Section 637 | Qualifications to section 636

(1)Section 636(2) does not apply—

(a)to any interest paid by the trustees of the settlement, or

(b)to any sums paid to—

(i)a body corporate connected with the settlement, or

(ii)the trustees of another settlement made by the settlor or by the trustees of the settlement.

(2)Section 636(4) applies to any relevant interest paid by the trustees of the settlement subject to subsections (3) to (7).^F1

(3)The whole of any relevant interest paid by the trustees of the settlement is excluded from subsection (4) of section 636 if no sums within subsection (2) of that section were paid to any person other than the settlor or the spouse or civil partner of the settlor.^F2F3

(4)If any sum within section 636(2) was so paid, the relevant fraction of any relevant interest paid by the trustees of the settlement is excluded from section 636(4).^F4

(5)The relevant fraction is—^F5F6

(6)Subsections (2) to (5) do not apply to—

(a)interest in respect of which relief from tax is allowable under any provision of the Income Tax Acts, or

(b)interest payable to the settlor or the spouse or civil partner of the settlor if living with the settlor.^F7

(7)Nothing in subsections (2) to (6) affects the liability to tax of the person receiving or entitled to the interest.

(7A)In this section “relevant interest” means interest which, in the absence of any express provision of the settlement, would be properly chargeable to ...income.^F8F9

(8)For the purposes of this Chapter, a body corporate is treated as connected with a settlement in any tax year if at any time in that year—

(a)it is a close company (or only is not a close company because it is non-UK resident) and the participators then include the trustees of the settlement, or

(b)it is controlled by a company falling within paragraph (a).