Part 15Deduction of income tax at source

Chapter 2Meaning of “relevant investment” for purposes of section 876

Investments which are not relevant investments

863General client account deposits

(1)

An investment is not a relevant investment if it is a general client account deposit.

(2)

An investment is a general client account deposit for the purposes of this section if—

(a)

it is a deposit held by a deposit-taker F1... in a client account, and

(b)

provision made under any enactment requires the person whose account it is to make payments representing interest to some or all of the clients for whom, or on whose account, that person received the sums deposited in the account.

(3)

But an investment is not a general client account deposit if the account in which it is held is identified by the deposit-taker F1... as one in which sums are held only for one or more particular clients of the person whose account it is.