Part 2 U.K. Double taxation relief

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 2 modified by 1988 c. 1, Sch. 19ABA paras. 26-28 (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 8 para. 34(3) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22))

C2 Pt. 2 applied by 2010 c. 4, s. 269DL(6) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 Pt. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 3 para. 1)

CHAPTER 1 U.K. Double taxation arrangements and unilateral relief arrangements

Double taxation arrangements U.K.

4 Meaning of “double taxation” in sections 2 and 3 U.K.

(1) For the purposes of sections 2 and 3, any amount within subsection (2) is to be treated as having been payable.

(2) An amount is within this subsection if it is an amount of tax that would have been payable under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom but for a relief—

(a) given under the law of the territory with a view to promoting industrial, commercial, scientific, educational or other development in a territory outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) about which provision is made in double taxation arrangements.

(3) References in sections 2 and 3 to double taxation are to be read in accordance with subsection (1).