greater.

(4)The Commissioners may, if they think fit, mitigate or remit any penalty payable on stamping.

(5)No penalty is payable if there is a reasonable excuse for the delay in presenting the instrument for stamping.”.

(2)In section 178(2) of the M64Finance Act 1989 (enactments for purposes of which Treasury may prescribe rates of interest), before paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)section 15A of the Stamp Act 1891;”.

(3)The consequential amendments in Schedule 12 to this Act have effect.

(4)This section applies to instruments executed on or after 1st October 1999.

110 Interest on repayment of duty overpaid etc.U.K.

(1)A payment by the Commissioners to which this section applies shall be paid with interest at the rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989 for the period between the relevant time (as defined below) and the date on which the order for the payment is issued.

(2)This section applies to any repayment by the Commissioners of duty, or any penalty on late stamping, under the enactments relating to stamp duty.

In that case the relevant time is 30 days after the day on which the instrument in question was executed or, if later, the date on which the payment of duty or penalty was made.

(3)This section applies to a repayment by the Commissioners of an amount lodged with them in respect of the duty payable on stamping an instrument if—

(a)the instrument is presented for stamping,

(b)the instrument is duly stamped, and

(c)the repayment is of an amount then repayable.

In that case the relevant time is 30 days after the day on which the instrument was executed or, if later, the date on which the amount was lodged with the Commissioners.

(4)This section also applies to a money payment made by the Commissioners under section 11 of the M65Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 (allowances for spoiled or misused stamps).

In that case the relevant time is the date on which the duty was paid for the stamp in respect of which the allowance is made.

(5)A payment by the Commissioners under section 12A(2)(b) of that Act (allowances for lost or spoiled instruments) is treated for the purposes of this section as a repayment of the duty or penalty by reference to which it is made.

In that case the relevant time is the date on which the payment of duty or penalty was made.

(6)No interest is payable under this section if the amount of the payment to which this section applies is less than £25.

(7)No interest is payable under this section in respect of a payment made in consequence of an order or judgment of a court having power to allow interest on the payment.

(8)Interest paid to any person under this section is not income of that person for any tax purposes.

(9)In section 178(2) of the M66Finance Act 1989 (enactments for purposes of which Treasury may prescribe rates of interest), after paragraph (o) add—

“, and

(p)section 110 of the Finance Act 1999.”.

(10)This section applies in relation to instruments executed on or after 1st October 1999.

[F74111Stamp duty on conveyance or transfer on sale.U.K.

(1)Section 55 of the M67Finance Act 1963 and section 4 of the M68Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 (rates of stamp duty on conveyance or transfer on sale) are each amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1)(d) (rate of £2 for every £100 etc. where consideration does not exceed £500,000 and the instrument is certified at that amount) for “£2” substitute “ £2.50p ”.

(3)In subsection (1)(e) (rate of £3 for every £100 etc. in cases not otherwise provided for) for “£3” substitute “ £3.50p ”.

(4)This section applies to instruments executed on or after 16th March 1999, except where the instrument in question is executed in pursuance of a contract made on or before 9th March 1999.

(5)This section shall be deemed to have come into force on 16th March 1999.]

112 General amendment of charging provisions.U.K.

(1)The amount of any stamp duty chargeable ad valorem—

(a)shall be a percentage of the amount specified in the relevant charging provision, and

(b)shall be rounded up (if necessary) to the nearest multiple of £5.

(2)The amount of every fixed stamp duty shall be £5.

(3)The provisions of Schedule 13 to this Act have effect in place of Schedule 1 to the M69Stamp Act 1891, and certain related enactments, so far as they relate to the instruments (other than bearer instruments) chargeable to duty and the method of calculation and rates of duty.

(4)The consequential amendments in Schedule 14 to this Act have effect.

(5)The percentage rates specified in Schedule 13 and the enactments amended by Schedule 14 correspond to the rates of duty generally in force at the passing of this Act.

In the case of an instrument in relation to which there was then in force transitional provision in connection with an earlier change in the rate of duty having the effect that a different rate applied, the new or amended provisions have effect as if a reference to a percentage corresponding to that different rate were substituted.

(6)This section has effect in relation to instruments executed on or after 1st October 1999.

113 Bearer instruments.U.K.

(1)The provisions of Schedule 15 to this Act have effect in place of the heading “Bearer Instruments” in Schedule 1 to the Stamp Act 1891, and certain related enactments, and incorporate amendments in relation to bearer instruments corresponding to those made by—

• section 109 (interest and penalties on late stamping),

• section 112 (general amendment of charging provisions), and

• Part I of Schedule 17 to this Act (amendments of penalties other than on late stamping).

(2)The percentage rates specified in Schedule 15 correspond to the rates of duty generally in force at the passing of this Act.

In the case of an instrument in relation to which there was then in force transitional provision in connection with an earlier change in the rate of duty having the effect that a different rate applied, the new provisions have effect as if a reference to a percentage corresponding to that different rate were substituted.

(3)The consequential amendments specified in Schedule 16 to this Act have effect.

(4)This section applies in relation to bearer instruments issued on or after 1st October 1999.

114 Penalties other than on late stamping.U.K.

(1)The provisions of Schedule 17 to this Act (stamp duty: penalties other than on late stamping) have effect.

(2)The provisions of that Schedule have effect in relation to penalties in respect of things done or omitted on or after 1st October 1999.

115 Minor amendments and repeal of obsolete provisions.U.K.

Schedule 18 to this Act (stamp duty: minor amendments and repeal of obsolete provisions) has effect.

Stamp duty reserve taxU.K.

116 Non-sterling bearer instruments issued in connection with merger or takeover.U.K.

(1)In section 95 of the M70Finance Act 1986 (exceptions from charge on entry into depositary receipt system), for subsection (2) (bearer instruments) substitute—

“(2)There shall be no charge to tax under section 93 above in respect of a transfer, issue or appropriation of an inland bearer instrument, within the meaning of the heading “Bearer Instrument” in Schedule 1 to the Stamp Act 1891, except in the case of—

(a)an instrument within exemption 3 in that heading (renounceable letters of allotment etc. where rights are renounceable not later than six months after issue); or

(b)an instrument within the stamp duty exemption for non-sterling instruments which is issued in connection with a company merger or takeover (whether or not involving the company issuing the instrument).

In paragraph (b) “the stamp duty exemption for non-sterling instruments” means the exemption from stamp duty provided for by section 30 of the Finance Act 1967 or section 7 of the Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.”.

(2)In section 97 of the Finance Act 1986 (exceptions from charge on entry into clearance system), for subsection (3) (bearer instruments) substitute—

“(3)There shall be no charge to tax under section 96 above in respect of a transfer or issue of an inland bearer instrument, within the meaning of the heading “Bearer Instrument” in Schedule 1 to the Stamp Act 1891, except in the case of—

(a)an instrument within exemption 3 in that heading (renounceable letters of allotment etc. where rights are renounceable not later than six months after issue); or

(b)an instrument within the stamp duty exemption for non-sterling instruments which is issued in connection with a company merger or takeover (whether or not involving the company issuing the instrument).

In paragraph (b) “the stamp duty exemption for non-sterling instruments” means the exemption from stamp duty provided for by section 30 of the Finance Act 1967 or section 7 of the Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.”.

(3)This section applies to any instrument issued on or after 30th January 1999, except one giving effect to an agreement for a company merger or takeover entered into in writing by the companies involved before that date.

117 Scope of exceptions for certain bearer instruments.U.K.

(1)In section 95(2) of the Finance Act 1986 (bearer instruments excepted from charge on entry into depositary receipt system), for paragraph (b) (one of the categories of instrument to which the exception does not apply) substitute—

“(b)an instrument within the stamp duty exemption for non-sterling instruments which—

(i)does not raise new capital, and

(ii)is not issued in exchange for an instrument raising new capital.”.

(2)After that subsection insert—

“(2A)For the purpose of subsection (2)(b)—

(a)an instrument is regarded as raising new capital only if the condition in subsection (2B) is met, and

(b)an instrument is regarded as issued in exchange for an instrument raising new capital only if the conditions in subsection (2C) are met.

(2B)The condition mentioned in subsection (2A)(a) is that the instrument—

(a)is issued in conjunction with—

(i)the issue of relevant securities for which only cash is subscribed, or

(ii)the granting of rights to subscribe for relevant securities which are granted for a cash consideration only and exercisable only by means of a cash subscription; or

(b)is issued to give effect to the exercise of such rights as are mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii).

(2C)The conditions mentioned in subsection (2A)(b) are that—

(a)the instrument is issued in conjunction with the issue of relevant securities by a company in exchange for relevant securities issued by another company, and

(b)immediately before the exchange an instrument relating to those other securities—

(i)was regarded for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) as raising new capital or as issued in exchange for an instrument raising new capital, or

(ii)would have been so regarded if the amendments made to this section by section 117 of the Finance Act 1999 had been in force at the time of its issue,

and accordingly was or would have been within the exception conferred by subsection (2).

(2D)For the purposes of subsections (2B) and (2C) “relevant securities” means chargeable securities which are either—

(a)shares the holders of which have a right to a dividend at a fixed rate but have no other right to share in the profits of the company, or

(b)loan capital within the meaning of section 78 above,

and which, in either case, do not carry any rights (of conversion or otherwise) by the exercise of which chargeable securities other than relevant securities may be obtained.”.

(3)For subsection (6) of that section substitute—

“(6)Where an arrangement is entered into under which—

(a)a company issues securities to persons in respect of their holdings of securities issued by another company, and

(b)the securities issued by the other company are cancelled,

the issue shall be treated for the purposes of this section as an issue of securities in exchange for securities issued by the other company.”.

(4)In section 97(3) of that Act (bearer instruments excepted from charge on entry into clearance system), for paragraph (b) (one of the categories of instrument to which the exception does not apply) substitute—

“(b)an instrument within the stamp duty exemption for non-sterling instruments which—

(i)does not raise new capital, and

(ii)is not issued in exchange for an instrument raising new capital.”.

(5)After that subsection insert—

“(3A)For the purpose of subsection (3)(b)—

(a)an instrument is regarded as raising new capital only if the condition in subsection (3B) is met, and

(b)an instrument is regarded as issued in exchange for an instrument raising new capital only if the conditions in subsection (3C) are met.

(3B)The condition mentioned in subsection (3A)(a) is that the instrument—

(a)is issued in conjunction with—

(i)the issue of relevant securities for which only cash is subscribed, or

(ii)the granting of rights to subscribe for relevant securities which are granted for a cash consideration only and exercisable only by means of a cash subscription; or

(b)is issued to give effect to the exercise of such rights as are mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii).

(3C)The conditions mentioned in subsection (3A)(b) are that—

(a)the instrument is issued in conjunction with the issue of relevant securities by a company in exchange for relevant securities issued by another company, and

(b)immediately before the exchange an instrument relating to those other securities—

(i)was regarded for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) as raising new capital or as issued in exchange for an instrument raising new capital, or

(ii)would have been so regarded if the amendments made to this section by section 117 of the Finance Act 1999 had been in force at the time of its issue,

and accordingly was or would have been within the exception conferred by subsection (3).

(3D)For the purposes of subsections (3B) and (3C) “relevant securities” means chargeable securities which are either—

(a)shares the holders of which have a right to a dividend at a fixed rate but have no other right to share in the profits of the company, or

(b)loan capital within the meaning of section 78 above,

and which, in either case, do not carry any rights (of conversion or otherwise) by the exercise of which chargeable securities other than relevant securities may be obtained.”.

(6)For subsection (7) of that section substitute—

“(7)Where an arrangement is entered into under which—

(a)a company issues securities to persons in respect of their holdings of securities issued by another company, and

(b)the securities issued by the other company are cancelled,

the issue shall be treated for the purposes of this section as an issue of securities in exchange for securities issued by the other company.”.

(7)Subsections (1) to (6) above apply in relation to any instrument issued on or after 9th March 1999, except one giving effect to an agreement for a company merger or takeover entered into in writing by the companies involved before 30th January 1999.

118 Relief in case of certain replacement securities.U.K.

(1)After section 95 of the M71Finance Act 1986 (depositary receipts: exceptions) insert—

“95A Depositary receipts: exception for replacement securities.

(1)There shall be no charge to tax under section 93 above in respect of the transfer, issue or appropriation of chargeable securities (“the new securities”) issued by a company in place of existing securities of the same company (“the old securities”) if the following conditions are met.

(2)The first condition is that the old securities are held under a depositary receipt scheme.

(3)The second condition is that—

(a)there was a charge to tax under section 93 above in respect of the transfer, issue or appropriation—

(i)of the old securities, or

(ii)of earlier securities in relation to which on a previous application of this section those securities were the new securities,

or there would have been such a charge if that section had been in force; or

(b)there would have been such a charge but for section 95(2) or (3) above.

(4)The third condition is that there is an arrangement under which—

(a)the new securities are transferred, issued or appropriated as mentioned in section 93(1)(b), and

(b)the old securities are cancelled.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (2) above the cases in which securities are held under a depositary receipt scheme are those specified (in relation to shares) in section 95(5) above.

(6)The exception provided by this section applies only to the extent that the value of the new securities immediately after their issue does not exceed the value of the old securities immediately before the issue of the new securities.”.

(2)In section 99(10) of that Act (meaning of “chargeable securities”), after “95,” insert “ 95A, ”.

(3)After section 97 of that Act (clearance services: exceptions) insert—

“97AA Clearance services: further exception.

(1)There shall be no charge to tax under section 96 above in respect of the transfer or issue of chargeable securities (“the new securities”) issued by a company in place of existing securities of the same company (“the old securities”) if the following conditions are met.

(2)The first condition is that the old securities are held under a clearance services scheme.

(3)The second condition is that—

(a)there was a charge to tax under section 96 above in respect of the transfer or issue—

(i)of the old securities, or

(ii)of earlier securities in relation to which on a previous application of this section those securities were the new securities,

or there would have been such a charge if that section had been in force; or

(b)there would have been such a charge but for section 97(3) or (4) above.

(4)The third condition is that there is an arrangement under which—

(a)the new securities are transferred or issued as mentioned in section 96(1)(b), and

(b)the old securities are cancelled.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (2) above the cases in which securities are held under a clearance services scheme are those specified (in relation to shares) in section 97(6) above.

(6)The exception provided by this section applies only to the extent that the value of the new securities immediately after their issue does not exceed the value of the old securities immediately before the issue of the new securities.”.

(4)In section 99(10) of that Act (meaning of “chargeable securities”), after “97” insert “ , 97AA ”.

(5)This section applies in relation to securities issued on or after 1st May 1998.

119 Power to exempt UK depositary interests in foreign securities.U.K.

(1)The Treasury may by regulations make provision excluding from the definition of “chargeable securities” in Part IV of the M72Finance Act 1986 such rights in or in relation to securities as, in accordance with the regulations, are to be treated as exempt UK depositary interests in foreign securities.

(2)Subject to subsection (3), the regulations may—

(a)define “depositary interest”, “UK depositary interest” and “foreign securities” for this purpose; and

(b)exempt such descriptions of UK depositary interests in foreign securities (as so defined) as may from time to time be specified in the regulations.

(3)The regulations shall not make provision for the exemption of a depositary interest unless the terms of issue of the interest are such that it can only be transferred in accordance with regulations under section [F75785] of the M73Companies Act [F752006] (transfer of securities without written instrument) or by means of a transfer within section 186(1) of the M74Finance Act 1996 (transfer of securities to member of electronic transfer system).

(4)The regulations may contain such incidental, supplementary, consequential and transitional provision as appears to the Treasury to be appropriate.

This may include provision modifying the enactments relating to stamp duty reserve tax for the purpose of giving effect to the exemption conferred by regulations under this section (or, where earlier regulations are varied or revoked, withdrawing an exemption formerly conferred).

(5)Regulations under this section may make different provision for different cases.

(6)Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

120 Minor amendments of exceptions to general charge.U.K.

(1)Section 90 of the Finance Act 1986 (exceptions from the general charge to stamp duty reserve tax) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (3F)(c) (conditions of exception under subsection (3E)) for “securities which are not listed” substitute “ chargeable securities which are not listed ”.

(3)In subsection (5) for “by a person” substitute “ for the purposes of a business ”; and in subsection (6) for “A person is within this subsection if his business is exclusively” substitute “ A business is within this subsection if, or so far as, it consists of ”.

(4)Subsection (2) above applies to instruments issued on or after 9th March 1999.

(5)Subsection (3) above applies to agreements to transfer securities made on or after 9th March 1999.

121 Power to make regulations with respect to administration, etc.U.K.

(1)The following provisions have effect with respect to the power conferred on the Treasury by section 98(1) of the Finance Act 1986 (stamp duty reserve tax: regulations with respect to administration, etc.).

(2)That power includes power to make provision—

(a)applying the provisions of the M75Taxes Management Act 1970 relating to penalties and the payment of interest on overdue tax, and

(b)requiring information to be provided, or books, documents or other records to be made available for inspection, and imposing a penalty for failure to do so.

(3)That power includes, and shall be deemed always to have included, power to make provision requiring specified descriptions of persons to account for and pay tax, and any interest on it, on behalf of the person liable to pay it.

Units in unit trustsU.K.

122 Stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax: unit trusts.U.K.

(1)The following provisions of this Act (which apply generally to instruments executed on or after 1st October 1999)—

(a)section 109 and Schedule 12 (interest and penalties on late stamping),

(b)section 110 (interest on duty overpaid, etc.), and

(c)section 112 and Schedules 13 and 14 (general amendment of charging provisions),

do not apply to transfers or other instruments relating to units under a unit trust scheme.

(2)Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of those provisions in relation to stamp duty—

(a)on a conveyance or transfer on sale of property other than units under a unit trust scheme in relation to which such units form the whole or part of the consideration, or

(b)under Schedule 15 to this Act (bearer instruments).

(3)In subsections (1) and (2) “unit” and “unit trust scheme” have the same meaning as in Part VII of the M76Finance Act 1946 or Part III of the M77Finance (No.2) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946.

(4)Schedule 19 to this Act (stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax: unit trusts) has effect.

This subsection and that Schedule come into force on 6th February 2000.

Supplementary provisionsU.K.

123 Construction of this Part and other supplementary provisions.U.K.

(1)This Part—

(a)so far as it relates to stamp duty shall be construed as one with the M78Stamp Act 1891, and

(b)so far as it relates to stamp duty reserve tax shall be construed as one with Part IV of the M79Finance Act 1986.

(2)In this Part—

(a)“the enactments relating to stamp duty” means the Stamp Act 1891 and any enactment amending or which is to be construed as one with that Act; and

(b)“the enactments relating to stamp duty reserve tax” means Part IV of the M80Finance Act 1986 and any enactment amending or which is to be construed as one with that Part.

(3)The following provisions of this Part shall cease to have effect on the day appointed under section 111(1) of the M81Finance Act 1990 (abolition of stamp duty for securities etc.)—

• section 113;

• sections 116 to 121;

• subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b) of this section;

• in Schedule 13—

  • paragraph 3,

  • in paragraph 4 the words “in the case of any other conveyance or transfer on sale”,

  • paragraph 7(1)(b)(ii) to (iv),

  • paragraph 24(a)F76... and (d);

• in Schedule 14, paragraphs 5, 8, 12, 13, 16 to 21 and 23;

• Schedule 15;

• in Schedule 16, paragraphs 2 to 11;

• in Schedule 17, paragraphs 6 to 8;

• [F77Parts I and III] of Schedule 19;

• in Part IV of that Schedule, the words “and the enactments relating to stamp duty reserve tax” in paragraphs 14(1), 15, 16, 17(1) and 18(1).

(4)The amendment by this Part, or the repeal in consequence of this Part, of any enactment relating to stamp duty does not affect that enactment as applied for any purpose other than stamp duty.

Part VIIU.K. Other taxes

Landfill taxU.K.

124 Rate of landfill tax.U.K.

(1)In section 42 of the M82Finance Act 1996 (amount of landfill tax), in subsections (1)(a) and (2), for “£7”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “ £10 ”.

(2)This section has effect in relation to taxable disposals made, or treated as made, on or after 1st April 1999.

Insurance premium taxU.K.

F78125 Rate of insurance premium tax.U.K.

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Customs dutiesU.K.

126 Interest on unpaid customs debts.U.K.