Finance Act 1994 (c. 9)

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(5) For the purposes of this Chapter, the market value at any time of any asset shall be taken to be the price which it might reasonably be expected to fetch on a sale at that time in the open market free from any interest or right which exists by way of security in or over it " , and

(e) in subsection (7), for "289(1)(d)" there is substituted "289(2)(c)".

Amendments of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

28 The [1992 c. 12.] Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 shall be amended as follows:

29 In section 150 (business expansion schemes), at the end of subsection (1) there is inserted "and references in this section to Chapter III of Part VII of the Taxes Act or any provision of that Chapter are to that Chapter or provision as it applies in relation to shares issued before 1st January 1994".

30 After that section there is inserted--

" 150A Enterprise investment scheme

(1) For the purpose of determining the gain or loss on any disposal of eligible shares by an individual where--

(a) an amount of relief is attributable to the shares, and

(b) apart from this subsection there would be a loss,

the consideration given by him for the shares shall be treated as reduced by the amount of the relief.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, if on any disposal of eligible shares by an individual after the end of the period referred to in section 312(1A)(a) of the Taxes Act where an amount of relief is attributable to the shares, there would (apart from this subsection) be a gain, the gain shall not be a chargeable gain.

(3) Where--

(a) an individual's liability to income tax has been reduced (or treated by virtue of section 304 of the Taxes Act (husband and wife) as reduced) for any year of assessment under section 289A of that Act in respect of any issue of shares, and

(b) the amount of the reduction ("A") is less than the amount ("B") which is equal to tax at the lower rate for that year on the amount subscribed for the issue,

then, if there is a disposal of the shares on which there is a gain, subsection (2) above shall apply only to so much of the gain as is found by multiplying it by the fraction--

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(4) Any question as to--

(a) which of any shares issued to a person at different times a disposal relates, being shares to which relief is attributable, or

(b) whether a disposal relates to shares to which relief is attributable or to other shares,

shall for the purposes of capital gains tax be determined as for the purposes of section 299 of the Taxes Act; and Chapter I of this Part shall have effect subject to the foregoing provisions of this subsection.

(5) Sections 104, 105 and 107 shall not apply to shares to which relief is attributable.

(6) Where--

(a) an individual holds shares which form part of the ordinary share capital of a company, and

(b) relief is attributable to some of the shares but not others,

then, if there is within the meaning of section 126 a reorganisation affecting those shares, section 127 shall apply (subject to the following provisions of this section) separately to the shares to which relief is attributable and to the other shares (so that shares of each kind are treated as a separate holding of original shares and identified with a separate new holding).

(7) Where--

(a) an individual holds shares ("the existing holding") which form part of the ordinary share capital of a company,

(b) there is, by virtue of any such allotment for payment as is mentioned in section 126(2)(a), a reorganisation affecting the existing holding, and

sections 127 to 130 shall not apply in relation to the existing holding.

(8) Sections 135 and 136 shall not apply in respect of shares to which relief is attributable.

(9) Where the relief attributable to any shares is reduced by virtue of section 305(2) of the Taxes Act--

(a) the sums allowable as deductions from the consideration in the computation, for the purposes of capital gains tax, of the gain or loss accruing to an individual on the disposal of any of the allotted shares or debentures shall be taken to include the amount of the reduction apportioned between the allotted shares or (as the case may be) debentures in such a way as appears to the inspector, or on appeal to the Commissioners concerned, to be just and reasonable, and

(b) the sums so allowable on the disposal (in circumstances in which the preceding provisions of this section do not apply) of any of the shares referred to in section 305(1)(a) shall be taken to be reduced by the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above, similarly apportioned between those shares.

(10) There shall be made all such adjustments of capital gains tax, whether by way of assessment or by way of discharge or repayment of tax, as may be required in consequence of the relief being given or withdrawn.

(11) Chapter III of Part VII of the Taxes Act (enterprise investment scheme) applies for the purposes of this section to determine whether relief is attributable to any shares and, if so, the amount of relief so attributable; and "eligible shares" has the same meaning as in that Chapter.

(12) References in this section to Chapter III of Part VII of the Taxes Act or any provision of that Chapter are to that Chapter or provision as it applies in relation to shares issued on or after 1st January 1994 " .

31 At the end of section 164M of that Act (exclusion of double relief) there is inserted "but the reference in this section to that Chapter is to that Chapter as it applies in relation to shares issued before 1st January 1994".

32 (1) After that section there is inserted--

" 164MA Exclusion of double relief

If a person makes a claim for relief under Chapter III of Part VII of the Taxes Act (enterprise investment scheme) in respect of any shares, those shares shall not be, or be treated as ever having been, eligible shares " .

(2) This paragraph has effect in relation to shares issued on or after 1st January 1994.

33 In section 164N(1), in the definition of "eligible shares", for "and 164M" there is substituted "164M and 164MA".

34 In section 231(1)(d), "(business expansion scheme)" is omitted.

Section 138.

SCHEDULE 16 Foreign income dividends

Part I The new Chapter

1 In Part VI of the Taxes Act 1988 (company distributions, tax credits etc.) the following Chapter shall be inserted after Chapter V--

" Chapter VA Foreign Income Dividends

Election by company paying dividend

246A Election by company paying dividend

(1) Where a company pays a dividend, the dividend shall be treated as a foreign income dividend for the purposes of this Chapter if the company elects for it to be so treated in accordance with this section and section 246B.

(2) An election may not be made under this section as regards a dividend unless the dividend is paid, or to be paid, in cash.

(3) An election may not be made under this section as regards a dividend which is paid, or to be paid, to a person by virtue of his holding a share in respect of which there are arrangements for the holder to choose whether, or in what form, dividends are to be paid; and the arrangements may be for the holder to choose to be paid a dividend by a company other than the one which issued the share.

(4) Where at a given time--

(a) a company pays one dividend in respect of each of two or more shares of the same class, and

(b) payment is on the same terms as respects all the shares involved,

an election may not be made under this section as regards any of the dividends unless an election is made as regards each of the dividends.

(5) Where at a given time--

(a) a company pays two or more dividends in respect of each of two or more shares of the same class, and

(b) payment is on the same terms as respects all the shares involved,

an election may not be made under this section as regards any one of the dividends in respect of a given share unless an election is also made as regards the corresponding dividend in respect of each of the other shares involved.

(6) Subject to subsection (7) below, a company which has more than one class of share capital may not make an election under this section as regards any dividend.

(7) In a case where--

(a) a company has more than one class of share capital,

(b) at a given time the company pays a dividend in respect of each share of each such class, and

the company may elect that each of those dividends is to be treated as a foreign income dividend.

(8) For the purposes of subsection (7) above a dividend is paid on the same terms as another dividend if the relevant proportion in the case of each dividend is the same; and the relevant proportion, in relation to a dividend, is the proportion which the amount of the dividend bears to the nominal value of the share in respect of which the dividend is paid.

(9) For the purposes of subsections (6) and (7) above fixed-rate preference shares shall not be treated as constituting a class of share capital; and "fixed-rate preference shares" shall be construed in accordance with section 95(5).

(10) Where an election is made under this section as regards a dividend in respect of which an election is in force under section 247(1)--

(a) the election under this section shall have effect as if it were also a notice to the collector under section 247(3) stating that the paying company does not wish the election under section 247(1) to have effect in relation to the dividend as regards which the election under this section is made;

(b) if the election under this section is revoked, the revocation shall have effect as if it were also a revocation of the notice deemed by paragraph (a) above;

(d) if the notice deemed by paragraph (a) above is revoked it shall be treated as never having been made.

246B Procedure for making election

(1) An election under section 246A--

(a) must be made by notice to the inspector;

(b) must be made not later than the time the dividend is paid;

(c) may be revoked by a further notice to the inspector before that time (without prejudice to the making of another election as regards the same dividend);

(d) cannot be revoked after the dividend is paid.

(2) A notice under subsection (1)(a) above must--

(a) identify the dividend in respect of which the election is made, and

(b) be in such form as the Board may require.

(3) Where section 246A(4), (5) or (7) applies--

(a) the same notice must be used to elect as regards all the dividends concerned, and

(b) the notice may identify the dividends concerned, or any of them, by means of a general description.

Recipient of foreign income dividend

246C No tax credit for recipient

Section 231(1) shall not apply where the distribution there mentioned is a foreign income dividend.

246D Individuals etc

(1) Where a company pays a foreign income dividend in a case in which an individual is beneficially entitled to the dividend, that individual shall be treated as having received on the date of the payment income of an amount which, if reduced by an amount equal to income tax on that income at the lower rate for the year of assessment in which the date of the payment fell, would be equal to the amount of the dividend.

(2) Where subsection (1) above applies--

(a) no assessment shall be made on the individual in respect of income tax at the lower rate on that income but he shall be treated as having paid tax at the lower rate on it or, if his total income is reduced by any deductions, on so much of it as is part of his total income as so reduced;

(b) no repayment shall be made of income tax treated by virtue of paragraph (a) above as having been paid;

(c) to the extent that it would not otherwise be so treated, that income shall be treated as income to which (without prejudice to paragraph (a) above) section 207A shall be taken to apply as it applies to income chargeable under Schedule F;

(d) that income shall be treated for the purposes of sections 348 and 349(1) as not brought into charge to income tax.

(3) Where a company pays a foreign income dividend to the personal representatives of a deceased person as such during the administration period, the amount of income which, if the case had been one in which an individual was beneficially entitled to the dividend, that individual would be treated under subsection (1) above as having received shall be deemed for the purposes of Part XVI to be part of the aggregate income of the estate of the deceased; and the preceding provisions of this subsection shall be construed as if they were contained in Part XVI.

(4) Where a company pays a foreign income dividend to trustees and the dividend is income to which section 686 applies--

(a) there shall be ascertained the amount of income which, if the case had been one in which an individual was beneficially entitled to the dividend, that individual would be treated under subsection (1) above as having received;

(b) income of that amount shall be treated as having arisen to the trustees on the date of the payment and as if it had been chargeable to income tax at the lower rate;

(c) paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (2) above shall, with the substitution of "income" for "total income" and with all other necessary modifications, apply to that income as they apply to income which an individual is treated as having received under subsection (1) above.

(5) Subsections (1) and (1A) of section 233 shall not apply where the distribution mentioned in either of those subsections is a foreign income dividend.

Companies: payments and receipts

246E Foreign income dividend not franked payment

A foreign income dividend shall not constitute a distribution for the purposes of the definition of "franked payment" in section 238(1).

246F Calculation of ACT where company receives foreign income dividend

(1) Where in any accounting period a company receives foreign income dividends, the company shall not be liable to pay advance corporation tax in respect of foreign income dividends paid by it in that period unless the amount of the foreign income dividends paid by it in that period exceeds the amount of the foreign income dividends received by it in that period.

(2) If in an accounting period there is such an excess, advance corporation tax shall be payable on an amount equal to the excess.

(3) If the amount of foreign income dividends received by a company in an accounting period exceeds the amount of the foreign income dividends paid by it in that period the excess shall be carried forward to the next accounting period and treated for the purposes of this section (including any further application of this subsection) as foreign income dividends received by the company in that period.

(4) This section shall have effect subject to section 246T and paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 23A.

(5) Without prejudice to section 238(5), Schedule 13 shall apply for the purpose of regulating the manner in which effect is to be given to this section.

246G Information relating to foreign income dividends

(1) Where section 234A applies by virtue of the fact that a foreign income dividend is paid by a company, references in that section to an appropriate statement shall be construed as references to a written statement--

(a) in such form as the Board may require,

(b) showing the amount of the dividend paid,

(d) stating that the dividend carries no entitlement to a tax credit;

and in such a case section 234A(7) shall not apply.

(2) In a case where--

(a) a requirement is imposed on a company under section 234A(2) or (3) in relation to a foreign income dividend paid by it, and

(b) the company fails to comply with the requirement,

no election may be made by the company under section 246J or 246K as regards the dividend or any part of it.

246H Power of inspector to require information

(1) This section applies where a return made by a company for a return period in accordance with Schedule 13 shows that the company has paid foreign income dividends in the period.

(2) The inspector may by notice require the company to furnish him within such time (not being less than 30 days) as may be specified in the notice with such further information relating to the dividends as he may reasonably require for the purposes of any enactment relating to foreign income dividends.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) above, the notice may require information as to the persons to whom dividends are paid.

Foreign source profit and distributable foreign profit

246I Foreign source profit and distributable foreign profit

(1) Where for an accounting period of a company there is any income, or any chargeable gain, in respect of which double taxation relief is afforded, then so much of that income or gain as forms part of the company's chargeable profits for the period is a foreign source profit of the company for the period.

(2) Subsection (3) below applies where in the accounting period concerned there is any deduction to be made for charges on income, expenses of management or other amounts which can be deducted from or set against or treated as reducing profits of more than one description.

(3) In finding for the purposes of this section whether, or how much of, any income or gain forms part of the company's chargeable profits for the period the company may allocate the deduction in such amounts and to such of its profits for the period as it thinks fit.

(4) Where a company has a foreign source profit for an accounting period, such part of it as exceeds the relevant amount of tax is for the purposes of this Chapter a distributable foreign profit of the company for the period.

(5) Where the amount of foreign tax payable in respect of the foreign source profit exceeds the amount of corporation tax payable, before double taxation relief is afforded, in respect of that profit, the relevant amount of tax is the amount of foreign tax payable in respect of that profit.

(6) Where subsection (5) above does not apply, the relevant amount of tax is an amount equal to the aggregate of--

(a) the amount of foreign tax payable in respect of the foreign source profit, and

(b) the amount of corporation tax payable in respect of that profit after double taxation relief is afforded.

(7) In this section "double taxation relief" means--

(a) relief under double taxation arrangements which takes the form of a credit allowed against corporation tax, or

(b) unilateral relief under section 790(1) which takes that form;

and "double taxation arrangements" here means arrangements having effect by virtue of section 788.

(8) References in this section to a company's chargeable profits for an accounting period are to the amount of its profits for that period on which corporation tax falls finally to be borne; and section 238(4) shall apply for the purposes of this subsection.

(9) For the purposes of this section foreign tax is any tax, imposed by the laws of a territory outside the United Kingdom, for which double taxation relief is afforded.

(10) Section 788(5) shall apply for the purposes of this section.

Matching of dividend with distributable foreign profit

246J Matching of dividend with distributable foreign profit

(1) Where a company pays a foreign income dividend in an accounting period it may elect that the dividend (or part of it) shall be matched with (or with part of) a distributable foreign profit of the company; and subsections (2) to (6) below shall have effect with regard to matching.

(2) Different parts of a dividend may be matched with different distributable foreign profits or parts; and different dividends, or parts of different dividends, may be matched with different parts of the same distributable foreign profit.

(3) A foreign income dividend (or part of one) may be matched with a distributable foreign profit (or part of one) only if the amount of the distributable foreign profit or part is equal to the amount of the dividend or part.

(4) Subject to subsection (5) below, where a company pays a foreign income dividend in a given accounting period the dividend (or part of it) may only be matched with (or with part of) a distributable foreign profit of the company for that period or for the accounting period immediately preceding it, but without the need to exhaust distributable foreign profits for one of those periods before taking those for the other period.

(5) Where a company pays a foreign income dividend in a given accounting period the dividend (or part of it) may be matched with (or with part of) a distributable foreign profit of the company for any subsequent accounting period, but only if there is no amount of unmatched distributable foreign profit of the company for the given period and no such amount for the accounting period immediately preceding the given period.

(6) Where a distributable foreign profit (or part of one) has been matched with a foreign income dividend (or part of one) it cannot be matched with another foreign income dividend or part.

246K Matching: subsidiaries

(1) This section applies where a company (the subsidiary) is a 51 per cent. subsidiary of another company (the parent); but this is subject to section 246L.

(2) In a case where--

(a) an accounting period of the subsidiary coincides with, or with part of, an accounting period of the parent, and

(b) the subsidiary has a distributable foreign profit for its accounting period,

the whole of the profit is for the purposes of this section an eligible profit for the parent's accounting period.

(3) In a case where--

(a) part of an accounting period of the subsidiary coincides with, or with part of, an accounting period of the parent, and

(b) the subsidiary has a distributable foreign profit for its accounting period,

then, to the extent of the appropriate fraction, the profit is for the purposes of this section an eligible profit for the parent's accounting period.

(4) The appropriate fraction is one--

(a) whose numerator is equal to the number of the days in the subsidiary's accounting period that coincide with days in the parent's accounting period, and

(b) whose denominator is equal to the number of the days in the subsidiary's accounting period.

(5) Where the parent pays a foreign income dividend in an accounting period it may elect that the dividend (or part of it) shall be matched with (or with part of) an eligible profit; and subsections (6) to (11) below shall have effect with regard to matching.

(6) No election as to matching may be made unless the subsidiary gives its written consent in such form as the Board may require.

(7) Different parts of a dividend may be matched with different eligible profits or parts; and different dividends, or parts of different dividends, may be matched with different parts of the same eligible profit.

(8) A foreign income dividend (or part of one) may be matched with an eligible profit (or part of one) only if the amount of the eligible profit or part is equal to the amount of the dividend or part.

(9) Subject to subsection (10) below, where the parent pays a foreign income dividend in a given accounting period the dividend (or part of it) may only be matched with (or with part of) an eligible profit for that period or for the accounting period immediately preceding it, but without the need to exhaust eligible profits for one of those periods before taking those for the other period.

(10) Where the parent pays a foreign income dividend in a given accounting period the dividend (or part of it) may be matched with (or with part of) an eligible profit for any subsequent accounting period, but only if there is no amount of unmatched eligible profit derived from the same subsidiary for the given period and no such amount for the accounting period immediately preceding the given period.

(11) Where an eligible profit (or part of one) has been matched with a foreign income dividend (or part of one) it cannot be matched with another foreign income dividend or part.

(12) References in this section to a company apply only to bodies corporate; and in determining for the purposes of this section whether one company is a 51 per cent. subsidiary of another company, that other company shall be treated as not being the owner--

(a) of any share capital which it owns directly in a body corporate if a profit on the sale of the shares would be treated as a trading receipt of its trade, or

(b) of any share capital which it owns indirectly, and which is owned directly by a body corporate for which a profit on the sale of the shares would be a trading receipt.

246L Requirement as to subsidiaries

(1) Section 246K(5) does not apply unless the subsidiary is a 51 per cent. subsidiary of the parent throughout the relevant period (determined under subsection (3) or (4) below).

(2) In this section "the payment period" means the accounting period of the parent in which it pays the dividend as regards which an election under section 246K is proposed.

(3) If the proposed election involves only eligible profits deriving from an accounting period of the subsidiary coinciding with the payment period, the relevant period is the payment period.

(4) In any other case the relevant period is one that--

(a) begins with the beginning of the payment period or (if earlier) the beginning of the first or only relevant accounting period of the subsidiary, and

(b) ends with the end of the payment period or (if later) the end of the last or only relevant accounting period of the subsidiary.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4) above a relevant accounting period of the subsidiary is an accounting period of the subsidiary for which there is a distributable foreign profit which--

(a) is (as to the whole or part) an eligible profit, and

(b) would, under the proposed election, be to any extent matched with the dividend as regards which the election is proposed.

(6) Section 246K(12) shall apply in determining for the purposes of this section whether the subsidiary is a 51 per cent. subsidiary of the parent at any given time.

246M Matching: further provisions

(1) Where a parent elects under section 246K as regards an eligible profit for an accounting period, the following rules shall have effect for the purposes of this Chapter--

(a) to the extent provided for in the election, the eligible profit shall be treated as a separate distributable foreign profit of the parent for the parent's accounting period and as matched;

(b) the distributable foreign profit mentioned in section 246K(2)(b) or (3)(b) shall be treated as reduced accordingly or (depending on the circumstances) as extinguished;

(c) the foreign source profit of which the distributable foreign profit mentioned in section 246K(2)(b) or (3)(b) forms a part shall be treated as correspondingly divided between the parent and the subsidiary or (depending on the circumstances) as a foreign source profit of the parent alone for its accounting period.

(2) Where an election is made under section 246J or 246K with regard to anything which is or represents a distributable foreign profit of a subsidiary (or part of such a profit) no further election can be made with regard to it under the other section.

Repayment or set-off of advance corporation tax

246N ACT to be repaid or set off against corporation tax liability

(1) This section and section 246Q apply where--

(a) a company pays a foreign income dividend in an accounting period (the relevant period), and

(b) the company does not treat itself as an international headquarters company at any time in the period by virtue of section 246S(9).

(2) In a case where--

(a) the company pays an amount of advance corporation tax in respect of qualifying distributions actually made by it in the relevant period,

(b) the amount, or part of it, is available to be dealt with under this section, and

(c) there is as regards the company an amount of notional foreign source advance corporation tax for the relevant period,

an amount of the advance corporation tax paid shall be repaid to the company, or set off, or partly repaid and partly set off, in accordance with this section and section 246Q.

(3) In the following provisions of this section "the relevant advance corporation tax" means the advance corporation tax paid as mentioned in subsection (2)(a) above.

(4) The amount of the relevant advance corporation tax to be repaid or (as the case may be) set off, or partly repaid and partly set off, is whichever of the following is smaller--

(a) so much of the relevant advance corporation tax as is available to be dealt with under this section;

(b) so much of the relevant advance corporation tax as is equal to the amount which is, as regards the company, the amount of notional foreign source advance corporation tax for the relevant period (found under section 246P).

(5) So much of the relevant advance corporation tax as remains after deducting the aggregate of the deductible amounts is available to be dealt with under this section; and each of the following is a deductible amount--

(a) an amount equal to so much (if any) of the relevant advance corporation tax as has been repaid;

(b) an amount equal to so much (if any) of the relevant advance corporation tax as has been set off against the company's corporation tax liability for the relevant period under section 239(1) or, if there is--

(i) any amount of advance corporation tax from a preceding accounting period,

(ii) any amount of surrendered advance corporation tax, or

(iii) any amount of advance corporation tax from a succeeding accounting period,

as would have been so set off if there had been no amounts as mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) above;

(c) an amount equal to so much (if any) of the relevant advance corporation tax as has been dealt with under section 239(3);

(d) an amount equal to so much (if any) of the relevant advance corporation tax as is advance corporation tax the benefit of which has been surrendered by the company under section 240;

(e) an amount equal to so much (if any) of the relevant advance corporation tax as has been set off against the company's corporation tax liability for the relevant period by virtue of the previous application of this section and section 246Q.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5)(b) above--

(a) advance corporation tax from a preceding accounting period is advance corporation tax which by virtue of section 239(4) is treated for the purposes of section 239 as paid by the company in respect of distributions made by it in the relevant period;

(b) surrendered advance corporation tax is advance corporation tax which by virtue of section 240 is so treated;

(c) advance corporation tax from a succeeding accounting period is advance corporation tax which by virtue of section 239(3) is so treated;

and in applying subsection (5)(b) above in a case where there is any amount as mentioned in subsection (5)(b)(i) to (iii), it shall be assumed that the company would not have surrendered the benefit of any of the relevant advance corporation tax under section 240.

(7) No amount shall be repaid or set off under this section and section 246Q unless the company makes a claim for the purpose.

246P Notional foreign source advance corporation tax

(1) As regards the company mentioned in section 246N(1), the amount of notional foreign source advance corporation tax for the relevant period is the amount of advance corporation tax which--

(a) the company would have paid in respect of distributions made by it in the relevant period, and

(b) would not have been set off against the company's corporation tax liability for the relevant period under section 239(1),

on the assumptions mentioned in subsection (2) below.

(2) The assumptions are that--

(a) the qualifying foreign income dividends were the only distributions made by the company in the relevant period,

(b) no distributions were received (or treated for the purposes of section 246F as received) by the company in the relevant period,

(c) no amounts of advance corporation tax were by virtue of section 239(3) or (4) or section 240 treated for the purposes of section 239 as having been paid in respect of distributions made by the company in the relevant period,

(d) the benefit of the advance corporation tax paid in respect of distributions made by the company in the relevant period was not surrendered under section 240;

(e) the company's profits for the relevant period on which corporation tax fell finally to be borne consisted of the matched foreign source profits and no other profits, and

(f) the amount of corporation tax charged in respect of a matched foreign source profit actually arising in an accounting period other than the relevant period was found by reference to--

(i) the rate of foreign tax, within the meaning given by section 246I(9), actually chargeable in respect of the profit (having regard to the time when it arose), and

(ii) the rate of corporation tax that would have applied had the profit arisen in the relevant period.

(3) A foreign income dividend is a qualifying foreign income dividend if--

(a) it is a matched foreign income dividend paid by the company in the relevant period, and

(b) the company has elected for it to be a qualifying foreign income dividend.

(4) A foreign income dividend the whole of which is, at the material time, matched with the whole or part of a distributable foreign profit of the company is a matched foreign income dividend.

(5) Where there is a foreign income dividend only part of which is at the material time matched as mentioned in subsection (4) above, the part of the dividend which at that time is so matched shall be treated for the purposes of this section as a separate dividend and, accordingly, as a matched foreign income dividend.

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