The Double Taxation Relief (Surrender of Relievable Tax Within a Group) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/1829
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and effect

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Double Taxation Relief (Surrender of Relievable Tax Within a Group) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 7th August 2003.

(2) These Regulations have effect in relation to distributions made on or after 9th April 2003 in accounting periods ending on or after 7th August 2003.

Section 2 Amendments to regulation 4 of the Double Taxation Relief (Surrender of Relievable Tax Within a Group) Regulations 2001

(1) Regulation 4 of the Double Taxation Relief (Surrender of Relievable Tax Within a Group) Regulations 2001 (amount of EUFT available for surrender) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (4)—

(a) after “attributable” insert “by virtue of section 797(1)”, and

(b) after “referable” insert “by virtue of section 432A ”.

(3) In paragraph (5)—

(a) omit the definition of “attributable”,

(b) in the definition of “ BLAGAB ” after “business” insert “within the meaning given by section 431F ”, and

(c) for the definitions of “the policy holder’s share of the amount of EUFT attributable to BLAGAB” and “the policy holders' share of the corporation tax attributable to any single dividend referable to the claimant company’s BLAGAB” substitute—

“the policy holders' share of the amount of EUFT attributable to BLAGAB” means the relevant fraction of—

where all of the company’s long-term business within the meaning given by section 431(2) is BLAGAB, the whole of the amount of EUFT;

in any other case, so much of the amount of EUFT as is attributable to BLAGAB by virtue of section 804B(3) or (4) ;

“the policy holders' share of the corporation tax attributable to any single dividend referable to the claimant company’s BLAGAB” means the relevant fraction of that tax;

“the relevant fraction” means the fraction arrived at by dividing—

the policy holders' share of the company’s relevant profits for the relevant accounting period, by

the company’s BLAGAB profits for that period,

and, for the purposes of this definition, “the policy holders' share of the company’s relevant profits” shall be construed in accordance with sections 88(3) and 89 of the Finance Act 1989 and “the company’s BLAGAB profits” shall be construed in accordance with section 89(1B) of that Act;