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Income Tax Act 2007

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919 Manufactured interest on UK securities: payments by UK residents etc

(1) This section applies if— (a) a person pays a manufactured payment as mentioned in section 614ZC(1), (b) the amount payable is representative of interest on UK securities (“manufactured interest”), and (c) the person — (i) is UK resident, or (ii) pays the manufactured interest in the course of a trade carried on in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency. (1A) But this section does not apply if— (a) the manufactured interest is paid by a UK resident company in the course of a trade carried on through a permanent establishment in a territory outside the United Kingdom, and (b) section 18A of CTA 2009 has effect in relation to the company for the accounting period in which it is paid. (2) The payer of the manufactured interest must, on making the payment, deduct from the gross amount of the manufactured interest a sum representing income tax on it at the savings basic rate in force for the tax year in which the payment is made. (3) The “gross amount” of manufactured interest is equal to the gross amount of the interest of which it is representative. (4) This section is subject (in particular) to— ... ... section 921 (cases where interest on underlying securities paid gross), and Chapter 11 (payments between companies etc: exception from duties to deduct). (5) For provision about the collection of income tax in respect of a payment from which a sum must be deducted under this section— (a) see Chapter 15 if the payer of the manufactured interest is a company, and (b) otherwise see Chapter 16. (6) In subsection (1) “UK securities” means securities of— (a) the government of the United Kingdom, (b) a local authority in the United Kingdom, (c) another public authority in the United Kingdom, or (d) a UK resident company or other UK resident body. (7) But “UK securities” does not include shares in a UK resident company. (8) In this section “securities” includes loan stock or any similar security.

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919 Manufactured interest on UK securities: payments by UK residents etc

(1) This section applies if— (a) a person pays a manufactured payment as mentioned in section 614ZC(1), (b) the amount payable is representative of interest on UK securities (“manufactured interest”), and (c) the person — (i) is UK resident, or (ii) pays the manufactured interest in the course of a trade carried on in the United Kingdom through a branch or agency. (1A) But this section does not apply if— (a) the manufactured interest is paid by a UK resident company in the course of a trade carried on through a permanent establishment in a territory outside the United Kingdom, and (b) section 18A of CTA 2009 has effect in relation to the company for the accounting period in which it is paid. (2) The payer of the manufactured interest must, on making the payment, deduct from the gross amount of the manufactured interest a sum representing income tax on it at the savings basic rate in force for the tax year in which the payment is made. (3) The “gross amount” of manufactured interest is equal to the gross amount of the interest of which it is representative. (4) This section is subject (in particular) to— ... ... section 921 (cases where interest on underlying securities paid gross), and Chapter 11 (payments between companies etc: exception from duties to deduct). (5) For provision about the collection of income tax in respect of a payment from which a sum must be deducted under this section— (a) see Chapter 15 if the payer of the manufactured interest is a company, and (b) otherwise see Chapter 16. (6) In subsection (1) “UK securities” means securities of— (a) the government of the United Kingdom, (b) a local authority in the United Kingdom, (c) another public authority in the United Kingdom, or (d) a UK resident company or other UK resident body. (7) But “UK securities” does not include shares in a UK resident company. (8) In this section “securities” includes loan stock or any similar security.

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