Chapter 17: Insurance companies
Overview
2284.The sections in this Chapter rewrite a small number of provisions in Schedule 29 of FA 2002 that apply only to insurance companies.
Section 901: Effect of application of the I minus E basis: non-trading amounts
2285.This section ensures that credits and debits referable to life assurance business are taxed in a way consistent with the I minus E basis. It is based on paragraph 36 of Schedule 29 to FA 2002.
Section 902: Excluded assets
2286.This section gives particular excluded asset rules that apply to an insurance company with life assurance business. It is based on paragraph 78 of Schedule 29 to FA 2002.
Section 903: Elections to exclude capital expenditure on computer software
2287.This section extends the right to elect under section 815 for exclusion of capital expenditure on computer software to insurance companies with life assurance business. It is based on paragraph 83 of Schedule 29 to FA 2002.
Section 904: Transfers of life assurance business: transfers of assets treated as tax-neutral
2288.This section allows the tax-neutral transfer of intangible fixed assets within the rules in this Part where those assets are included in certain transfers of life assurance business between insurance companies. It is based on paragraph 89 of Schedule 29 to FA 2002.
Section 905: Pre-FA 2002 assets: Lloyd’s syndicate capacity
2289.This section integrates intangible fixed assets within the income regime syndicate capacity rules in FA 1994 into the intangible fixed assets rules in this Part. It is based on paragraph 129 of Schedule 29 to FA 2002.
