Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4)

Part 23 U.K. Company distributions

Chapter 6 U.K. Information and returns: further provisions

General duties to provide information U.K.

1100 Qualifying distributions: right to request a statement U.K.

(1) If a company makes a qualifying distribution, the recipient is entitled to ask the company to provide a statement in writing showing—

(a) the amount or value of the distribution, and

(b) the amount of the tax credit (under section 1109(2) below or section 397(1) of ITTOIA 2005) to which an eligible person would be entitled in respect of the distribution.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) it does not matter whether or not the recipient is in fact an eligible person.

(3) The request must be in writing.

(4) The company which makes the distribution has a duty to comply with a request under subsection (1), and that duty is enforceable by the recipient.

(5) In this section “eligible person” means a person who is entitled to a tax credit in respect of the dividend.

(6) This section does not affect the operation of section 1104 (duty to provide tax certificates).