Part II U.K. Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Chapter III U.K. Lloyd’s Underwriters etc.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II Chapter III applied (1.5.1995 with application as mentioned in s. 127(19) of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 4, s. 127(16)(a)(19)

C2 Pt. II Chapter III modified (1.12.1997 with effect with respect to accounting periods of Lloyd's Scottish limited partnerships ending on or after that date) by S.I. 1997/2681, reg. 3(1)(a)

Main provisions U.K.

172 Year of assessment in which profits or losses arise. U.K.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, for the purposes of section 171 above and all other purposes of the Income Tax Acts the profits or losses in any year of assessment of a member’s underwriting business shall be taken to be—

[F1 (a)in the case of profits or losses arising directly from his membership of one or more syndicates, those of any previous year or years which are declared in the corresponding underwriting year;

(b) in the case of profits or losses arising from assets forming part of a [F2 premium] trust fund, those allocated under the rules or practice of Lloyd’s to any previous year or years the profits or losses of which are declared in the corresponding underwriting year; and]

(c) in the case of other profits or losses, those derived from payments received or made in the corresponding underwriting year.

(2) Subsection (1)(c) above does not apply in relation to payments received or made before 6th April 1993.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 172(1)(a)(b) substituted (3.5.1994 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 21 para. 2(2) of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 9, s. 228, Sch. 21 para. 2(1)(2)

F2 Word in s. 172(1)(b) substituted (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, arts. 1(2), 82(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 172 modified (1.12.1997 with effect with respect to accounting periods of Lloyd's Scottish limited partnerships ending on or after that date) by S.I. 1997/2681, reg. 6(1)(b)