Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

487 Credit unions. U.K.

(1) M1 Subject to subsection (2) below, in computing for the purposes of corporation tax the income of a credit union for any accounting period—

(a) neither the activity of the credit union in making loans to its members nor in placing on deposit or otherwise investing from time to time its surplus funds shall be regarded as the carrying on of a trade or part of a trade; and

[F1 (b) no credits shall be brought into account for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 in respect of any loan relationship of a credit union as respects which a member of the union stands in the position of a debtor as respects the debt in question.]

(2) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above shall not apply to an accounting period of a credit union for which the credit union is obliged to make a return under section 486(6) and has not done so within three months after the end of that accounting period or such longer period as the inspector shall allow.

(3) [F2 An annuity or other annual payment (not being a payment of share interest or loan interest) which is] paid or payable by a credit union in any accounting period shall [F3 not] be deductible in computing for the purposes of corporation tax the income of the credit union for that period from any trade carried on by it or be treated for those purposes as a charge on income.

[F4 (3A) No debits shall be brought into account for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 in respect of any loan relationship of a credit union as respects which a member of the union stands in the position of a creditor as respects the debt in question.]

(4) A credit union shall not be regarded as an investment company for the purposes of section 75 above or [F5 Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act (plant and machinery allowances)].

(5) In this section—

• “credit union” means a society registered as a credit union under the M2 Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 or the M3 Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985;

• “share interest” and “loan interest” have the same meaning as in section 486;

• “surplus funds”, in relation to a credit union, means funds not immediately required for its purposes;

and references to the payment of share interest or loan interest include references to the crediting of such interest.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 487(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 31(1) (with Sch. 15)

F2 Words in s. 487(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 31(2)(a) (with Sch. 15)

F3 Word in s. 487(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 31(2)(b) (with Sch. 15)

F4 S. 487(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 31(3) (with Sch. 15)

F5 Words in s. 487(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 579 of the amending Act) by Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2), Sch. 2 para. 40

Marginal Citations

M1 Source—1970 s.340A; CUA 1979 s.25(1)

M2 1965 c. 12.

M3 S.I. 1985/1205 (N.I. 12.).