Section 139 | Capital gains tax credit etc for special withholding tax

(1)Subsection (6) applies if each of conditions A to D is met.

(2)Condition A is that a person makes a disposal of assets in a tax year.

(3)Condition B is that if a chargeable gain were to accrue on the disposal—

(a)the gain would accrue to the person, and

(b)the person would be chargeable to capital gains tax in respect of the gain.

(4)Condition C is that—

(a)the consideration for the disposal consists of, or includes, an amount of savings income, and

(b)special withholding tax is levied in respect of the whole, or any part, of the consideration.

(5)Condition D is that the person is resident in the United Kingdom for the tax year.

(6)On the making of a claim, capital gains tax (“the deemed tax”) is to be—

(a)treated as having been paid by or on behalf of the person for the tax year, and

(b)treated for the purposes of section 283(2) of TCGA 1992 (repayment supplements: determination of relevant time) as having been paid on the 31 January following the tax year.

(7)The amount of the deemed tax is given by section 140.

(8)For the purposes of subsection (3)(b), disregard—

(a)any deductions that are to be made from the total amount referred to in section 2(2) of TCGA 1992 (deductions for allowable losses), and

(b)section 3 of TCGA 1992 (annual exempt amount).