Corporation Tax Act, 1976
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PART VIII Distributions out of Certain Profits from Mining | ||
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Distributions: profits of certain mines. |
81.—(1) In this section— | |
“exempted income” means income in respect of which a company has obtained relief under the Finance (Profits of Certain Mines) (Temporary Relief from Taxation) Act, 1956 , or under Chapter II of Part XXV of the Income Tax Act, 1967 (Profits of Certain Mines), and | ||
“other income” means income of a company which is not exempted income. | ||
(2) Where a distribution for an accounting period is made by a company wholly out of exempted income, the distribution shall not be regarded as income for any purpose of the Income Tax Acts and, notwithstanding the provisions of section 88 (tax credit for certain recipients of distributions), the recipient of the distribution shall not be entitled to a tax credit in respect of it. | ||
(3) Where a distribution for an accounting period is made by a company in part out of exempted income and in part out of other income, the distribution shall be treated as if it consisted of two distributions respectively made out of exempted income and other income and subsection (2) shall apply to such part of the distribution as is made out of exempted income as it applies to a distribution made wholly out of exempted income. | ||
(4) Any distribution, including part of a distribution treated under subsection (3) as a distribution, made out of exempted income shall, where the recipient is a company resident in the State, be deemed for the purposes of this section to be exempted income of the company. | ||
(5) (a) Where a company makes a distribution, including part of a distribution treated under subsection (3) as a distribution, in respect of any right or obligation to which section 178 (dividends at gross rate or of gross amount) relates and the distribution is made out of exempted income, the company shall make a supplementary distribution of an amount equal to the amount of the tax credit which would have applied in respect of the distribution if subsection (2) had not been enacted. | ||
(b) Subsection (2) shall apply to a supplementary distribution under this subsection as if the supplementary distribution were a distribution made out of exempted income and section 5 (dividend warrants) shall apply so that the statement required by that section shall show, in addition to the particulars required to be given apart from this section, the separate amount of such supplementary distribution. | ||
(6) Sections 64 (5) (6) (distributions in relation to export sales relief) and 76 (6) (distributions out of profits from trading within Shannon Airport) shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of those sections. | ||
(7) In relation to any distribution (not being a supplementary distribution under this section), including part of a distribution treated under subsection (3) as a distribution, made out of exempted income, sections 5 and 83 (5) (Schedule F) shall apply so that the statements provided for by those sections shall show, in addition to the particulars required to be given apart from this section, that the distribution is made out of exempted income. |