2534.This section explains the new concept of the “assumed income entitlement”. It is based on section 696 of ICTA.
2535.The concept of “assumed income entitlement” has been introduced as a tool for calculating the basic amount of estate income for absolute interests. It is similar to the “aggregated income entitlement” in section 696 of ICTA but applies in a more straightforward way.
2536.Subsection (1) sets out the steps to be considered to determine whether a person has an assumed income entitlement for a tax year. The assumed income entitlement is the amount by which the absolute holder’s share of residuary income (after, in the case of UK estates, deduction of tax at the applicable rate) for tax years up to and including the tax year in question exceeds the total of the basic amounts for which he is chargeable for all previous tax years. Thus, for example, if the beneficiary receives his share of the residuary income in each tax year up to the year in question, then the assumed income entitlement is the basic amount of his share of the residuary income for that year.
2537.Step 4 in subsection (1) deals also with situations where a corporate beneficiary liable to income tax was, at some earlier point during the administration period, chargeable to corporation tax. It also deals with other situations where a non-UK resident beneficiary becomes UK resident, when the estate is a foreign estate.