Section 33 | Trustees both resident and non-resident in a year of assessment

(1)After section 83 of TCGA 1992 insert—

83ATrustees both resident and non-resident in a year of assessment

(1)This section applies if a chargeable gain accrues to the trustees of a settlement on the disposal by them of an asset in a year of assessment and the trustees—

(a)are within the charge to capital gains tax in that year of assessment, but

(b)are non-UK resident at the time of the disposal.

(2)Where this section applies, nothing in any double taxation relief arrangements shall be read as preventing the trustees from being chargeable to capital gains tax (or as preventing a charge to tax arising, whether or not on the trustees) by virtue of the accrual of that gain.

(3)For the purposes of this section the trustees of a settlement are within the charge to capital gains tax in a year of assessment—

(a)if, during any part of that year of assessment, they are resident in the United Kingdom and not Treaty non-resident, or

(b)if they are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom during that year of assessment, unless they are Treaty non-resident during that year of assessment.

(4)For the purposes of this section the trustees of a settlement are non-UK resident at a particular time if, at that time,—

(a)they are neither resident nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, or

(b)they are resident or ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom but are Treaty non-resident.

(5)For the purposes of this section the trustees of a settlement are Treaty non-resident at any time if, at that time, they fall to be regarded as resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of double taxation relief arrangements having effect at that time.

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(2)The amendment made by this section has effect in relation to disposals made on or after 16th March 2005.