FINANCE ACT, 1982 (1982_act_14) | IE

ISB Act 1982-07-17

Schedule 1 FINANCE ACT, 1982 Open official source

FIRST SCHEDULE Amendment of Enactments

Amendment of Enactments

Section 2.

Amendments Consequential on Changes in Personal Reliefs

1. The Income Tax Act, 1967, is hereby amended in accordance with the following provisions

(a) in section 138—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “£2,900” for “£2,230” where it first occurs and by the deletion of the proviso thereto,

(ii) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “£1,950” for “£1,185” and of “£2,900” for “£2,230”, and

(iii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “£1,450” for “£1,115”,

(b) in section 138A—

(i) by the substitution for “he shall be entitled to a deduction of £650” of “he shall be entitled, if he is an individual to whom paragraph (b) (i) of section 138 applies, to a deduction of £950 or, if he is an individual to whom paragraph (c) of section 138 applies, to a deduction of £1,450”, and

(ii) by the substitution for “her husband” of “her husband, or in the case of a man and woman who are living together as man and wife”,

(c) sections 139 and 140 shall not apply or have effect,

(d) in section 141, in subsection (1A), by the substitution of “£100” for “£195”,

(e) in section 142, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “£110” for “£95” in each place where it occurs.

2. Section 3 of the Finance Act, 1969, is hereby amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “£700” for “£500”.

3. Section 11 of the Finance Act, 1971, is hereby amended, in subsection (2), by the substitution of “£500” for “£400” in each place where it occurs and of “£1,200” for “£1,000”.

4. Section 8 of the Finance Act, 1974, is hereby amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “£200” for “£180” and of “£100” for “£80”.

ISB Act 1982-07-17

Schedule 2 FINANCE ACT, 1982 Open official source

SECOND SCHEDULE Amendments Consequential on Changes in Rates of Corporation Tax

Amendments Consequential on Changes in Rates of Corporation Tax

Section 26.

Part I Application of sections 182 and 184 (relief in respect of certain losses and capital allowances) of Corporation Tax Act, 1976

Part I

Application of sections 182 and 184 (relief in respect of certain losses and capital allowances) of Corporation Tax Act, 1976

1. Section 19(3) of the Finance Act, 1977, shall not have effect for any accounting period falling wholly after the 31st day of December, 1981.

2. Where part of an accounting period falls in the financial year 1981 and the other part falls in the financial year 1982, the two parts of the accounting period shall be treated, for the purposes of sections 182 and 184 of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976, section 19(3) of the Finance Act, 1977, and paragraph 1 as if they were separate accounting periods.

3. Where, under paragraph 2, a part of an accounting period is treated as a separate accounting period, the corporation tax charged for the part which is so treated shall, for the purposes of the said section 184, be taken to be the corporation tax that would be charged if that part were a separate accounting period.

Part II Amendment of Chapter VI (Corporation Tax: Relief in Relation to Certain Income of Manufacturing Companies) of Finance Act, 1980

Part II

Amendment of Chapter VI (Corporation Tax: Relief in Relation to Certain Income of Manufacturing Companies) of Finance Act, 1980

1. Section 41 (2) of the Finance Act, 1980, is hereby amended as respects any accounting period falling wholly after the 31st day of December, 1981, by the substitution of “four-fifths” for “seven-ninths”.

2. As respects any accounting period which falls partly in the financial year 1981 and partly in the financial year 1982, section 41 (2) of the Finance Act, 1980, shall have effect as if for the words from “shall be reduced by seven-ninths” to the end of the subsection there were substituted the following

“shall be reduced—

(a) by seven-ninths in so far as it is corporation tax charged on profits which, under section 6 (3) of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976, are apportioned to the financial year 1981, and

(b) by four-fifths in so far as it is corporation tax charged on profits which, under the said section 6 (3), are apportioned to the financial year 1982,

and the corporation tax referable to the income from the sale of those goods—

(i) shall, for the purposes of paragraph (a), be such an amount as bears to the part of the relevant corporation tax charged on profits which, under the said section 6 (3), are apportioned to the financial year 1981 the same proportion as the income from the sale of those goods bears to the total income brought into charge to corporation tax for the relevant accounting period, and

(ii) shall, for the purposes of paragraph (b), be such an amount as bears to the part of the relevant corporation tax charged on profits which, under the said section 6 (3), are apportioned to the financial year 1982 the same proportion as the income from the sale of those goods bears to the total income brought into charge to corporation tax for the relevant accounting period.”.

3. Sections 47 (2) and 48 (2) of the Finance Act, 1980, are hereby amended as respects any accounting period falling wholly after the 31st day of December, 1981—

(a) in paragraph (i) of section 47 (2), by the substitution of “5”/4 for “9”/7,

(b) in paragraph (ii) of the said section 47 (2), by the substitution of “1”/4 for “2”/7, and

(c) in paragraph (ii) of section 48 (2), by the substitution of “1”/4 for “2”/7

4. Where by virtue of paragraph 2 of Part I a part of an accounting period is treated as a separate accounting period for the purposes of sections 182 and 184 of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976, that part shall also be treated as a separate accounting period for the purposes of paragraph 3 of this Part and for the purposes of sections 47 (2) and 48 (2) of the Finance Act, 1980, and the corporation tax charged for a part of an accounting period which is so treated shall, for the purposes of the said sections 47 (2) and 48 (2), be taken to be the corporation tax that would be charged if that part were a separate accounting period.

ISB Act 1982-07-17

Schedule 3 FINANCE ACT, 1982 Open official source

THIRD SCHEDULE Profit Sharing Schemes

Profit Sharing Schemes

Section 51.

Part I Approval of Schemes

Part I

Approval of Schemes

1.—(1) On the application of a body corporate (in this Schedule referred to as “the company concerned”) which has established a profit sharing scheme which complies with subparagraphs (3) and (4), the Revenue Commissioners, subject to section 52 of this Act, shall approve of the scheme—

(a) if they are satisfied as mentioned in paragraph 2, and

(b) unless it appears to them that there are features of the scheme which are neither essential nor reasonably incidental to the purpose of providing for employees and directors benefits in the nature of interests in shares.

(2) Where the company concerned has control of another company or companies, the scheme may be expressed to extend to all or any of the companies of which it has control; and in this Schedule a scheme which is expressed so to extend is referred to as a “group scheme” and, in relation to a group scheme, the expression “participating company” means the company concerned or a company of which for the time being the company concerned has control and to which for the time being the scheme is expressed to extend.

(3) The scheme must provide for the establishment of a body of persons resident in the State (in this Schedule referred to as “the trustees”)—

(a) who, out of moneys paid to them by the company concerned or, in the case of a group scheme, a participating company, are required by the scheme to acquire shares in respect of which the conditions in Part II of this Schedule are fulfilled;

(b) who are under a duty to appropriate shares acquired by them to individuals who participate in the scheme, not being individuals who are ineligible by virtue of Part III of this Schedule; and

(c) whose functions with respect to shares held by them are regulated by a trust which is constituted under the law of the State and the terms of which are embodied in an instrument which complies with the provisions of Part IV of this Schedule.

(4) The scheme must provide that the total of the initial market values of the shares appropriated to any one participant in a year of assessment will not exceed £1,000.

(5) An application under subparagraph (1) shall be made in writing and contain such particulars and be supported by such evidence as the Revenue Commissioners may require.

2.—(1) The Revenue Commissioners must be satisfied that at any time every person who—

(a) is then a full-time employee or director of the company concerned or, in the case of a group scheme, a participating company, and

(b) has been such an employee or director at all times during a qualifying period, not exceeding five years, ending at that time, and

(c) is chargeable to tax in respect of his office or employment under Schedule E,

will then be eligible, subject to Part III of this Schedule, to participate in the scheme on similar terms.

(2) For the purposes of subparagraph (1), the fact that the number of shares to be appropriated to the participants in a scheme varies by reference to the levels of their remuneration, the length of their service or similar factors shall not be regarded as meaning that the participants are not eligible to participate in the scheme on similar terms.

3.—(1) If, at any time after the Revenue Commissioners have approved of a scheme—

(a) a participant is in breach of any of his obligations under paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of section 52 (1),

(b) there is, with respect to the operation of the scheme, any contravention of any provision of Chapter IX of Part I of this Act, the scheme itself or the terms of the trust referred to in paragraph 1 (3) (c),

(c) any shares of a class of which shares have been appropriated to participants receive different treatment in any respect from the other shares of that class, in particular, different treatment in respect of—

(i) the dividend payable,

(ii) repayment,

(iii) the restrictions attaching to the shares, or

(iv) any offer of substituted or additional shares, securities or rights of any description in respect of the shares,

or

(d) the Revenue Commissioners cease to be satisfied as mentioned in paragraph 2,

they may, subject to subparagraph (3), withdraw the approval with effect from that time or from such later time as they may specify.

(2) If, at any time after the Revenue Commissioners have approved of a scheme, an alteration is made in the scheme or the terms of the trust referred to in paragraph 1 (3) (c), the approval shall not have effect after the date of the alteration unless they have approved of the alteration.

(3) It shall not be a ground for withdrawal of approval of a scheme that shares which have been newly issued receive, in respect of dividends payable with respect to a period beginning before the date on which the shares were issued, treatment which is less favourable than that accorded to shares issued before that date.

4.—(1) If the company concerned is aggrieved by—

(a) the failure of the Revenue Commissioners to approve of a scheme,

(b) the failure of the Revenue Commissioners to approve of an alteration as mentioned in paragraph 3 (2), or

(c) the withdrawal of approval,

the company may, by notice in writing given to the Revenue Commissioners within thirty days from the date on which it is notified of their decision, make an application to have its claim for relief heard and determined by the Appeal Commissioners.

(2) Where an application is made under subparagraph (1), the Appeal Commissioners shall hear and determine the claim in like manner as an appeal made to them against an assessment and all the provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating to such an appeal (including the provisions relating to the rehearing of an appeal and to the statement of a case for the opinion of the High Court on a point of law) shall apply accordingly with any necessary modifications.

Part II Conditions as to the Shares

Part II

Conditions as to the Shares

5. The shares must form part of the ordinary share capital of—

(a) the company concerned;

(b) a company which has control of the company concerned; or

(c) a company which either is or has control of a company which—

(i) is a member of a consortium owning either the company concerned or a company having control of that company; and

(ii) beneficially owns not less than three-twentieths of the ordinary share capital of the company so owned.

6. The shares must be—

(a) shares of a class quoted on a recognised stock exchange;

(b) shares in a company which is not under the control of another company; or

(c) shares in a company which is under the control of a company (other than a company which is or would if resident in the State be a close company within the meaning of section 94 of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976) whose shares are quoted on a recognised stock exchange.

7. The shares must be—

(a) fully paid up;

(b) not redeemable; and

(c) not subject to any restrictions other than restrictions which attach to all shares of the same class.

8. Except where the shares are in a company whose ordinary share capital, at the time of the acquisition of the shares by the trustees, consists of shares of one class only, the majority of the issued shares of the same class must be held by persons other than—

(a) persons who acquired their shares in pursuance of a right conferred on them or an opportunity afforded to them as a director or employee of the company concerned or any other company and not in pursuance of an offer to the public;

(b) trustees holding shares on behalf of persons who acquired their beneficial interests in the shares in pursuance of such a right or opportunity as is mentioned in subparagraph (a); and

(c) in a case where the shares fall within paragraph 6 (c) and do not fall within paragraph 6 (a), companies which have control of the company whose shares are in question or of which that company is an associated company within the meaning of section 102 of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976.

Part III Individuals Ineligible to Participate

Part III

Individuals Ineligible to Participate

9. An individual shall not be eligible to have shares appropriated to him under the scheme at any time unless he is at that time or was within the preceding eighteen months a director or employee of the company concerned or, if the scheme is a group scheme, a participating company.

10. An individual shall not be eligible to have shares appropriated to him under the scheme at any time in a year of assessment if in that year of assessment shares have been appropriated to him under another approved scheme established by the company concerned or by—

(a) a company which controls or is controlled by that company or which is controlled by a company which also controls that company, or

(b) a company which is a member of a consortium owning that company or which is owned in part by that company as a member of a consortium.

11.—(1) An individual shall not be eligible to have shares appropriated to him under the scheme at any time if at that time he has, or at any time within the preceding twelve months he had, a material interest in a close company which is—

(a) the company whose shares are to be appropriated; or

(b) a company which has control of that company or is a member of a consortium which owns that company.

(2) Subparagraph (1) shall apply in relation to a company which would be a close company but for—

(a) section 94 (1) (a) of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976; or

(b) section 95 of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976.

(3) (a) In this paragraph “close company” has the meaning assigned to it by section 94 of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976.

(b) For the purpose of this paragraph—

(i) section 97 (6) of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976, shall have effect, with the substitution of a reference to 15 per cent. for any reference therein to 5 per cent., for the purpose of determining whether a person has or had a material interest in a company, and

(ii) section 103 (3) of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976, shall have effect—

(I) in a case where the scheme in question is a group scheme, with the substitution of a reference to all the participating companies for the first reference to the company in paragraph (ii) of the proviso to that subsection, and

(II) with the substitution of a reference to 15 per cent. for the reference in that paragraph to 5 per cent.

Part IV Provisions as to the Trust Instrument

Part IV

Provisions as to the Trust Instrument

12. The trust instrument shall provide that, as soon as practicable after any shares have been appropriated to a participant, the trustees will give him notice in writing of the appropriation—

(a) specifying the number and description of those shares; and

(b) stating their initial market value.

13.—(1) The trust instrument must contain a provision prohibiting the trustees from disposing of any shares, except as mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of section 52 (3), during the period of retention (whether by transfer to the participant or otherwise).

(2) The trust instrument must contain a provision prohibiting the trustees from disposing of any shares after the end of the period of retention and before the release date except—

(a) pursuant to a direction given by or on behalf of the participant or any person in whom the beneficial interest in his shares is for the time being vested; and

(b) by a transaction which would not involve a breach of the participant's obligation under paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of section 52 (1).

14. The trust instrument must contain a provision requiring the trustees—

(a) subject to any such direction as is referred to in section 54 (3), to pay over to the participant any money or money's worth received by them in respect of, or by reference to, any of his shares, other than money consisting of a sum referred to in section 52 (1) (c) or money's worth consisting of new shares within the meaning of section 55; and

(b) to deal only pursuant to a direction given by or on behalf of the participant (or any such person as is referred to in paragraph 13 (2) (a)) with any right conferred in respect of any of his shares to be allotted other shares, securities or rights of any description.

15. The trust instrument must impose an obligation on the trustees—

(a) to maintain such records as may be necessary to enable the trustees to carry out their obligations under Chapter IX of Part I of this Act; and

(b) where the participant becomes liable to income tax under Schedule E by reason of the occurrence of any event, to inform him of any facts relevant to determining that liability.

Part V Interpretation

Part V

Interpretation

16. In this Schedule “control” shall be construed in accordance with section 102 of the Corporation Tax Act, 1976.

17. For the purposes of this Schedule a company is a member of a consortium owning another company if it is one of not more than five companies which between them beneficially own not less than three-quarters of the other company's ordinary share capital and each of which beneficially owns not less than one-twentieth of that capital.

ISB Act 1982-07-17

Schedule 4 FINANCE ACT, 1982 Open official source

FOURTH SCHEDULE Stamp Duty on Instruments

Stamp Duty on Instruments

Section 94.

Part I

DUPLICATE or COUNTERPART of any instrument chargeable with any duty.

Where such duty does not amount to £5.00

The same duty as the original instrument.

In any other case

£5.00

Part II

POLICY OF LIFE INSURANCE.

Where the sum insured exceeds £50 but does not exceed £1,000

For every full sum of £100, and also for any fractional part of £100, of the amount insured

10p.

Exceeds £1,000

For every full sum of £1,000, and also for any fractional part of £1,000, of the amount insured

£1.00

POLICY OF LIFE INSURANCE made for a period not exceeding two years

10p.

POLICY OF INSURANCE other than Life Insurance.

Where there is one premium only and the amount thereof equals or exceeds £15 or, where there is more than one premium and the total amount payable in respect thereof in any period of 12 months equals or exceeds £15

£1.00.

Part III

(4) Where in the case of a conveyance or transfer on sale or in the case of a conveyance or transfer operating as a voluntary disposition inter vivos the consideration for the sale or the value of the property exceeds one thousand pounds and the instrument contains a certificate by the party to whom the property is being conveyed or transferred to the effect that the person becoming entitled to the entire beneficial interest in the property (or, where more than one person becomes entitled to a beneficial interest therein, each of them) is related to the person or each of the persons immediately theretofore entitled to the entire beneficial interest in the property in one or other of the following ways, that is to say, as a lineal descendant, parent, grand-parent, step-parent, husband or wife, brother or sister of a parent or brother or sister, or lineal descendant of a parent, husband or wife or brother or sister:—

A duty of an amount equal to one-half of the amount of the ad valorem stamp duty which, but for the provisions of this paragraph, would be chargeable under this Heading.

FINANCE ACT, 1982

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