(1)Where, on a claim being made, the Board are satisfied as respects any assets that the income from the assets represents more than the income which would be attributable to a period of one full year if the income were deemed to have accrued from day to day, the Board shall in ascertaining aggregate investment income for the purposes of this Part of this Act make such reduction, if any, as may be appropriate to secure that there shall be taken as representing the income from the assets an amount equivalent to a full year’s income therefrom.
Section 240(1) of the M1Income Tax Act 1952 shall apply for the purposes of this subsection as it applies for the purposes of section 238 of that Act (corresponding provision for surtax).
(2)If an individual’s investment income includes an amount in respect of which a claim could be made for relief under section 472 of the Income Tax Act 1952 (spreading of patent royalties over several years) a claim may be made under this section requiring that amount to be reduced, in ascertaining the individual’s aggregate investment income, by multiplying by the fraction of which—
(a)the numerator is one, and
(b)the denominator is the six or less number of instalments into which that amount would be divided by a claim under the said section 472.
(3)If an individual’s investment income includes an amount in respect of which a claim could be made for relief under Schedule 6 to the M2Finance Act 1963 (premium, etc. treated as rent) a claim may be made under this section requiring that amount to be reduced, in ascertaining the individual’s aggregate investment income, to the yearly equivalent of that amount, as defined in paragraph 1 of the said Schedule 6, less any sums deductible under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the said Schedule 6.
(4)A claim for relief under this or either of the two next following sections—
(a)may be made by any person who has borne or is liable to bear the special charge in respect of the income in question, either by assessment or by a payment under Schedule 15 to this Act,
(b)shall be made to the Board,
(c)shall be made not later than the end of the year 1973–74, except that a claim which could not have been allowed but for the making of an assessment to the special charge in the year 1973–74 or a later year may be made at any time before the end of the year of assessment following that in which the assessment was made,
and [F1section 42 of the Taxes Management Act 1970] shall apply to the claim as it applies for the purposes of income tax.
(5)Where in pursuance of a claim for relief under this or either of the two next following sections any amount of the special charge is repaid, there shall also be repaid any interest paid in respect of that amount of the special charge.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c. 10), s. 537(2), Sch. 15 para. 11 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss, 40–50, 53, 60, 61(2)(7) and Schs. 15 and 16 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as otherwise indicated, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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