Section 685A | Settlor-interested settlements ^F1

(1)This section applies if—

(a)a person receives an annual payment in respect of income from the trustees of a settlement,

(b)the payment is made in the exercise of a discretion (whether of the trustees of the settlement or any other person), and

(c)a settlor is charged to tax under section 619(1) on the income arising to the trustees of the settlement (whether in the current year of assessment or in a previous year of assessment) out of which the annual payment is made.

(2)This section applies only in respect of that proportion of the annual payment which corresponds to the proportion of the total income arising to the trustees of the settlement in respect of which a settlor is chargeable to tax under section 619(1).

(3)If and in so far as this section applies, the recipient of the annual payment shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as having paid income tax at the applicable rate in respect of the annual payment.^F2

(3A)For the purposes of subsection (3), the “applicable rate” means—^F3

(a)in the case of a Scottish taxpayer, the highest Scottish rate,^F3

(b)in the case of a Welsh taxpayer, the Welsh additional rate, or^F3

(c)in any other case, the additional rate.^F3

(4)But—

(a)tax which the recipient is treated by virtue of this section as having paid is not repayable,

(b)tax which the recipient is treated by virtue of this section as having paid may not be taken into account in relation to a tax liability of the recipient in respect of any other income of his, . . .^F4

(c)Repealed^F4

(5)If the recipient of the annual payment is a settlor in relation to the settlement, if and in so far as this section applies the annual payment shall not be treated as his income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts (and subsection (3) does not apply).

(5A)If the recipient of the annual payment is treated by subsection (3) as having paid income tax in respect of the annual payment, the amount of the payment is treated as the highest part of the recipient's total income for all income tax purposes except the purposes of sections 535 to 537 (gains from contracts for life insurance etc: top slicing relief).^F5

(5B)See section 1012 of ITA 2007 (relationship between highest part rules) for the relationship between—^F5

(a)the rule in subsection (5A), and^F5

(b)other rules requiring particular income to be treated as the highest part of a person's income.^F5

(6)Sections 494 and 495 of ITA 2007 shall not apply in relation to an annual payment if and in so far as this section applies.^F6