Corporation Tax Act 2009

498 Building society dividends and interest

(1) This section deals with how building society dividends and interest are dealt with for corporation tax purposes.

(2) Liability to pay building society interest or building society dividends is treated for the purposes of Part 5 as a liability arising under a loan relationship (so far as it would not otherwise be such a liability).

(3) If building society interest or building society dividends are payable to a company, they are treated as so payable as the result of a right arising under a loan relationship of the company (so far as they would not otherwise be so payable).

(4) Subsection (3) applies to interest paid under a certified SAYE savings arrangement with a building society as if it were a dividend on a share in the society.

(5) In this section—

• “building society dividends” means dividends payable in respect of shares in a building society,

• “building society interest” means interest payable in respect of shares in, deposits with, or loans to, a building society,

• “certified SAYE savings arrangement” has the meaning given by section 703 of ITTOIA 2005, and

• “dividend” includes any distribution, however described.