Part 2Double taxation relief

CHAPTER 1Double taxation arrangements and unilateral relief arrangements

Unilateral relief arrangements

14Rule 6: credit for underlying tax on dividend paid to 10% associate of payer

(1)

This section applies for the purposes of section 12(1).

(2)

Credit under section 9 for overseas tax on a dividend paid by a company (“P”) resident in the territory is allowed if conditions A and B are met.

(3)

Condition A is that—

(a)

the recipient of the dividend is a company resident in the United Kingdom, or

(b)

the recipient is a company resident outside the United Kingdom but the dividend forms part of the profits of a permanent establishment of the recipient in the United Kingdom.

(4)

Condition B is that the recipient—

(a)

directly or indirectly controls, or

(b)

is a subsidiary of a company which directly or indirectly controls,

at least 10% of the voting power in P.

(5)

For the purposes of subsection (4), the recipient is a subsidiary of another company if the other company controls, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the voting power in the recipient.