Section 474: Payments from other charities: corporation tax liability and exemption
1451.This section prevents avoidance by charities of the restrictions on exemptions by routing non-charitable expenditure through other charities. It is based on section 505(1) and (2) of ICTA. The corresponding rule for income tax is in section 523 of ITA save that the requirement to make a claim has been incorporated into the section.
1452.The section operates by imposing a charge to tax on certain payments made by a charity to a charitable company. It also sets out the exemption which normally applies if the charitable company uses the payments for charitable purposes.
1453.Earlier drafts of subsection (1) added to the conditions (now paragraphs (a) to (c)) a further condition (paragraph (d)) that payment should not arise from a source outside the United Kingdom. This requirement has now been removed. It was unnecessary and subsection (1) now rewrites the law accurately as it stands. CTA 2009 replaced the reference to Schedule D Case III in section 505(2) of ICTA with a reference to the charge to corporation tax on income. The amendment made it clearer that the charge under section 505(2) is not limited to payments from a source in the United Kingdom.
1454.Subsection (4) makes it clear that section 494 of ITA, which deals with the grossing up of discretionary payments from trusts, takes precedence over this section where applicable.
