Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

Section 736A.]

[F1 Schedule 23A U.K. MANUFACTURED DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para. 1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 23A modified (19.3.1997) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 7 para. 7(3)

Interpretation U.K.

F2 1 (1) In this Schedule—

• F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “dividend manufacturer” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(1) below;

• “dividend manufacturing regulations” means regulations made by the Treasury under this Schedule;

• [F4 “foreign income dividend” shall be construed in accordance with Chapter VA of Part VI;]

• “interest manufacturer” has the meaning given by paragraph 3(1) below;

• “manufactured dividend”, “manufactured interest” and “manufactured overseas dividend” shall be construed respectively in accordance with paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 below, as shall references to the gross amount thereof;

• F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “overseas dividend” means any interest, dividend or other annual payment payable in respect of any overseas securities;

• “overseas dividend manufacturer” has the meaning given by paragraph 4(1) below;

• “overseas securities” means—

(a) shares, stock or other securities issued by a government or public or local authority of a territory outside the United Kingdom or by any other body of persons not resident in the United Kingdom; and

(b) quoted [F5 Eurobonds (as defined by section 124) held in a recognised clearing system] ;

• “overseas tax” means tax under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom;

• “overseas tax credit” means any such credit under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom in respect of overseas tax as corresponds to a tax credit;

• “prescribed” means prescribed in dividend manufacturing regulations;

• F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “securities” includes any loan stock or similar security;

• “transfer” includes any sale or other disposal;

• F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “United Kingdom equities” means shares of any company resident in the United Kingdom;

• “United Kingdom securities” means securities of the government of the United Kingdom, of any public or local authority in the United Kingdom or of any company or other body resident in the United Kingdom, but does not include quoted [F5 Eurobonds (as defined by section 124) held in a recognised clearing system], or United Kingdom equities.

(2) F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para. 1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F3 Sch. 23A para. 1(1): definitions of "approved stock lending arrangement", "market maker", "recognised clearing house", "recognised investment exchange", "unapproved manufactured payment" and "unapproved stock lending arrangement" repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10), Notes 1, 2 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F4 Words in Sch. 23A para. 1(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para 9 (with Sch. 10 para. 16(3)(b))

F5 Words in Sch. 23A para. 1(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 32 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 7 para. 28(1)(a)(b) (with Sch. 7 para. 33-35)

F6 Words in Sch. 23A para. 1(1) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch 18 Pt. 6(10) Notes 1, 2 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10)

F7 Sch. 23A para 1(2) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10) Note 2 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

[F8 Manufactured dividends on UK equities: general] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 23A paras. 2-2B and cross-headings substituted for Sch. 23A para. 2 and cross-heading (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 c. 16, Sch. 10 para. 10(1)

[F9 F10 2 (1) This paragraph applies in any case where, under a contract or other arrangements for the transfer of United Kingdom equities, one of the parties (a “dividend manufacturer”) is required to pay to the other (“the recipient”) an amount (a “manufactured dividend”) which is representative of a dividend on the equities.

(2) A manufactured dividend paid by a dividend manufacturer who is a company resident in the United Kingdom shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as if the amount paid were a dividend of the dividend manufacturer.

(3) Where a manufactured dividend to which sub-paragraph (2) above does not apply is paid by any person—

(a) an amount of tax representing the advance corporation tax that would have been payable in respect of the manufactured dividend if—

(i) the dividend manufacturer were a company resident in the United Kingdom, and

(ii) the manufactured dividend were a distribution by that company,

shall be accounted for to the extent, and in the manner, specified in dividend manufacturing regulations;

(b) the Tax Acts shall have effect in relation to the recipient, and persons claiming title through or under him, as if the manufactured dividend were a dividend on the United Kingdom equities in question; and

(c) the Tax Acts shall have effect in relation to the dividend manufacturer subject to the provisions of paragraph 2A below.

(4) The persons who, under dividend manufacturing regulations, may be made liable to account for an amount of tax as mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(a) above are—

(a) the dividend manufacturer, in the case of a manufactured dividend to which sub-paragraph (5) below applies; and

(b) the recipient, in the case of a manufactured dividend to which that sub-paragraph does not apply.

(5) This sub-paragraph applies to a manufactured dividend if—

(a) the dividend manufacturer is a person resident in the United Kingdom who is not a company; or

(b) the following two conditions are satisfied in the case of that manufactured dividend, that is to say—

(i) the dividend manufacturer is a company that is not so resident but carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency; and

(ii) the requirement to pay the manufactured dividend is attributable to the carrying on of a trade carried on through that branch or agency.

(6) Subject to paragraph 2B(2)(b) below, where—

(a) a dividend manufacturer pays a manufactured dividend, and

(b) that dividend manufacturer is, in respect of that dividend, required under dividend manufacturing regulations to account for an amount of tax such as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(a) above,

the dividend manufacturer shall, on paying the manufactured dividend, provide the recipient with a statement in writing setting out the matters specified in sub-paragraph (7) below.

(7) Those matters are—

(a) the amount of the manufactured dividend;

(b) the date of the payment of the manufactured dividend; and

(c) the amount of the tax credit to which, by virtue of sub-paragraph (3)(b) above, the recipient or a person claiming title through or under him either—

(i) is entitled in respect of the manufactured dividend, or

(ii) would be so entitled were all the conditions of a right to a tax credit satisfied, in the case of the recipient or that person, as respects the dividend which the recipient is deemed to receive.

(8) The duty imposed by sub-paragraph (6) above shall be enforceable at the suit or instance of the recipient.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 23A paras 2-2B and cross-headings substituted for Sch. 23A para. 2 and cross-heading (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 c. 16, Sch. 10 para. 10(1)

F10 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para. 1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg. 2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs. 2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs. 2, 3(b), 4)

Deductibility of manufactured payment in the case of the manufacturer U.K.

2A (1) Where, in the case of a manufactured dividend, the dividend manufacturer—

(a) is resident in the United Kingdom, but

(b) is not a company,

the amount of the manufactured dividend actually paid (so far as is it is not otherwise deductible), together with an amount equal to the notional ACT, shall be allowable for the purposes of income tax as a deduction against the total income of the dividend manufacturer.

(2) Where, in the case of a manufactured dividend, the dividend manufacturer is a company which is not resident in the United Kingdom, no amount at all shall be deductible, in the case of that company, in respect of the payment of that manufactured dividend.

(3) The reference in sub-paragraph (1) above to an amount equal to the notional ACT is a reference to the amount equal to the advance corporation tax that would be payable in respect of the manufactured dividend if—

(a) the dividend manufacturer were a company resident in the United Kingdom, and

(b) the manufactured dividend were a distribution by that company.

(4) The references in this paragraph to an amount being deductible are references to its being either—

(a) deductible in computing the amount of any of the dividend manufacturer’s profits or gains for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax; or

(b) deductible for those purposes from the total income or, as the case may be, total profits of the dividend manufacturer.

Manufactured dividends representative of foreign income dividends U.K.

2B (1) Where a manufactured dividend to which paragraph 2(2) above applies is representative of a foreign income dividend, the Tax Acts shall have effect for all purposes as if—

(a) the deemed dividend of the dividend manufacturer were itself a foreign income dividend; and

(b) that foreign income dividend were one in respect of which the dividend manufacturer is not liable to make any payment of advance corporation tax.

(2) Where a manufactured dividend to which paragraph 2(3) above applies is representative of a foreign income dividend—

(a) the Tax Acts shall have effect, in relation to the recipient and any persons claiming title through or under him, as if the dividend on the United Kingdom equities which the recipient is treated as having received were a foreign income dividend;

(b) there shall be no requirement for any person to account for tax in respect of that manufactured dividend by virtue of paragraph 2(3)(a) above;

(c) any deduction made in respect of the manufactured dividend under paragraph 2A(1) above shall be made without including an amount equal to the notional ACT in the deduction; and

(d) the dividend manufacturer, on paying the manufactured dividend in any case falling within sub-paragraph (3) below, shall provide the recipient with a statement in writing setting out the matters specified in sub-paragraph (4) below.

(3) A case falls within this sub-paragraph where, were it not for sub-paragraph (2)(a) and (b) above, the dividend manufacturer would be required to provide such a statement as is mentioned in paragraph 2(6) above.

(4) Those matters are—

(a) the amount of the manufactured dividend;

(b) the date on which it is paid;

(c) the fact that the dividend carries no entitlement to a tax credit; and

(d) in the case of a manufactured dividend which is representative of a qualifying distribution to which Schedule 7 to the Finance Act 1997 applies, the fact that the distribution is a foreign income dividend by virtue of paragraph 2(1) of that Schedule.

(5) The Board may give directions as to the form that must be taken by a statement provided for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d) above.

(6) The duty imposed by sub-paragraph (2)(d) above shall be enforceable at the suit or instance of the recipient.

Manufactured interest on UK securities: general U.K.

3 (1) This paragraph applies (subject to paragraph 3A below) in any case where, under a contract or other arrangements for the transfer of United Kingdom securities, one of the parties (an “interest manufacturer”) is required to pay to the other (“the recipient”) an amount (“the manufactured interest”) which is representative of a periodical payment of interest on the securities.

(2) For the relevant purposes of the Tax Acts, in their application in relation to the interest manufacturer—

(a) the manufactured interest shall be treated, except in determining whether it is deductible, as if it—

(i) were an annual payment to the recipient, but

(ii) were neither yearly interest nor an amount payable wholly out of profits or gains brought into charge for income tax;

(b) the gross amount of that deemed annual payment shall be taken—

(i) to be equal to the gross amount of the interest of which the manufactured interest is representative; and

(ii) to constitute income of the recipient falling within section 1A;

and

(c) an amount equal to so much of the gross amount of the manufactured interest as is not otherwise deductible shall be allowable as a deduction against the total income or, as the case may be, total profits of the interest manufacturer.

(3) For the relevant purposes of the Tax Acts, in their application in relation to the recipient and any persons claiming title through or under him—

(a) the manufactured interest shall be treated as if it were a periodical payment of interest on the securities in question; and

(b) the gross amount of that deemed periodical payment of interest shall be taken to be equal to the gross amount of the interest of which the manufactured interest is representative.

(4) Sub-paragraph (2) above shall not require any deduction of tax to be made by the interest manufacturer if—

(a) the interest manufacturer is not resident in the United Kingdom, and

(b) the manufactured interest is paid otherwise than in the course of a trade carried on by the interest manufacturer in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency.

(5) Where, in a case falling within sub-paragraph (4)(a) and (b) above, the recipient—

(a) is resident in the United Kingdom, or

(b) (without being so resident) receives the manufactured interest for the purposes of a trade carried on by him in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency,

the recipient shall be liable to account for income tax in respect of the manufactured interest.

(6) The amount of the income tax for which the recipient is liable to account under sub-paragraph (5) above is the amount equal to the income tax which the interest manufacturer, had he been resident in the United Kingdom, would have been required, in respect of the manufactured interest, to account for and pay by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above.

(7) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above, if the interest manufacturer is a company which—

(a) is not resident in the United Kingdom, but

(b) carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency,

Schedule 16 shall have effect in relation to the manufactured interest as it has effect in the case of a company which is resident in the United Kingdom but as if, in paragraph 7, the words “section 11(3)” were substituted for the words “section 7(2)”.

(8) Where sub-paragraph (2) above has effect in the case of any manufactured interest so as to require any amount to be deducted by way of tax from the gross amount of the manufactured interest, the interest manufacturer shall, on paying the manufactured interest, provide the recipient with a statement in writing setting out—

(a) the gross amount of the manufactured interest;

(b) the amount deducted by way of tax by the interest manufacturer;

(c) the amount actually paid by the interest manufacturer; and

(d) the date of the payment by the interest manufacturer.

(9) The duty imposed by sub-paragraph (8) above shall be enforceable at the suit or instance of the recipient.

(10) The references in this paragraph to an amount being deductible are references to its being either—

(a) deductible in computing the amount of any of the interest manufacturer’s profits or gains for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax; or

(b) deductible for those purposes from the total income or, as the case may be, total profits of the interest manufacturer.

(11) For the purposes of this paragraph “the relevant purposes of the Tax Acts” means all the purposes of those Acts except the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the M1 Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships).

(12) Without prejudice to the generality of section 80(5) of the Finance Act 1996 (matters to be brought into account only under that Chapter), this paragraph does not have effect for determining how any manufactured interest falls to be treated for any purpose in relation to a company in relation to which that interest falls to be treated in accordance with section 97 of that Act.

(13) For the purposes of this paragraph references to the gross amount of any interest or payment are references to the amount of the interest or payment before the making of any deduction of income tax that is required to be deducted from it on its being paid or made.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Sch. 23A para. 3(5) excluded (1.7.1997) by The Manufactured Interest (Tax) Regulations 1997 (S. I. 1997/992), regs. 1, 4

Marginal Citations

M1 1996 c. 8.

Manufactured interest on gilt-edged securities etc. U.K.

3A (1) Where any manufactured interest is representative of interest on securities to which this paragraph applies—

(a) paragraph 3(2) above shall not require any deduction of tax to be made on the payment of that manufactured interest; and

(b) without prejudice to any other liability of his to income tax in respect of the manufactured interest, the recipient shall not by virtue of paragraph 3(5) above be liable to account for any income tax in respect of that manufactured interest.

(2) This paragraph applies to—

(a) gilt-edged securities (within the meaning of section 51A); and

(b) securities not falling within paragraph (a) above on which the interest is payable without deduction of tax.

F11 Manufactured overseas dividends U.K.

Textual Amendments

F11 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para.1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F12 4 (1) This paragraph applies in any case where, under a contract or other arrangements for the transfer of overseas securities, one of the parties (the “overseas dividend manufacturer”) is required to pay to the other (“the recipient”) an amount representative of an overseas dividend on the overseas securities; and in this Schedule the “manufactured overseas dividend” means any payment which the overseas dividend manufacturer makes in discharge of that requirement.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, where this paragraph applies the gross amount of the manufactured overseas dividend shall be treated for all purposes of the Tax Acts as an annual payment, within section 349, but—

(a) the amount which is to be deducted from that gross amount on account of income tax shall be an amount equal to the relevant withholding tax on that gross amount; and

(b) in the application of sections 338(4)(a) and 350(4) in relation to manufactured overseas dividends the references to Schedule 16 shall be taken as references to dividend manufacturing regulations;

and paragraph (a) above is without prejudice to any further amount required to be deducted under dividend manufacturing regulations by virtue of sub-paragraph (8) below.

(3) If, in a case where this paragraph applies, the overseas dividend manufacturer is not resident in the United Kingdom and the manufactured overseas dividend is paid by him otherwise than in the course of a trade which he carries on through a branch or agency in the United Kingdom, sub-paragraph (2) above shall not apply; but if the manufactured overseas dividend is received by [F13 a United Kingdom recipient, that recipient shall] account for and pay an amount of tax in respect of the manufactured overseas dividend equal to that which the overseas dividend manufacturer would have been required to account for and pay had he been resident in the United Kingdom; and any reference in this Schedule to an amount deducted under sub-paragraph (2) above includes a reference to an amount of tax accounted for and paid under this sub-paragraph.

[F14 (3A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above a person who receives a manufactured overseas dividend is a United Kingdom recipient if—

(a) he is resident in the United Kingdom; or

(b) he is not so resident but receives that dividend for the purposes of a trade carried on through a branch or agency in the United Kingdom.

(3B) Dividend manufacturing regulations may make provision, in relation to cases falling within sub-paragraph (3) above, for the amount of tax required under that sub-paragraph to be taken to be reduced, to such extent and for such purposes as may be determined under the regulations, by reference to amounts of overseas tax charged on, or in respect of—

(a) the making of the manufactured overseas dividend; or

(b) the overseas dividend of which the manufactured overseas dividend is representative.]

(4) Where a manufactured overseas dividend is paid after deduction of the amount required by sub-paragraph (2) above, or where the amount of tax required under sub-paragraph (3) above in respect of such a dividend has been accounted for and paid, then for all purposes of the Tax Acts as they apply in relation to persons resident in the United Kingdom or to persons not so resident but carrying on business through a branch or agency in the United Kingdom—

(a) the manufactured overseas dividend shall be treated in relation to the recipient, and all persons claiming title through or under him, as if it were an overseas dividend of an amount equal to the gross amount of the manufactured overseas dividend, but paid after the withholding therefrom, on account of overseas tax, of the amount deducted under sub-paragraph (2) above; and

(b) the amount so deducted shall accordingly be treated in relation to the recipient, and all persons claiming title through or under him, as an amount so withheld instead of as an amount on account of income tax.

(5) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) “relevant withholding tax”, in relation to the gross amount of a manufactured overseas dividend, means an amount of tax representative of—

(i) the amount (if any) that would have been deducted by way of overseas tax from an overseas dividend on the overseas securities of the same gross amount as the manufactured overseas dividend; and

(ii) the amount of the overseas tax credit (if any) in respect of such an overseas dividend;

(b) the gross amount of a manufactured overseas dividend is an amount equal to the gross amount of that overseas dividend of which the manufactured overseas dividend is representative, as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above; and

(c) the gross amount of an overseas dividend is an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(i) so much of the overseas dividend as remains after the deduction of the overseas tax (if any) chargeable on it;

(ii) the amount of the overseas tax (if any) so deducted; and

(iii) the amount of the overseas tax credit (if any) in respect of the overseas dividend.

(6) Dividend manufacturing regulations may make provision with respect to the rates of relevant withholding tax which are to apply in relation to manufactured overseas dividends in relation to different overseas territories, but in prescribing those rates the Treasury shall have regard to—

(a) the rates at which overseas tax would have fallen to be deducted, and

(b) the rates of overseas tax credits,

in overseas territories, or in the particular overseas territory, in respect of payments of overseas dividends on overseas securities.

(7) Dividend manufacturing regulations may make provision for a person who, in any chargeable period, is an overseas dividend manufacturer to be entitled in prescribed circumstances to set off [F15 in accordance with the regulations and to the prescribed extent, amounts falling within paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (7AA) below against the sums falling within paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph, and to account]to the Board for, or as the case may be, claim credit in respect of, the balance.

[F16 (7AA) Those amounts and sums are—

(a) amounts of overseas tax in respect of overseas dividends received by him in that chargeable period, amounts of overseas tax charged on, or in respect of, the making of manufactured overseas dividends so received by him and amounts deducted under sub-paragraph (2) above from any such manufactured overseas dividends; and

(b) the sums due from him on account of the amounts deducted by him under sub-paragraph (2) above from the manufactured overseas dividends paid by him in that chargeable period.]

[F17 (7A) F18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(8) Dividend manufacturing regulations may also make provision for cases where a manufactured overseas dividend is paid or otherwise dealt with in circumstances such that, had it been an overseas dividend in respect of the overseas securities, it would have been—

[F19 (b) a foreign dividend (as defined by section 18(3D)), or

(c) interest on a quoted Eurobond (as defined by section 124) held in a recognised clearing system,]

and, notwithstanding anything in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, any such regulations may provide for deductions of an amount determined by reference to the gross amount of the manufactured overseas dividend to be made from the manufactured overseas dividend on account of income tax similar to the deductions that would, in the case of an overseas dividend, be made under [F20 Chapter VIIA of Part IV and for that Chapter] to apply with prescribed modifications in relation thereto.

[F21 (9) Without prejudice to section 97 of the Finance Act 1996 (manufactured interest), the references in this paragraph to all the purposes of the Tax Acts do not include the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of that Act (loan relationships).]

Textual Amendments

F12 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para.1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F13 Words in Sch. 23A para 4(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 159(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 159(4)

F14 Sch. 23A para 4(3A)(3B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 159(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 159(5)

F15 Words in Sch. 23A para. 4(7) substituted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 159(6)

F16 Sch. 23A para. 4(7AA) inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 159(6)

F17 Sch. 23A para. 4(7A) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 124

F18 Sch. 23A para. 4(7A) repealed (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 41 Pt. 5(21), Note 2

F19 Sch. 23A para 4(8)(b)(c) substituted for Sch. 23A para. 4(8)(a)-(d) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 32 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 7 para. 28(2) (with Sch. 7 paras. 33-35)

F20 Words in Sch. 23A para. 4(8) substituted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 29 para. 7

F21 Sch. 23A para. 4(9) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 52(4) (with Sch. 15)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 Sch. 23A para. 4(1) applied (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/2004, reg.2

C4 Sch. 23A para. 4(2) restricted (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/2004, reg.5(1)

C5 Sch. 23A para. 4(3) restricted (1.10.1993) by S.I. 1993/2004, reg.7(1) (as amended by S.I. 2011/1787, regs. 1, 7)

Valid from 21/07/2009

4A (1) A reference in paragraph 4(4)(a) or (b) to the relevant amount in relation to an amount deducted under section 922(2) of ITA 2007 is—

(a) where the deduction is made in respect of a manufactured overseas dividend that is treated as paid under paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 13 to FA 2007 (sale and repurchase of securities), to amount A, and

(b) otherwise, to the amount deducted under section 922(2) of ITA 2007.

(2) Amount A is—

(a) in a case to which sub-paragraph (3) applies, the amount deducted under section 922(2) of ITA 2007,

(b) in a case to which sub-paragraph (4) applies—

(i) the amount deducted under section 922(2) of ITA 2007, less

(ii) the excess mentioned in that sub-paragraph, and

(c) in any other case, nil.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies to a case in which—

(a) an amount is actually paid by way of manufactured overseas dividend,

(b) the amount so paid equals the relevant net amount, and

(c) it is reasonable to assume that, in deciding the repurchase price of the securities, no account was taken of the fact that the amount would be so paid.

(4) This sub-paragraph applies to a case in which—

(a) an amount is actually paid by way of manufactured overseas dividend,

(b) the amount so paid exceeds the relevant net amount, and

(c) it is reasonable to assume that, in deciding the repurchase price of the securities, no account was taken of the fact that the amount would be so paid.

(5) In this paragraph “the repurchase price” of the securities means the price at which the payer of the manufactured overseas dividend is entitled or obliged to sell the securities, or similar securities, to the recipient of the manufactured overseas dividend.

(6) In this paragraph “the securities” means the securities in respect of which the overseas dividend of which the manufactured overseas dividend is representative is paid.

(7) In this paragraph “the relevant net amount” means—

(a) the gross amount of the overseas dividend of which the manufactured overseas dividend is representative, less

(b) the amount deducted under section 922(2) of ITA 2007.

F22 Dividends and interest passing through the market U.K.

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para.1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs. 2, 3(b),4)

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Textual Amendments

F23 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para. 1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F24 Sch. 23A para. 5 repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16, Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10) Note 3 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para. 12, Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F25 Unapproved manufactured payments U.K.

Textual Amendments

F25 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para.1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

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Textual Amendments

F26 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para. 1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F27 Sch. 23A para. 6 repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 7(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10) Note 2 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para. 4(a), Sch 18 Pt. 6(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F28 Irregular manufactured payments U.K.

Textual Amendments

F28 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para.1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F29 7 (1) F30 . . . In any case where (apart from this paragraph)—

(a) an amount paid by way of manufactured dividend would exceed the amount of the dividend of which it is representative, or

(b) the aggregate of—

(i) an amount paid by way of manufactured interest or manufactured overseas dividend, and

(ii) the tax required to be accounted for in connection with the making of that payment,

would exceed the gross amount (as determined in accordance with paragraph 3 or 4 above) of the interest or overseas dividend of which it is representative, as the case may be,

the payment shall, to the extent of an amount equal to the excess, not be regarded for the purposes of this Schedule as made in discharge of the requirement referred to in paragraph 2(1), 3(1) or 4(1) above, as the case may be, but shall instead to that extent be taken for all purposes of the Tax Acts to constitute a separate fee for entering into the contract or other arrangements under which it was made, notwithstanding anything in paragraphs 2 to 4 above.

[F31 (1A) Sub-paragraph (1) above does not apply in the case of the amount of any manufactured interest or manufactured overseas dividend which falls in accordance with section 97 of the Finance Act 1996 to be treated for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of that Act as interest under a loan relationship.]

(2) F32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) For the purpose of giving relief under any provision of the Tax Acts in a case falling within paragraph 3(1) or 4(1) above where (apart from this paragraph) the aggregate referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above would be less than the gross amount there mentioned—

(a) the gross amount of the manufactured interest or manufactured overseas dividend shall be taken to be an amount equal to the aggregate referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above, F33 . . .

(b) F34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

notwithstanding anything in paragraph [F35 3 or 4] above.

(4) In this paragraph “relief” means relief by way of—

(a) deduction in computing profits or gains; or

(b) deduction or set off against income or total profits.

Textual Amendments

F29 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para.1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F30 Words in Sch. 23A para. 7(1) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10) Notes 3, 4(e) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F31 Sch. 23A para. 7(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 52(7) (with Sch. 15)

F32 Sch. 23A para. 7(2) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10) Note 3(b) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F33 Words in Sch. 23A para. 7(3)(a) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 7(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10) Note 2(c) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para. 4(b)(i), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F34 Sch. 23A para. 7(3)(b) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 7(2), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10) Note 2(c) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para. 4(b)(ii), Sch. 18 Pt. 6(10); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F35 Words in Sch. 23A para. 7(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 7(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para. 4(b)(iii); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

Valid from 22/07/2004

Manufactured payments under arrangements having an unallowable purpose U.K.

7A (1) This paragraph applies in any case where—

(a) a manufactured payment falls to be made by a company in an accounting period in pursuance of any arrangements (see sub-paragraphs (9) and (10) for definitions), and

(b) the arrangements have an unallowable purpose at any time (see sub-paragraphs (3) to (5)).

But this is subject to sub-paragraph (8) below (cases where tax relief is denied apart from this paragraph).

(2) The company is not entitled, by virtue of anything in this Schedule or any provision of regulations under it, or otherwise, to any relevant tax relief (see sub-paragraph (10)), to the extent that the relief is in respect of, or referable to, the whole or any part of so much of the manufactured payment as, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to the unallowable purpose.

(3) Arrangements have an unallowable purpose at any time if at that time the purposes for which the company is a party to—

(a) the arrangements,

(b) any related transaction (see sub-paragraphs (6) and (7)), or

(c) any transaction in pursuance of the arrangements,

include a purpose (“the unallowable purpose”) which is not among the business or other commercial purposes of the company.

(4) The business and other commercial purposes of a company do not include the purposes of any part of its activities in respect of which it is not within the charge to corporation tax.

(5) Where one of the purposes for which a company is at any time a party to—

(a) any arrangements,

(b) any related transaction in the case of any arrangements, or

(c) any transaction in pursuance of any arrangements,

is a tax avoidance purpose, that purpose shall be taken to be a business or other commercial purpose of the company only where it is not the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, for which the company is party to the arrangements or transaction at that time.

(6) One or more transactions are to be regarded as related transactions, in the case of any arrangements, if it would be reasonable to assume, from either or both of—

(a) the likely effect of the transactions, and

(b) the circumstances in which the transactions are entered into or effected,

that none of the transactions would have been entered into or effected independently of the arrangements.

(7) Transactions are not prevented from being related transactions, in the case of any arrangements, just because the transactions—

(a) are not between the same parties, or

(b) are not between the parties to the arrangements.

(8) This paragraph does not apply if, as a result of any of the following provisions—

(a) section 75(4)(b) (expenses of management of companies with investment business: unallowable purposes),

(b) section 76(4)(d) (expenses of insurance companies: unallowable purposes),

(c) paragraph 13 of Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships with unallowable purposes),

the company in question is not entitled to a relevant tax relief in respect of, or referable to, the whole or any part of the manufactured payment.

The references to sections 75 and 76 are references to those provisions as they have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1st April 2004.

(9) Any reference in this paragraph to a manufactured payment falling to be made by a company includes a reference to a manufactured payment which is deemed by or under any provision of the Tax Acts to be made by a company (and references to a transaction, or to a company being party to a transaction, are to be construed accordingly).

(10) In this paragraph—

• “arrangements” includes schemes, arrangements and understandings of any kind, whether or not legally enforceable, and shall be taken to include any related transactions;

• “manufactured payment” means any of the following—

  (a)

  any manufactured dividend;

  (b)

  any manufactured interest;

  (c)

  any manufactured overseas dividend;

• “related transaction” shall be construed in accordance with sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) above;

• “relevant tax relief” means any of the following—

  (a)

  any deduction in computing profits or gains for the purposes of corporation tax;

  (b)

  any deduction against total profits;

  (c)

  the bringing into account of any debit for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships);

  (d)

  the surrender of an amount by way of group relief;

• “tax advantage” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 17 (tax avoidance);

• “tax avoidance purpose” means any purpose that consists in securing a tax advantage (whether for the company in question or any other person);

• and sub-paragraphs (3) to (7) above have effect for the purposes of this paragraph.

F36 Dividend manufacturing regulations: general U.K.

Textual Amendments

F36 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para.1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F37 8 (1) Dividend manufacturing regulations may make provision for—

(a) such manufactured dividends, manufactured interest or manufactured overseas dividends as may be prescribed,

[F38 (aa) such persons who receive, or become entitled to receive, manufactured dividends, manufactured interest or manufactured overseas dividends as may be prescribed,] or

(b) such dividend manufacturers, interest manufacturers or overseas dividend manufacturers as may be prescribed,

to be treated in prescribed circumstances otherwise than as mentioned in [F39 paragraphs 2 to 4 above] for the purposes of such provisions of the Tax Acts as may be prescribed.

[F40 (1A) Dividend manufacturing regulations may provide, in relation to prescribed cases where a person makes or receives the payment of any amount representative of an overseas dividend, or is treated for any purposes of this Schedule or such regulations as a person making or receiving such a payment—

(a) for any entitlement of that person to claim relief under Part XVIII to be extinguished or reduced to such extent as may be found under the regulations; and

(b) for the adjustment, by reference to any provision having effect under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom, of any amount falling to be taken, for any prescribed purposes of the Tax Acts or the 1992 Act, to be the amount paid or payable by or to any person in respect of any sale, repurchase or other transfer of the overseas securities to which the payment relates.]

(2) Dividend manufacturing regulations may make provision with respect to—

(a) the accounts and other records which are to be kept,

(b) the vouchers which are to be issued or produced,

(c) the returns which are to be made,

(d) the manner in which amounts required to be deducted or accounted for under or by virtue of this Schedule on account of tax are to be accounted for and paid,

[F41 by persons by or to whom manufactured dividends, manufactured interest or manufactured overseas dividends are paid.]

[F42 (2A) Dividend manufacturing regulations with respect to any liability to account for tax may contain any of the following, that is to say—

(a) provision for computing the amounts to be accounted for;

(b) provision, in relation to the determination of the amount to be paid on any occasion, for setting other amounts against the amounts to be accounted for;

(c) provision as to the liabilities against which amounts accounted for are to be, or are not to be, set for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax;

(d) provision modifying, or applying (with or without modifications), any enactments contained in the Tax Acts.]

(3) Dividend manufacturing regulations may—

(a) make provision for prescribed provisions of the Management Act to apply in relation to manufactured dividends, manufactured interest or manufactured overseas dividends with such modifications, specified in the regulations, as the Treasury think fit;

(b) make such further provision with respect to the administration, assessment, collection and recovery of amounts required to be deducted or accounted for under or by virtue of this Schedule on account of tax as the Treasury think fit.

(4) Dividend manufacturing regulations may make different provision for different cases.

Textual Amendments

F37 Sch. 23A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 58, Sch. 13 para. 1 (with effect as mentioned in s. 58(3) in relation to payments made on or after such day as may be specified: 26.2.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/173, reg.2; 30.6.1992 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1992/1346, regs.2, 3, 4; 21.4.1993 specified for certain purposes by S.I. 1993/933, regs.2, 3(b), 4)

F38 Sch. 23A para. 8(1)(aa) inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 159(7)(a)

F39 Words in Sch. 23A para. 8(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para. 13(1); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F40 Sch. 23A para. 8(1A) inserted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 159(8)

F41 Words in Sch 23A para. 8(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para. 13(2); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2

F42 Sch. 23A para. 8(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), Sch. 10 para. 13(3); S.I. 1997/991, art. 2