Finance Act 1974

Insurance companies

7 (1) A development gain accruing to an insurance company carrying on life assurance business shall, if it accrues in respect of investments held in connection with that business, be treated for the purposes of sections 310 (rate relief; investment income reserved for policy holders) and 315 (foreign life assurance funds) of the Taxes Act as if it were income from investments held in connection with that business.

(2) Income attributable to development gains shall be left out of account in computing under section 312 of the Taxes Act (general annuity business and pension business: separate charge on profits) the profits arising to an insurance company from general annuity business and, accordingly, in subsection (2)(a) of section 313 of the Taxes Act (general annuity business) for the words " and group income" there shall be substituted the words " group income and income attributable to development gains ".

(3) Overseas life insurance companies shall be chargeable to corporation tax on income attributable to development gains in the same manner as other insurance companies carrying on life assurance business and, accordingly, in section 316 of the Taxes Act (overseas life insurance companies: charge on investment income) after subsection (1) there shall be inserted as subsection (1A)—

“(1A) In the preceding subsection ' income' shall not include income attributable to development gains (but without prejudice to any claim under section 310 of this Act)”.

(4) This paragraph shall be construed as one with Chapter II of Part XII of the Taxes Act.