Part 5Miscellaneous income
Chapter 5Settlements: amounts treated as income of settlor or family
Transitional provision about protected foreign-source income and transitional trust income
F1643ABenefits paid out of protected foreign-source income or transitional trust income
(1)
If—
(a)
an individual to whom this section applies has an untaxed benefits total for a settlement for a tax year (see section 643B),
(b)
there is available protected income in relation to the individual, the settlement and the tax year (see section 643C), and
(c)
the individual is UK resident for the tax year,
an amount equal to so much of the untaxed benefits total as does not exceed the available protected income is treated for income tax purposes as income of the individual for the tax year.
(2)
This section applies to—
(a)
the settlor, and
(b)
anyone who has at any time been a close member of the settlor’s family.
(3)
If there is a choice about the individuals in whose case income is to be treated as arising under subsection (1), income is to be treated as arising—
(a)
to such one or more of them as appears to an officer of Revenue and Customs to be just and reasonable, and
(b)
if more than one, in such respective proportions as appear to the officer to be just and reasonable.