Part 5

Miscellaneous income
Chapter 6

Beneficiaries' income from estates in administration

General

Income treated as bearing income tax
680
1
This section has effect for the purposes of—
- section 663 (the applicable rate for grossing up basic amounts of estate income),
- section 670 (applicable rate for determining assumed income entitlement (UK estates)), ...
- section 679 (income from which basic amounts are treated as paid) , and
- section 679A (income from which sums within section 668(1)(b) are treated as paid).
1A
If, in the case of a UK estate, the aggregate income of the estate for a tax year is equal to or less than the de minimis estates amount (within the meaning of
section 24B
of ITA 2007), the aggregate income of the estate for that tax year is treated as bearing income tax at 0%.
2
If—
a
subsection (1A)
does not apply to treat the aggregate income of the estate for a tax year as bearing income tax at 0%, and
b
the aggregate income of the estate for that tax year includes a sum within subsection
(2A)
or (4),
the sum is treated as bearing income tax at the rate specified for it in that subsection.
2A
A sum that is part of the aggregate income of the estate because of falling within section 664(2)(c) (stock dividends) or (d) (release of loans to participator in close company: loans and advances to persons who die) is treated as bearing income tax at 0%.
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
A sum that is part of the aggregate income of the estate because of falling within section 664(2)(e) (gains from life insurance contracts etc.) is treated as bearing income tax at the basic rate.
5
Income tax treated as borne under section 656(3) or 657(4) (gross amount of estate income treated as bearing tax at the applicable rate) is not repayable so far as the basic amount of the estate income in question is paid from sums within this section or from aggregate income treated as bearing income tax at 0% by virtue of subsection (1A).
Words in s. 680(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 65 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 61
S. 680(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 73 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 1 para. 24(b)
Words in s. 680(1) inserted (6.4.2023 in relation to the tax year 2023-24 and subsequent tax years) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), Sch. 2 paras. 2(4)(b), 14(2)(a)
S. 680(2A) inserted (6.4.2023 in relation to the tax year 2023-24 and subsequent tax years) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), Sch. 2 paras. 3(3)(b), 14(2)(a)
Word in s. 680(1) omitted (6.4.2023 in relation to the tax year 2023-24 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), Sch. 2 paras. 2(4)(a), 14(2)(a)
S. 680(1A) inserted (6.4.2024 in relation to the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), Sch. 2 paras. 11(7)(a), 14(3)(a)
S. 680(2) substituted (6.4.2024 in relation to the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), Sch. 2 paras. 11(7)(b), 14(3)(a)
Words in s. 680(5) inserted (6.4.2024 in relation to the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), Sch. 2 paras. 11(7)(c), 14(3)(a)