Arrangement

part 1  249

part 2  249

part 3  253

part 4  256

part 5  259

part 6  260

part 7  261

SCHEDULE   262

A LAW to amend further the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961.

THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

“(f)    if the individual elects to receive on retirement a lump sum by way of commutation of the whole of the fund in respect of which annuities are payable to him or her –

(i)      the individual has attained the age of 60 years,

(ii)      the value of the fund does not exceed £30,000 at the time of the election, and

(iii)     the individual –

(A)    has not previously elected to receive a lump sum by virtue of this sub-paragraph or by virtue of Article 131CA(4)(g), or

(B)     has made only one such previous election, whether by virtue of this sub-paragraph or by virtue of Article 131CA(4)(g);

(g)     if, following the death of an individual after his or her retirement, a lump sum by way of commutation of the whole of the fund in respect of which annuities were payable to the individual are paid to the individual’s surviving spouse or a person dependent on the individual –

(i)      the individual died on or after attaining the age of 60 years,

(ii)      the value of the fund does not exceed £30,000, and

(iii)     not more than two lump sums are payable whether by virtue of this sub-paragraph or by virtue of Article 131CA(4)(h).”;

“(8C) No tax shall be charged in respect of one or more lump sums not exceeding (in aggregate, if more than one lump sum) the amount specified in paragraph (8D) paid to a beneficiary following the death of an individual before retirement.

(8D)   That amount is –

(a)     the aggregate of all lump sums (if any) to which the beneficiary is entitled under the following –

(i)      an annuity contract, and

(ii)      a retirement annuity trust scheme as defined in Article 131CA; or

(b)     £1,800,000,

whichever is the smaller amount.

(8E)   Paragraph (8B) shall not apply in respect of a lump sum commuted by virtue of paragraph (3)(d) if that sum has become payable following the payment to the annuity fund of a sum representing accrued rights under –

(a)     another annuity contract;

(b)     a fund or scheme approved by the Comptroller in accordance with Article 131(3); or

(c)     a retirement annuity trust scheme as defined in Article 131CA, and

a lump sum has been paid under the contract, fund or scheme described in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) to the individual in respect of which no income tax was charged or income tax was charged at less than the standard rate in force at the time of payment.

(8F)   Except as otherwise provided in this Article, income tax at the standard rate shall be charged on a person to whom a lump sum has been paid under an annuity contract.”.

“(ii)    the annuity fund of an annuity contract as defined in Article 131B,

(iii)     a fund or scheme approved by the Comptroller in accordance with Article 131, or

(iv)     an approved drawdown contract;”;

“(g)    for the individual to elect to receive on retirement a lump sum by way of commutation of the whole of the fund in respect of which annuities are payable to him or her provided that –

(i)      the individual has attained the age of 60 years,

(ii)      the value of the fund does not exceed £30,000 at the time of the election, and

(iii)     the individual –

(A)    has not previously elected to receive a lump sum by virtue of this sub-paragraph or by virtue of Article 131B(3)(f), or

(B)     has made only one such previous election, whether by virtue of this sub-paragraph or by virtue of Article 131B(3)(f);

(h)     for a lump sum by way of commutation of the whole of the fund in respect of which annuity equivalents were payable to the primary beneficiary to be paid to one or more secondary beneficiaries if a primary beneficiary dies following his or her retirement, provided that –

(i)      the primary beneficiary died on or after attaining the age of 60 years,

(ii)      the value of the fund does not exceed £30,000, and

(iii)     not more than two lump sums are payable whether by virtue of this sub-paragraph or by virtue of Article 131B(3)(g).”;

“(9A) No tax shall be charged on the trustees of the scheme in respect of one or more lump sums not exceeding (in aggregate, if more than one lump sum) the amount specified in paragraph (9B) paid to the secondary beneficiary by virtue of paragraph (3)(g)(iii) following the death of the primary beneficiary before retirement.

(9B)   That amount is –

(a)     the aggregate of all lump sums (if any) to which the secondary beneficiary is entitled under the following –

(i)      an annuity contract approved under Article 131B, and

(ii)      a retirement annuity trust scheme; or

(b)     £1,800,000,

whichever is the smaller amount.

(9C)   Paragraph (8B) shall not apply in respect of a lump sum commuted by virtue of paragraph (3)(d)(i) if that sum has become payable following the payment to the retirement annuity trust scheme of a sum representing accrued rights under –

(a)     another retirement annuity trust scheme;

(b)     a fund or scheme approved by the Comptroller in accordance with Article 131(3); or

(c)     an annuity contract approved under Article 131B, and

a lump sum has been paid under the contract, fund or scheme described in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) to the primary beneficiary in respect of which no income tax was charged or income tax was charged at less than the standard rate in force at the time of payment.

(9D)   Except as otherwise provided in this Article, income tax at the standard rate shall be charged on a person to whom a lump sum has been paid under a retirement annuity trust scheme.”.

“(c)    funds held for the individual’s benefit under a retirement annuity trust scheme as defined in Article 131CA.”.

“(a)    the individual disposing of any shares comprised in the ordinary share capital of the Jersey trading company (whether or not the individual continues to own other shares comprised in the ordinary share capital of that company);”;

“E is the number of days in the relevant financial period for which the individual owned –

more than the percentage mentioned in Article 81D(1) of the ordinary share capital of the company where the individual disposed of no shares during that period, or

subject to paragraph (6), the shares disposed of where the individual disposed of any shares during that period,”;

“(6)    Where the individual has made more than one disposal during the relevant financial period a final dividend shall be deemed to be paid each time the individual makes a disposal, provided that no account shall be taken of any period during which the individual owned less than the percentage mentioned in Article 81D(1) of the ordinary share capital of the company.”.

“(a)    the individual disposing of any shares comprised in the ordinary share capital of the Jersey financial services company (whether or not the individual continues to own other shares comprised in the ordinary share capital of that company);”;

“E is the number of days in the relevant financial period for which the individual owned –

more than the percentage mentioned in paragraph (1) of the ordinary share capital of the company where the individual disposed of no shares during that period, or

subject to paragraph (6), the shares disposed of where the individual disposed of any shares during that period,”;

“(6A) Where the individual has made more than one disposal during the relevant financial period a final dividend shall be deemed to be paid each time the individual makes a disposal, provided that no account shall be taken of any period during which the individual owned less than the percentage mentioned in paragraph (1) of the ordinary share capital of the company.”.

“82AA   Disposal of shares

For the purposes of Schedule D an individual shall be deemed to have disposed of shares if the individual ceases to own those shares within the meaning of Article 82A.”.

“(15)  Tax under this Article shall be charged on the members of a company limited by guarantee as if –

(a)     that company had an ordinary share capital wholly owned by the members comprising such number of shares at or during any time for the purposes of any calculation under this Article as the Comptroller deems reasonable in all the circumstances; and

(b)     without prejudice to the Comptroller’s discretion in sub-paragraph (a), each member owned one share or such other number of shares as the members may agree (which need not necessarily be the same for each member) and certified to the Comptroller.

(16)    Tax shall not be charged by virtue of paragraph (15) if the tax that would be so chargeable falls below such amount as may be determined by the Comptroller.”.

“(5)    Where a deduction is made from a dividend pursuant to this Article, the person chargeable to tax on the dividend shall, unless paragraph (5D) applies to that person, be entitled to a credit and the amount of tax that the person is liable to pay in respect of the dividend shall be reduced by the amount of the credit.

(5A)   Subject to paragraph (5B) and (5C), the credit shall be of an amount equal to the amount of the deduction.

(5B)   If the person chargeable to tax on the dividend is a person entitled to repayment of expenses of management under Article 133 for the year of assessment in which the dividend is paid and the amount of the expenses of management is –

(a)     equal to or greater than the amount of the dividend, the credit shall be of an amount equal to the amount of the deduction; or

(b)     less than the amount of the dividend, the credit shall be of an amount equal to the product of –

(i)      the rate of tax deducted in respect of that dividend, and

(ii)      the amount of the expenses of management.

(5C)   If the person chargeable to tax on the dividend is a company to which Article 123D applies and the amount of tax charged in respect of that company’s profits or gains is –

(a)     equal to or greater than the amount of the deduction, the credit shall be of an amount equal to the deduction; or

(b)     less than the amount of the deduction, the credit shall be of an amount equal to the amount of tax charged in respect of the profits or gains of the company.

(5D)   This paragraph applies to a company to which Article 123C applies and which is not entitled to repayment of expenses of management under Article 133.

(5E)   Expenses of management used for the purpose of the calculation in paragraph (5B) shall not be attributed to profits or gains other than in respect of the dividend.”.

“123CA Foundations

(1)     This Article applies to a foundation which is registered under the Foundations (Jersey) Law 2009[2].

(2)     Notwithstanding the rate of tax required by Article 1 to be charged for a year of assessment, a foundation to which this Article applies shall be charged to tax under Schedule D at the rate of 0%.”.

“16A Furnishing of documents and other information in pursuance of notices

(1)     The Comptroller may serve notice on any person chargeable to tax under this Law requiring the person to furnish in support of a statement delivered by him or her under Article 16, within the period specified in the notice and at such place as is specified in the notice, such documents and information as the Comptroller may require.

(2)     The Comptroller may serve notice on any person requiring the person to furnish, within the period specified in the notice and at such place as is specified in the notice, such documents and information as the Comptroller may require for the purpose of facilitating the Comptroller’s functions under this Law in respect of another person, that other person being a person chargeable to tax under this Law.”.

“16B Keeping of records

(1)     A person who is required to deliver a statement under Article 16 for a year of assessment in respect of a business shall keep records which are sufficient to support the statement and are such as to –

(a)     show and explain the transactions of the business during the year of assessment; and

(b)     give a true and fair view of the financial position of the business at any time during the year of assessment.

(2)     A person shall keep the records that he or she is required to keep under paragraph (1) for a period of 6 years from the date at the end of the year of assessment to which the records relate.

(3)     A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with this Article shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of level 4 on the standard scale.

(4)     In this Article ‘business’ means business, trade, profession or vocation.”.

“part 22a

powers to enter premises

141A Interpretation of this Part

In this Part –

‘authorized person’ means the Comptroller or any person authorized by the Comptroller to perform functions under this Part;

‘business document’ means any document –

(a)     that relates to the carrying on of a business, trade, profession or vocation by any person; and

(b)     that forms part of any record under any enactment;

‘business premises’ means premises used in connection with the carrying on of a business, trade, profession or vocation.

141B Power to enter business premises and examine business documents

(1)     An authorized person may examine and take copies of any business document that is located on business premises.

(2)     The power under paragraph (1) may be exercised only for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of the Comptroller’s functions under this Law.

(3)     An authorized person may at any reasonable hour enter business premises for the purpose of exercising the power under paragraph (1).

(4)     An authorized person may by notice require any person to produce any specified business document at the business premises where the business document is located for the purpose of enabling the authorized person to exercise the power under paragraph (1) in relation to that document.

(5)     An authorized person shall not exercise the powers under this Article in respect of any document which a person would, in an action in Court, be entitled to refuse to disclose or produce on the grounds of legal professional privilege.

141C Obstructing an authorized person

(1)     A person shall be guilty of an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person –

(a)     obstructs an authorized person in the exercise of the authorized person’s powers under Article 141B; or

(b)     fails to provide such reasonable assistance as an authorized person may require when the authorized person is exercising his or her powers under Article 141B.

(2)     A person who intentionally alters, suppresses or destroys any business document that has been specified in a notice under Article 141B (4) shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)     A person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of 6 months and to a fine.

(4)     A person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (2) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of 5 years and to fine.”.

“52A Allowable deduction under Schedule A for energy-saving items

(1)     Notwithstanding anything in this Law to the contrary, in computing the amounts of the profits or gains to be charged under this Schedule pursuant to Article 51(1)(a) there shall be deducted any expenditure incurred for any energy-saving item specified in paragraph (2) provided that the conditions specified in paragraph (3) are met in respect of the expenditure.

(2)     Those items are –

(a)     cavity wall insulation;

(b)     loft insulation;

(c)     hot water system insulation;

(d)     low energy lamps; and

(e)     draught proofing.

(3)     Those conditions are that –

(a)     the expenditure is incurred for acquiring and installing the energy-saving item wholly and exclusively for the purpose of a property business as defined in paragraph (5);

(b)     the maximum amount of expenditure deducted is £1,500 per annum; and

(c)     subject to paragraph (4), the deduction is made from the profits or gains chargeable for the year of assessment in which the expenditure is incurred, such year of assessment being any of 2010, 2011 and 2012.

(4)     If the profits or gains chargeable are not sufficient to allow the whole of the deduction to be made in the year of assessment in which the expenditure is incurred, the amount not deducted may be deducted from the earliest year of assessment from which it can be deducted provided that year is 2011 or 2012.

(5)     In this Article, ‘property business’ means the business of generating income from any rents, rentes, or other receipts, described in Article 51(1)(a).”.