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[F1CHAPTER 8U.K.Multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatches

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 6A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 paras. 18-21 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 10 para. 1

IntroductionU.K.

259HOverview of ChapterU.K.

(1)This Chapter contains provision that counteracts deduction/non-inclusion mismatches that it is reasonable to suppose would otherwise arise from payments or quasi-payments, where the payer is within the charge to corporation tax, because a payee is multinational company.

(2)The Chapter counteracts mismatches by altering the corporation tax treatment of the payer.

(3)Section 259HA contains the conditions that must be met for this Chapter to apply.

(4)Subsection (4) of that section defines “multinational company”, “parent jurisdiction” and “PE jurisdiction”.

(5)Section 259HB defines “multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatch” and provides how the amount of the mismatch is to be calculated.

(6)Section 259HC contains provision that counteracts the mismatch.

(7)See also—

(a)section 259BB for the meaning of “payment”, “quasi-payment”, “payment period”, “relevant deduction”, “payer” and “payee”;

(b)section 259BF for the meaning of “permanent establishment”.

Application of ChapterU.K.

259HACircumstances in which the Chapter appliesU.K.

(1)This Chapter applies if conditions A to E are met.

(2)Condition A is that a payment or quasi-payment is made under, or in connection with, an arrangement.

(3)Condition B is that a payee is a multinational company.

(4)For the purposes of this Chapter, a company is a “multinational company” if—

(a)it is resident in a territory (“the parent jurisdiction”) for tax purposes under the law of that territory, and

(b)it is regarded as carrying on a business in another territory (“the PE jurisdiction”) through a permanent establishment in that territory (whether it is so regarded under the law of the parent jurisdiction, the PE jurisdiction or any other territory).

[F2(5)Condition C is that—

(a)the payer is within the charge to corporation tax for the payment period, or

(b)the multinational company—

(i)is UK resident for the payment period, and

(ii)under the law of the parent jurisdiction, is regarded as carrying on a business in the PE jurisdiction through a permanent establishment in that territory but, under the law of the PE jurisdiction, is not regarded as doing so.]

(6)Condition D is that it is reasonable to suppose that, disregarding the provisions mentioned in subsection (7), there would be a multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatch in relation to the payment or quasi-payment (see section 259HB).

(7)The provisions are—

(a)this Chapter and Chapters 9 and 10, and

(b)any equivalent provision under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom.

(8)Condition E is that—

(a)it is a quasi-payment that is made as mentioned in subsection (2) and the payer is also a payee (see section 259BB(7)),

(b)the payer and the multinational company are in the same control group (see section 259NB) at any time in the period—

(i)beginning with the day on which the arrangement mentioned in subsection (2) is made, and

(ii)ending with the last day of the payment period, or

(c)that arrangement is a structured arrangement.

(9)The arrangement is “structured” if it is reasonable to suppose that—

(a)the arrangement is designed to secure a multinational [F3payee] deduction/non-inclusion mismatch, or

(b)the terms of the arrangement share the economic benefit of the mismatch between the parties to the arrangement or otherwise reflect the fact that the mismatch is expected to arise.

(10)The arrangement may be designed to secure a multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatch despite also being designed to secure any commercial or other objective.

(11)Section 259HC contains provision for the counteraction of the multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatch.

Textual Amendments

F2S. 259HA(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 19(5)(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 19(2)(a)

F3Word in s. 259HA(9)(a) substituted (retrospective to 15.9.2016) by the Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 19(2)(b)(7)

259HBMultinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatches and their extentU.K.

(1)There is a “multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatch”, in relation to a payment or quasi-payment, if—

(a)the relevant deduction exceeds the sum of the amounts of ordinary income that, by reason of the payment or quasi-payment, arise to each payee for a permitted taxable period, and

(b)all or part of that excess arises by reason of one or more payees being multinational companies.

[F4(1A)But there is no multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatch so far as the relevant deduction is—

(a)a debit in respect of amortisation that is brought into account under section 729 or 731 of CTA 2009 (writing down the capitalised cost of an intangible fixed asset), or

(b)an amount that is deductible in respect of amortisation under a provision of the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom that is equivalent to either of those sections.]

(2)The extent of the multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatch is equal to the excess that arises as mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

[F5(2A)The excess is to be taken (so far as would not otherwise be the case) to arise for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) by reason of a payee being a multinational company so far as it would not arise if it is assumed—

(a)that the company is not regarded, under the law of the parent jurisdiction, the PE jurisdiction or any other territory, as carrying on a business in the PE jurisdiction through a permanent establishment in that jurisdiction, and

(b)that, for tax purposes under the law of the parent jurisdiction, all amounts of ordinary income arising, by reason of the payment or quasi-payment, to the company are regarded as arising to it in that jurisdiction and nowhere else.]

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—

(a)where the law of a PE jurisdiction in relation to a payee that is a multinational company makes no provision for charging tax on any companies, so much of the excess as arises as a result is to be taken not to arise by reason of that payee being a multinational company, but

(b)subject to that, it does not matter whether the excess or part arises for another reason as well as one or more payees being multinational companies (even if it would have arisen for that other reason regardless of whether any payees are multinational companies).

(4)A taxable period of a payee is “permitted” in relation to an amount of ordinary income that arises as a result of the payment or quasi-payment if—

(a)the period begins before the end of 12 months after the end of the payment period, or

(b)where the period begins after that—

(i)a claim has been made for the period to be a permitted period in relation to the amount of ordinary income, and

(ii)it is just and reasonable for the amount of ordinary income to arise for that taxable period rather than an earlier period.

Textual Amendments

F4S. 259HB(1A) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 24(8)(13)

F5S. 259HB(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 19(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 7 para. 12

CounteractionU.K.

[F6259HCCounteraction of the multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatchU.K.

For corporation tax purposes—

(a)if paragraph (b) of Condition C in subsection (5) of section 259HA is met, an amount equal to the multinational payee deduction/non-inclusion mismatch mentioned in subsection (6) of that section is to be treated as income arising to the multinational company in the United Kingdom (and nowhere else) for the payment period, and

(b)in any other case, the relevant deduction that may be deducted from the payer’s income for that period is to be reduced by that amount.]]

Textual Amendments

F6S. 259HC substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 19(5)(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 19(3)

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