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(1)Subsection (2) applies in a case where members of a qualifying contemplative religious community transfer all their income and assets, or covenant all their income, to the community (“the independent community”) (and for this purpose it is irrelevant whether or not the community is part of an order or religious institution).
(2)As respects each chargeable period of the independent community, and each person who is a qualifying member of the independent community at any time in that period, the independent community shall be treated for the purposes of corporation tax as if an amount of its profits for the chargeable period equal to the relevant amount (see subsections (5) to (7)) were income of the qualifying member.
(3)Subsection (4) applies in a case where—
(a)one or more qualifying contemplative religious communities (“constituent communities”) are part of an order or religious institution (“the parent body”), and
(b)members of the constituent communities transfer all their income and assets, or covenant all their income, to the parent body.
(4)As respects each chargeable period of the parent body, and each person who is a qualifying member of a constituent community at any time in that period, the parent body shall be treated for the purposes of corporation tax as if an amount of its profits for the chargeable period equal to the relevant amount (see subsections (5) to (7)) were income of the qualifying member.
(5)For the purposes of subsections (2) and (4), the relevant amount, in relation to a chargeable period, is the amount of the annual personal allowance for persons [F2born after 5 April 1948] (see section 35 of ITA 2007) for—
(a)the tax year which begins in the chargeable period, or
(b)if no tax year begins in the chargeable period, the tax year which is current when the chargeable period begins.
(6)But, if the chargeable period is less than 12 months, the relevant amount is—
where—
P is the number of days in the chargeable period;
A is the amount determined under subsection (5) in relation to the chargeable period.
(7)If, during the chargeable period, an individual ceases to be a qualifying member of the independent community or a constituent community (otherwise than on death), the relevant amount, in relation to the chargeable period and that qualifying member, is—
where—
Q is the number of days in the chargeable period for which the individual is a qualifying member of the independent community or constituent community;
P is the number of days in the chargeable period;
B is the amount determined under subsection (5), or subsections (5) and (6), in relation to the chargeable period.
(8)So far as the exemption from corporation tax conferred by this section calls for repayment of tax, no repayment shall be made except on a claim made by the independent community or parent body.
(9)In a case where a member of an independent community or constituent community—
(a)has transferred or covenanted income to the community (in the case of an independent community) or the parent body (in the case of a constituent community), and
(b)has income for a tax year which does not exceed 20% of the annual personal allowance for persons [F2born after 5 April 1948] (see section 35 of ITA 2007) for that tax year,
the member is, for the purposes of this section, to be taken to have transferred or covenanted all his or her income for that tax year to the community or parent body.
(10)For the purposes of this section a contemplative religious community is a “qualifying” contemplative religious community if—
(a)the community is established in the United Kingdom,
(b)the members of the community live and practise their religion in a communal establishment, and
(c)the community is not a charity, but the religion that is professed by the members of the community does not prevent the community from being a charity.
(11)In this section—
“member”, in relation to a religious community, means an individual who—
is living in the community, and
has taken vows or made equivalent commitments (whether probationary or not);
“qualifying member”, in relation to a religious community, means a member of the community who—
has been a member of the community for a period of at least six months, and
has transferred all his or her income and assets, or covenanted all his or her income, to the community (in the case of an independent community) or the parent body (in the case of a constituent community).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 508A, 508B inserted (1.4.2010 with effect in accordance with art. 6(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/157), arts. 1, 6(1)
F2Words in s. 508A(5)(9)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 4(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 4(7)
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