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Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

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379 Payments by registered societies or certain co-operatives

(1) Any dividend, bonus or other sum payable to a shareholder in— (a) registered society , or (b) a UK agricultural or fishing co-operative, is treated as interest for income tax purposes if it is payable by reference to the amount of the shareholder's holding in its share capital. (2) In subsection (1)— “registered society” means— a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, a society registered or treated as registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, a society registered as a credit union under the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 ( S.I. 1985/1205 (N.I. 12)), or an SCE formed in accordance with Council Regulation ( EC ) No 1435/2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, and “UK agricultural or fishing co-operative” means a co-operative association— which is established in the United Kingdom and UK resident, and whose primary object is assisting its members in— carrying on agricultural or horticultural businesses on land occupied by them in the United Kingdom, or carrying on businesses consisting in the catching or taking of fish or shellfish. (3) In subsection (2) “co-operative association” means a body with a written constitution from which the Secretary of State considers that it is in substance a co-operative association. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the Secretary of State must have regard to the way in which the body's constitution provides for its income to be applied for its members' benefit and all other relevant provisions. (5) In Northern Ireland subsections (3) and (4) apply with the substitution for “the Secretary of State” of “ the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development” ”.

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379 Payments by registered societies or certain co-operatives

(1) Any dividend, bonus or other sum payable to a shareholder in— (a) registered society , or (b) a UK agricultural or fishing co-operative, is treated as interest for income tax purposes if it is payable by reference to the amount of the shareholder's holding in its share capital. (2) In subsection (1)— “registered society” means— a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, a society registered or treated as registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, a society registered as a credit union under the Credit Unions (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 ( S.I. 1985/1205 (N.I. 12)), or an SCE formed in accordance with Council Regulation ( EC ) No 1435/2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, and “UK agricultural or fishing co-operative” means a co-operative association— which is established in the United Kingdom and UK resident, and whose primary object is assisting its members in— carrying on agricultural or horticultural businesses on land occupied by them in the United Kingdom, or carrying on businesses consisting in the catching or taking of fish or shellfish. (3) In subsection (2) “co-operative association” means a body with a written constitution from which the Secretary of State considers that it is in substance a co-operative association. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the Secretary of State must have regard to the way in which the body's constitution provides for its income to be applied for its members' benefit and all other relevant provisions. (5) In Northern Ireland subsections (3) and (4) apply with the substitution for “the Secretary of State” of “ the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development” ”.

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