Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

[F1 Manufactured dividends on UK equities: general] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 23A paras. 2-2B and cross-headings substituted for Sch. 23A para. 2 and cross-heading (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 c. 16, Sch. 10 para. 10(1)

[F2 F3 2 (1) This paragraph applies in any case where, under a contract or other arrangements for the transfer of United Kingdom equities, one of the parties (a “dividend manufacturer”) is required to pay to the other (“the recipient”) an amount (a “manufactured dividend”) which is representative of a dividend on the equities.

[F4 (2) Where a manufactured dividend is paid by a dividend manufacturer who is a company resident in the United Kingdom, the Tax Acts shall have effect—

(a) in relation to the recipient, and persons claiming title through or under him, as if the manufactured dividend were a dividend on the UK equities in question; and

(b) in relation to the dividend manufacturer, as if the amount paid were a dividend of his.]

(3) Where a manufactured dividend to which sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply is paid by any person—

(a) F5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) the Tax Acts shall have effect in relation to the recipient, and persons claiming title through or under him, as if the manufactured dividend were a dividend on the United Kingdom equities in question; and

(c) the Tax Acts shall have effect in relation to the dividend manufacturer subject to the provisions of paragraph 2A below.

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

F6 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6 (6) F7 . . . Where—

(a) a dividend manufacturer pays a manufactured dividend [F8 to which sub-paragraph (3) above applies], F9 . . .

F9 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

the dividend manufacturer shall, on paying the manufactured dividend, provide the recipient with a statement in writing setting out the matters specified in sub-paragraph (7) below.

(7) Those matters are—

(a) the amount of the manufactured dividend;

(b) the date of the payment of the manufactured dividend; and

(c) the amount of the tax credit to which, by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(b) above, the recipient or a person claiming title through or under him either—

(i) is entitled in respect of the manufactured dividend, or

(ii) would be so entitled were all the conditions of a right to a tax credit satisfied, in the case of the recipient or that person, as respects the dividend which the recipient is deemed to receive.

(8) The duty imposed by sub-paragraph (6) above shall be enforceable at the suit or instance of the recipient.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 23A paras 2-2B and cross-headings substituted for Sch. 23A para. 2 and cross-heading (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 c. 16, Sch. 10 para. 10(1)

F3 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para. 1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg. 2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs. 2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs. 2, 3(b), 4)

F4 Sch. 23A para. 2(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 102(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 102(5)

F5 Sch. 23A para. 2(3)(a) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 102(10) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 102(6), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(24), Note

F6 Sch. 23A para. 2(4)(5) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 102(10) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 102(8)(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(24), Note

F7 Words in Sch. 23A para. 2(6) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 17(5) of the repealing Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), Sch. 6 para. 17(3), Sch. 8 Pt. 2(11), Note

F8 Words in Sch. 23A para. 2(6)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 102(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 102(7)

F9 Sch. 23A para. 2(6)(b) and preceding word repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 102(10) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 102(8)(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(24), Note

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 23A para. 2 modified (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), ss. 134, 139(1)(2), Sch. 17 para. 30 (as that affecting s. 139 is amended by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 621, Sch. 3 Pt.1 (with Sch. 2) and S.I. 2009/2859, arts. 1, 3)

C2 Sch. 23A para. 2(3)(c) extended (with effect in accordance with s. 24(15) of the extending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), s. 24(13)