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Finance Act 1993

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Contents: 247 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Rates of duty.
  3. 2 Beer duty: rate for new regime.
  4. 3 Low strength beer.
  5. 4 Beer duty: abolition of certain reliefs, etc.
  6. 5 Blending of alcoholic liquors.
  7. 6 Mixing of wine and spirits in excise warehouse.
  8. 7 Sparkling wine or made-wine.
  9. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  10. 9 Rates of duty.
  11. 10 Extension of Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 to energy products.
  12. 11 Other fuel substitutes.
  13. 12 Measurement of volume.
  14. 13 Rates of duty.
  15. 14 Hand-rolling tobacco.
  16. 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  17. 16 Small-prize machines.
  18. 17 Rates of duty: general.
  19. 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  20. 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  21. 20 Old bicycles.
  22. 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  23. 22 Mutual recovery and disclosure of information.
  24. 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  25. 24 Lottery duty.
  26. 25 Amount of duty.
  27. 26 Time for payment.
  28. 27 Persons liable for duty.
  29. 28 General.
  30. 29 Registration of promoters etc.
  31. 30 Application of revenue trade provisions of CEMA 1979.
  32. 31 General offences.
  33. 32 Offences by bodies corporate.
  34. 33 Forfeiture.
  35. 34 Protection of officers etc.
  36. 35 Evidence by certificate etc.
  37. 36 Duty a preferential debt in insolvency.
  38. 37 Disclosure of information.
  39. 38 Regulations and orders.
  40. 39 Disapplication of pool betting duty.
  41. 40 Interpretation etc.
  42. 41 Commencement.
  43. 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  44. 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  45. 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  46. 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  47. 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  48. 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  49. 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  50. 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  51. 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  52. 51 Charge and rates of income tax for 1993-94.
  53. 52 Personal and married couple’s allowances.
  54. 53 Charge and rate of corporation tax for 1993.
  55. 54 Small companies.
  56. 55 Relief for interest.
  57. 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  58. 57 Temporary relief for interest payments.
  59. 58 Overclaims in respect of deductions of mortgage interest.
  60. 59 Interest payments to persons not ordinarily resident in UK.
  61. 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  62. 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  63. 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  64. 62A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  65. 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  66. 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  67. 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  68. 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  69. 67 Donations from companies and individuals.
  70. 68 Payroll deduction schemes.
  71. 69 Contributions to agent’s expenses.
  72. 70 Car benefits: 1993-94.
  73. 71 Car fuel: 1993-94.
  74. 72 Car and car fuel benefits: 1994-95 onwards.
  75. 73 Vans.
  76. 74 Heavier commercial vehicles.
  77. 75 Sporting and recreational facilities.
  78. 76 Removal expenses and benefits.
  79. 77 Application of lower rate.
  80. 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  81. 79 Provisions supplemental to sections 77 and 78.
  82. 80 Transitional relief for charities etc.
  83. 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  84. 82 Annual exempt amount for 1993-94.
  85. 83 Annual exempt amount: indexation for 1994-95 onwards.
  86. 84 Re-organisations etc. involving debentures.
  87. 85 Personal equity plans.
  88. 86 Roll-over relief.
  89. 87 Relief on retirement or re-investment.
  90. 88 Restriction on set-off of pre-entry losses.
  91. 89 De-grouping charges.
  92. 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  93. 91 Deemed disposals of unit trusts by insurance companies.
  94. 92 The basic rule: sterling to be used
  95. 92A Company operating in sterling and preparing accounts in another currency
  96. 92B Company operating in currency other than sterling and preparing accounts in another currency
  97. 92C Company preparing accounts in currency other than sterling
  98. 92D Sterling equivalents: the basic rule
  99. 92DA Sterling equivalents: carried-back amounts
  100. 92DB Sterling equivalents: carried-forward amounts
  101. 92DC Adjustment of sterling losses: carried-back amounts
  102. 92DD Adjustment of sterling losses: carried-forward amounts
  103. 92DE Meaning of “carried-back amount” and “carried-forward amount”
  104. 92E Interpretation of sections 92A to 92DD
  105. 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  106. 96 Foreign companies: trading currency.
  107. 97 Modification of Taxes Act 1988.
  108. 98 Modification of section 440 of Taxes Act 1988.
  109. 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  110. 100 Income from investments attributable to BLAGAB, etc.
  111. 101 Modification of Finance Act 1989.
  112. 102 Modification of Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.
  113. 103 Amendment of definition and repeals.
  114. 104 Calculation of consideration.
  115. 105 Expenditure on shares.
  116. 106 Earnings cap etc: no indexation in 1993-94.
  117. 107 Indexation of allowances etc. for 1994-95 onwards.
  118. 108 Counselling services for employees.
  119. 109 Pre-trading expenditure.
  120. 110 Waste disposal expenditure.
  121. 111 Business expansion scheme: loan linked investments.
  122. 112 Employers’ pension contributions.
  123. 113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  124. 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  125. 115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  126. 116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  127. 117 Transactions between connected persons etc.
  128. 118 Scottish trusts.
  129. 119 Controlled foreign companies.
  130. 120 Pay and file: miscellaneous amendments.
  131. 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  132. 122 Application of Income Tax Acts etc. to public departments.
  133. 123 Expenditure involving crime.
  134. 124 Expenses of Members of Parliament.
  135. 125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  136. 126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  137. 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  138. 128 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  139. 129 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  140. 130 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  141. 131 Non-trading gains and losses: relief.
  142. 132 Modifications where loss carried forward.
  143. 133 Interaction with ICTA.
  144. 134 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  145. 135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  146. 135A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  147. 136 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  148. 136A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  149. 137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  150. 138 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  151. 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  152. 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  153. 141 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  154. 142 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  155. 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  156. 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  157. 145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  158. 146 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  159. 147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  160. 148 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  161. 149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  162. 150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  163. 151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  164. 152 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  165. 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  166. 154 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  167. 155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  168. 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  169. 157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  170. 158 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  171. 159 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  172. 160 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  173. 161 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  174. 162 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  175. 163 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  176. 164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  177. 165 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  178. 166 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  179. 167 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  180. 168 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  181. 168A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  182. 169 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  183. 170 Amendments.
  184. 171 Taxation of profits and allowance of losses.
  185. 172 Year of assessment in which profits or losses arise.
  186. 173 Assessment and collection of tax.
  187. 174 Premium trust funds.
  188. 175 Special reserve funds.
  189. 176 Ancillary trust funds.
  190. 177 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  191. 178 Stop-loss and quota share insurance.
  192. 179 Cessation: final year of assessment.
  193. 179A Death of member.
  194. 179B Conversion to underwriting through partnership or company
  195. 180 Underwriting profits to be relevant UK earnings etc.
  196. 181 Lloyd’s underwriting agents.
  197. 182 Regulations.
  198. 183 Consequential amendments.
  199. 184 Interpretation and commencement.
  200. 185 Abolition of PRT for oil fields with development consents on or after 16th March 1993.
  201. 186 Reduction of rates of PRT and interest repayments for taxable oil fields.
  202. 187 Returns and information.
  203. 188 Exploration and appraisal expenditure.
  204. 189 Transitional relief for certain exploration and appraisal expenditure.
  205. 190 Allowance of expenditure on certain assets limited by reference to taxable field use.
  206. 191 Time when expenditure is incurred.
  207. 192 Chargeable periods in which expenditure may be brought into account.
  208. 193 Tariff receipts etc.
  209. 194 Double taxation relief in relation to petroleum revenue tax.
  210. 195 Interpretation of Part III and consequential amendments of assessments etc.
  211. 196 Rate bands: no indexation in 1993.
  212. 197 Rate bands: indexation for 1994 onwards.
  213. 198 Fall in value relief: qualifying investments.
  214. 199 Fall in value relief: interests in land.
  215. 200 Appeals: questions as to value of land.
  216. 201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  217. 202 Rent to mortgage: England and Wales.
  218. 203 Rent to loan: Scotland.
  219. 204 Method of denoting stamp duty.
  220. 205 The 1968 Act.
  221. 206 Corporation tax.
  222. 207 Stamp duty.
  223. 208 Residence: available accommodation.
  224. 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  225. 210 Trading funds.
  226. 211 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  227. 212 Interpretation.
  228. 213 Repeals.
  229. 214 Short title.
  230. SCHEDULE 1 Table of rates of duty on wine and made-wine
  231. SCHEDULE 2 Value added tax: penalties etc.
  232. SCHEDULE 6 Taxation of distributions: supplemental provisions
  233. SCHEDULE 7 Relief on retirement or re-investment
  234. SCHEDULE 8 Restriction on set-off of pre-entry losses
  235. SCHEDULE 12
  236. SCHEDULE 13 First-year allowances for machinery and plant
  237. SCHEDULE 14 Pay and file: miscellaneous amendments
  238. SCHEDULE 15 Exchange gains and losses: alternative calculation
  239. SCHEDULE 16 Exchange gains and losses: transitionals
  240. SCHEDULE 17 Exchange gains and losses: chargeable gains
  241. SCHEDULE 18 Exchange gains and losses: amendments
  242. SCHEDULE 19 Lloyd’s underwriters: assessment and collection of tax
  243. SCHEDULE 20 Lloyd’s underwriters: special reserve funds
  244. SCHEDULE 20A Lloyd’s underwriters: conversion to underwriting through partnership or company
  245. SCHEDULE 20B PRT: elections for oil fields to become non-taxable
  246. SCHEDULE 22 Trading funds
  247. SCHEDULE 23 Repeals

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247 provisions

79 Provisions supplemental to sections 77 and 78.

(1) Schedule 6 to this Act (which makes further provision for the purposes of and in connection with the provisions of sections 77 and 78 above) shall have effect. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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80 Transitional relief for charities etc.

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82 Annual exempt amount for 1993-94.

For the year 1993-94 section 3 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (annual exempt amount) shall have effect as if the amount specified in subsection (2) were £5,800, and accordingly subsection (3) of that section (indexation) shall not apply for that year.

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83 Annual exempt amount: indexation for 1994-95 onwards.

(1) In section 3(3) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (indexation of annual exempt amount) for “December” (in each place) there shall be substituted “ September ”. (2) This section shall have effect for the year 1994-95 and subsequent years of assessment.

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84 Re-organisations etc. involving debentures.

(1) In section 117 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (meaning of qualifying corporate bond), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsection— (6A) For the purposes of this section “corporate bond” also includes, except in relation to a person who acquires it on or after a disposal in relation to which section 115 has or has had effect in accordance with section 116(10)(c), any debenture issued on or after 16th March 1993 which is not a security (as defined in section 132) but— (a) is issued in circumstances such that it would fall by virtue of section 251(6) to be treated for the purposes of section 251 as such a security; and (b) would be a corporate bond if it were a security as so defined. (2) In section 251 of that Act (general provisions in relation to debts), after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection— (6) For the purposes of this section a debenture issued by any company on or after 16th March 1993 shall be deemed to be a security (as defined in section 132) if— (a) it is issued on a reorganisation (as defined in section 126(1)) or in pursuance of its allotment on any such reorganisation; (b) it is issued in exchange for shares in or debentures of another company and in a case unaffected by section 137 where one or more of the conditions mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 135(1) is satisfied in relation to the exchange; (c) it is issued under any such arrangements as are mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of section 136 and in a case unaffected by section 137 where section 136 requires shares or debentures in another company to be treated as exchanged for, or for anything that includes, that debenture; or (d) it is issued in pursuance of rights attached to any debenture issued on or after 16th March 1993 and falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above. (3) This section shall have effect in relation to any chargeable period ending on or after 16th March 1993 but, in relation to any accounting period of a company which began before 6th April 1992, this section shall have effect as if the references in this section, and in the amendments made by this section, to provisions of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 were references to such of the provisions of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 and the Finance Act 1984 as correspond to those provisions and have effect in relation to that accounting period.

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85 Personal equity plans.

After subsection (3) of section 151 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (personal equity plans) there shall be inserted the following subsection— (4) Regulations under this section may include provision which, for cases where a person subscribes to a plan by transferring or renouncing shares or rights to shares— (a) modifies the effect of this Act in relation to their acquisition and their transfer or renunciation; and (b) makes consequential modifications of the effect of this Act in relation to anything which (apart from the regulations) would have been regarded on or after their acquisition as an indistinguishable part of the same asset.

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86 Roll-over relief.

(1) In section 155 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (classes of assets for the purposes of roll-over relief), after Class 5 there shall be inserted— CLASS 6 Ewe and suckler cow premium quotas (that is, rights in respect of any ewes or suckler cows to receive payments by way of any subsidy entitlement to which is determined by reference to limits contained in an EU instrument). (2) The Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument amend section 155 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (roll-over relief: relevant classes of assets) so as to add to or amend the classes of assets specified in that section. (2A) But an order under subsection (2) may not restrict the assets which fall within a class listed in that section (whether by virtue of subsection (2) or otherwise). (2B) An order under subsection (2) may make such consequential amendments of section 156ZB of, or Schedule 7AB to, the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 as appear to the Treasury to be appropriate. (3) A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (2) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons. (4) Subsection (1) above shall apply where the disposal of the old assets (or an interest in them) or the acquisition of the new assets (or an interest in them) is on or after 1st January 1993; but, in relation to any accounting period of a company which began before 6th April 1992, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if the inserted class were numbered 5 and were inserted after Class 4 in section 118 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979.

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87 Relief on retirement or re-investment.

(1) Schedule 7 to this Act (which amends the provisions of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 with respect to retirement relief and makes new provision in relation to relief on the re-investment of certain gains) shall have effect. (2) This section and that Schedule shall have effect in relation to any disposal made on or after 16th March 1993.

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88 Restriction on set-off of pre-entry losses.

(1) After section 177 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 there shall be inserted the following section— Restriction on set-off of pre-entry losses. 177A Schedule 7A to this Act (which makes provision in relation to losses accruing to a company before the time when it becomes a member of a group of companies and losses accruing on assets held by any company at such a time) shall have effect. (2) The Schedule set out in Schedule 8 to this Act shall be inserted after Schedule 7 to that Act. (3) This section and that Schedule— (a) shall apply for the calculation of the amount to be included in respect of chargeable gains in a company’s total profits for any accounting period ending on or after 16th March 1993; but (b) shall so apply only in relation to the deduction from chargeable gains accruing on or after 16th March 1993 of amounts in respect of, or of amounts carried forward in respect of— (i) pre-entry losses accruing before it became a member of the relevant group to a company whose membership of that group began or begins at a time on or after 1st April 1987; and (ii) losses accruing on the disposal of any assets so far as it is by reference to such a company that the assets fall to be treated as being or having been pre-entry assets or assets incorporating a part referable to pre-entry assets. (4) In relation to accounting periods beginning before 6th April 1992 this section and that Schedule shall have effect as if— (a) the section and Schedule inserted by subsections (1) and (2) above were inserted in the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979; and (b) references in the Schedule so inserted to provisions of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 were references to such of the provisions of that Act of 1979 or of any other enactment as correspond to the provisions referred to and have effect in relation to that accounting period.

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89 De-grouping charges.

(1) In section 179(4) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (time at which de-grouping charges accrue), for the words from “as follows” onwards there shall be substituted at whichever is the later of the following, that is to say— (a) the time immediately after the beginning of the accounting period of that company in which or, as the case may be, at the end of which the company ceases to be a member of the group; and (b) the time when under subsection (3) above it is treated as having reacquired the asset; and subsection (2) of section 409 of the Taxes Act (group relief) shall require any apportionment under that subsection to be made accordingly but shall not require any reference in this subsection to an accounting period to have effect for any of the purposes specified in subsection (3) of that section as a reference to any accounting period other than a true accounting period. (2) This section shall have effect in relation to accounting periods ending after the day appointed for the purposes of section 180(1)(b) of that Act.

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91 Deemed disposals of unit trusts by insurance companies.

(1) Section 212 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (annual deemed disposal by insurance companies of unit trusts) shall have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1st January 1993; and neither that section nor section 46 of the Finance Act 1990 (which is consolidated in that section) shall have effect in relation to any earlier accounting period in relation to which either of them would have applied apart from this subsection. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In subsection (7) of that section 212, in the words after paragraph (b) (application of definitions in the Taxes Act 1988), for “and 214” there shall be substituted “ to 214A ”. (4) After section 213(1) of that Act of 1992 (spreading of gains and losses), there shall be inserted the following subsection— (1A) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to chargeable gains or allowable losses except so far as they are gains or losses which— (a) are referable to basic life assurance and general annuity business; or (b) would (apart from that subsection) be taken into account in computing the profits of any business treated as a separate business under section 458 of the Taxes Act; and that subsection shall apply separately in relation to the gains and losses falling within paragraph (a) above and those falling within paragraph (b) above for the purpose of determining what chargeable gains or allowable losses so referable are to be treated as accruing under that subsection and what chargeable gains or allowable losses to be so taken into account are to be treated as so accruing. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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92 The basic rule: sterling to be used

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92A Company operating in sterling and preparing accounts in another currency

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92B Company operating in currency other than sterling and preparing accounts in another currency

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92C Company preparing accounts in currency other than sterling

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92D Sterling equivalents: the basic rule

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92DA Sterling equivalents: carried-back amounts

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92DB Sterling equivalents: carried-forward amounts

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92DC Adjustment of sterling losses: carried-back amounts

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92DD Adjustment of sterling losses: carried-forward amounts

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92DE Meaning of “carried-back amount” and “carried-forward amount”

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92E Interpretation of sections 92A to 92DD

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96 Foreign companies: trading currency.

(1) In Schedule 24 to the Taxes Act 1988 (assumptions for calculating chargeable profits, creditable tax and corresponding United Kingdom tax of foreign companies) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 4— 4A (1) Sub-paragraph (2) below applies where— (a) the company carries on a trade, and (b) the currency used in the accounts of the company for an accounting period is a currency other than sterling. (2) It shall be assumed that by virtue of regulations under section 93 of the Finance Act 1993 (corporation tax: currency to be used) the basic profits or losses of the trade for the accounting period are to be computed and expressed for the purposes of corporation tax in the currency used in the accounts of the company for the period. (3) References in this paragraph to the accounts of a company— (a) are to the accounts which the company is required by the law of its home State to keep, or (b) if the company is not required by the law of its home State to keep accounts, are to the accounts of the company which most closely correspond to the individual accounts which companies formed and registered under the Companies Act 1985 are required by that Act to keep; and for the purposes of this paragraph the home State of a company is the country or territory under whose law the company is incorporated. (4) The reference in sub-paragraph (2) above to the basic profits or losses of the trade for the accounting period shall be construed in accordance with section 93 of the Finance Act 1993. (2) This section applies in relation to any accounting period beginning on or after the day appointed under section 165(7)(b) below.

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97 Modification of Taxes Act 1988.

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98 Modification of section 440 of Taxes Act 1988.

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100 Income from investments attributable to BLAGAB, etc.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) In section 475 of that Act (tax-free Treasury securities: exclusion of interest on borrowed money), in subsection (6)— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) for the words “of the life assurance fund”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “ attributable to basic life assurance and general annuity business ”. (3) This section shall apply in relation to accounting periods beginning after 31st December 1992.

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101 Modification of Finance Act 1989.

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102 Modification of Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.

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103 Amendment of definition and repeals.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) The following provisions of that Act shall cease to have effect— (a) section 445 (charge to tax on investment income of overseas life insurance company); (b) section 446(1) (qualifying distributions part of profits of pension business of overseas life insurance company); (c) section 447(1), (2) and (4) (set-off of income tax and tax credits against corporation tax assessed under section 445); (d) section 448 (qualifying distributions and tax credits); (e) section 449 (double taxation agreements); (f) section 724(5) to (8) (special provisions of accrued income scheme for overseas life insurance companies); (g) section 811(2)(c) (provision about deduction of foreign tax not to affect overseas life insurance company charged under section 445); (h) paragraph 1(9) of Schedule 19AB (payments on account of tax credits in case of pension business: special provision for overseas life insurance companies). (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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104 Calculation of consideration.

After section 149 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 there shall be inserted the following section— Approved share option schemes. 149A (1) This section applies where— (a) an option is granted on or after 16th March 1993, (b) the option consists of a right to acquire shares in a body corporate and is obtained as mentioned in section 185(1) of the Taxes Act (approved share option schemes), and (c) section 17(1) would (apart from this section) apply for the purposes of calculating the consideration for the grant of the option. (2) The grantor of the option shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as if section 17(1) did not apply for the purposes of calculating the consideration and, accordingly, as if the amount or value of the consideration was its actual amount or value. (3) Where the option is granted wholly or partly in recognition of services or past services in any office or employment, the value of those services shall not be taken into account in calculating the actual amount or value of the consideration. (4) The preceding provisions of this section shall not affect the treatment for the purposes of this Act of the person to whom the option is granted.

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105 Expenditure on shares.

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In section 32A(5) of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (expenditure: amounts to be included as consideration)— (a) for the words “section 185(6)” there shall be substituted the words “ the applicable provision ”, and (b) at the end there shall be inserted ; and in this subsection “the applicable provision” means— (a) subsection (6) of section 185 of the Taxes Act (as that subsection had effect before the coming into force of section 39(5) of the Finance Act 1991), or (b) subsection (6A) of that section. (4) The amendments made by subsection (3) above shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st January 1992 (but shall have effect subject to the repeals made by the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992).

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106 Earnings cap etc: no indexation in 1993-94.

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107 Indexation of allowances etc. for 1994-95 onwards.

(1) The Taxes Act 1988 shall be amended as mentioned in subsections (2) to (6) below. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) In section 257C— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) subsection (2) (no change required for PAYE before 18th May) shall be omitted. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) This section shall have effect for the year 1994-95 and subsequent years of assessment.

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108 Counselling services for employees.

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109 Pre-trading expenditure.

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110 Waste disposal expenditure.

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