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Income Tax Act 2007

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903 Deduction from patent royalties

(1) This section applies to any payment made in a tax year if— (a) it is a payment of a royalty or other sum in respect of the use of a patent, and (b) it meets the conditions in subsections (2) to (4). (2) The payment must not be— (a) a qualifying annual payment, or (b) an annual payment to which section 904 applies (annual payments for dividends or non-taxable consideration). (3) The payment must arise in the United Kingdom. (4) The payment must be one that is charged to income tax or corporation tax. (5) If the person who makes the payment is an individual— (a) the person must, on making the payment, deduct from it a sum representing income tax on it at the basic rate in force for the tax year, and (b) income tax equal to the sum required to be deducted is to be collected through the person's self-assessment return (see Chapter 17). (6) If the person who makes the payment is not an individual, and has some modified net income for the tax year (see section 1025)— (a) the person must, on making the payment, deduct from it a sum representing income tax on it at the basic rate in force for the tax year, and (b) income tax equal to the sum required to be deducted is to be collected through the person's self-assessment return (see Chapter 17). (7) If the person who makes the payment— (a) is not an individual, and (b) has no modified net income for the tax year, the person by or through whom the payment is made must, on making it, deduct from it a sum representing income tax on it at the basic rate in force for the tax year. (8) See Chapter 8 which makes special provision in relation to royalties (double taxation arrangements: deduction at treaty rate and EU companies: discretion to pay gross). (9) For provision about the collection of income tax in respect of a payment from which a sum must be deducted under subsection (7)— (a) see Chapter 15 if the person making the payment is a UK resident company, and (b) otherwise see Chapter 16.

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903 Deduction from patent royalties

(1) This section applies to any payment made in a tax year if— (a) it is a payment of a royalty or other sum in respect of the use of a patent, and (b) it meets the conditions in subsections (2) to (4). (2) The payment must not be— (a) a qualifying annual payment, or (b) an annual payment to which section 904 applies (annual payments for dividends or non-taxable consideration). (3) The payment must arise in the United Kingdom. (4) The payment must be one that is charged to income tax or corporation tax. (5) If the person who makes the payment is an individual— (a) the person must, on making the payment, deduct from it a sum representing income tax on it at the basic rate in force for the tax year, and (b) income tax equal to the sum required to be deducted is to be collected through the person's self-assessment return (see Chapter 17). (6) If the person who makes the payment is not an individual, and has some modified net income for the tax year (see section 1025)— (a) the person must, on making the payment, deduct from it a sum representing income tax on it at the basic rate in force for the tax year, and (b) income tax equal to the sum required to be deducted is to be collected through the person's self-assessment return (see Chapter 17). (7) If the person who makes the payment— (a) is not an individual, and (b) has no modified net income for the tax year, the person by or through whom the payment is made must, on making it, deduct from it a sum representing income tax on it at the basic rate in force for the tax year. (8) See Chapter 8 which makes special provision in relation to royalties (double taxation arrangements: deduction at treaty rate and EU companies: discretion to pay gross). (9) For provision about the collection of income tax in respect of a payment from which a sum must be deducted under subsection (7)— (a) see Chapter 15 if the person making the payment is a UK resident company, and (b) otherwise see Chapter 16.

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