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Corporation Tax Act 2009

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40A Payments to company directors

(1) This section applies where— (a) a company (“the paying company”) makes a payment to, or for the benefit of, a director of the paying company in respect of the director’s employment as a director of the paying company, (b) the payment would otherwise be employment income of the director chargeable to tax under Part 2 of ITEPA 2003, (c) the director was or is a member of a firm, or was appointed by a company (“the appointing company”) other than the paying company, and (d) condition A or B is met. (2) The payment is to be treated for corporation tax purposes as a receipt of— (a) a trade carried on by the firm, or (b) a trade carried on by the appointing company. (3) Condition A applies where the director is a member of a firm, and is that— (a) the director carries on a profession, (b) being a director of a company is a normal incident of that profession and of membership of the firm, (c) the director is required by the terms of the partnership agreement to account to the firm for the payment, and (d) the amount of the payment is insubstantial, compared with the total amount brought into account as receipts when calculating the firm’s profits. (4) Condition B applies where the director is appointed by a company, and is that— (a) the profits of the appointing company are within the charge to corporation tax, (b) by virtue of an agreement with the appointing company, the director is required to account for the payment to that company, and (c) either subsection (5) or subsection (6) applies to the appointing company. (5) This subsection applies if the appointing company had the right to appoint the director by virtue of its shareholding in, or an agreement with, the paying company. (6) This subsection applies if the appointing company is not one over which— (a) the director has control, or (b) any person connected with the director has control, or (c) the director and any persons connected with him together have control. (7) For the purposes of subsection (6) the following persons are connected with the director: the spouse, civil partner, parent, child, son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the director.

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40A Payments to company directors

(1) This section applies where— (a) a company (“the paying company”) makes a payment to, or for the benefit of, a director of the paying company in respect of the director’s employment as a director of the paying company, (b) the payment would otherwise be employment income of the director chargeable to tax under Part 2 of ITEPA 2003, (c) the director was or is a member of a firm, or was appointed by a company (“the appointing company”) other than the paying company, and (d) condition A or B is met. (2) The payment is to be treated for corporation tax purposes as a receipt of— (a) a trade carried on by the firm, or (b) a trade carried on by the appointing company. (3) Condition A applies where the director is a member of a firm, and is that— (a) the director carries on a profession, (b) being a director of a company is a normal incident of that profession and of membership of the firm, (c) the director is required by the terms of the partnership agreement to account to the firm for the payment, and (d) the amount of the payment is insubstantial, compared with the total amount brought into account as receipts when calculating the firm’s profits. (4) Condition B applies where the director is appointed by a company, and is that— (a) the profits of the appointing company are within the charge to corporation tax, (b) by virtue of an agreement with the appointing company, the director is required to account for the payment to that company, and (c) either subsection (5) or subsection (6) applies to the appointing company. (5) This subsection applies if the appointing company had the right to appoint the director by virtue of its shareholding in, or an agreement with, the paying company. (6) This subsection applies if the appointing company is not one over which— (a) the director has control, or (b) any person connected with the director has control, or (c) the director and any persons connected with him together have control. (7) For the purposes of subsection (6) the following persons are connected with the director: the spouse, civil partner, parent, child, son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the director.

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