Section 483 | Sums paid by personal representatives to trustees

(1)This section applies if, during or at the end of the administration period for an estate—

(a)the personal representatives pay the trustees of a settlement a sum representing income of the personal representatives, and

(b)if this Chapter had applied to personal representatives, income tax would have been charged on that income at the property trust rate, the savings trust rate or the dividend trust rate or at the trust rate.

(2)The sum is treated as—

(a)being paid as income, and

(b)having borne income tax at the applicable rate.

(3)In this section—

“administration period” has the meaning given by section 653 of ITTOIA 2005, and

“the applicable rate” means the rate referred to in section 663(1) of ITTOIA 2005 (the applicable rate for grossing up basic amounts of estate income).