Corporation Tax Act, 1976

Tax credit for certain recipients of distributions.

88.—(1) Where a company resident in the State makes a distribution on or after the 6th day of April, 1976, and the person receiving the distribution is another such company or a person resident in the State, not being a company, the recipient of the distribution shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be entitled to a tax credit under this section (in this Act referred to as a “tax credit”).

(2) The tax credit in respect of a distribution shall be available for the purposes specified in the Tax Acts and shall, subject to any express provision to the contrary, be an amount determined by the formula

A

D ×_____

100 – A

where—

A is the standard rate per cent. for the year of assessment in which the distribution is made, and

D is the amount or value of the distribution.

(3) A company resident in the State which is entitled to a tax credit in respect of a distribution may claim to have the amount of the tax credit paid to it if—

(a) the company is wholly exempt from corporation tax or is only not exempt in respect of trading income; or

(b) the distribution is one in relation to which express exemption (otherwise than by section 2 (resident company distributions not chargeable to corporation tax)) is given, whether specifically or by virtue of a more general exemption from tax, under any provision of the Tax Acts.

(4) A person, not being a company resident in the State, who is entitled to a tax credit in respect of a distribution may claim to have the credit set against the income tax chargeable on his income for the year of assessment in which the distribution is made and, where the credit exceeds that income tax, to have the excess paid to him.

(5) (a) Where a distribution mentioned in subsection (1) is, or falls to be treated as, or under any provision of the Tax Acts is deemed to be, income of a person other than the recipient, that person shall be treated for the purposes of this section as receiving the distribution (and accordingly the question whether he is entitled to a tax credit in respect of it shall be determined by reference to where he, and not the actual recipient, is resident); and where any such distribution is income of a trust resident in the State the trustees shall be entitled to a tax credit in respect of it if no other person falls to be treated for the purposes of this section as receiving the distribution.

(b) In this subsection “trust resident in the State” means a trust administered under the law of the State, not being a trust the general administration of which is ordinarily carried on outside the State and the trustees, or a majority of the trustees, of which are resident or ordinarily resident outside the State.