Chapter 5: Industrial and provident societies
Overview
1384.This Chapter brings payments in respect of shares in industrial and provident societies and agricultural or fishing co-operatives into the loan relationship regime. It does not treat the shares themselves as a loan relationship other than to allow dividends etc on shares held for the purposes of a trade to be treated as trading income.
Section 499: Industrial and provident society payments treated as interest under loan relationship
1385.This section treats certain payments by an industrial and provident society and agricultural or fishing co-operatives as payments of interest on a loan relationship. It is based on section 486(1), (4), (9) and (12) of ICTA. The corresponding provision for income tax is section 379 of ITTOIA.
1386.Subsection (2) treats dividends, bonuses and other sums payable on shareholdings held for the purposes of a trade or for other purposes as if that shareholding were a loan relationship so held. See Change 62 in Annex 1.
Section 500: Exclusion of interest where failure to make return
1387.This section disallows a debit for interest paid by industrial and provident societies where returns under section 887 of ITA are not made within the specified period. Section 887 requires such companies to make returns of interest paid without deduction of tax. It is based on section 486(1), (7) and (12) of ICTA.
