PART VIII

Distributions out of Certain Profits from Mining

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.

82. —(1) For the purposes of this section, “relieved income” means the income of a company—

(a) on which income tax was paid at a reduced rate by virtue of section 395 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 (relief—existing coal-mining operations), section 7 (relief—new coal-mining operations) or section 8 (relief—existing coal-mining operations) of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 , or section 32 of the Finance Act, 1960 (extension of relief for new mining operations to gypsum and anhydrite mining), or

(b) on which income tax was borne by deduction at a reduced rate under section 396 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 (dividends), or section 9 of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 (dividends, etc.), or

(c) which is franked investment income the tax credit comprised in which has been reduced under this section.

(2) The tax credit in respect of a distribution made wholly out of relieved income shall, notwithstanding section 88, be the amount arrived at by applying to the amount of the distribution the fraction

where—

A is 50 per cent. of the standard rate per cent. for the year of assessment in which the distribution is made.

(3) Where a distribution is made in part out of relieved income and in part out of other income, the distribution shall be treated as if it consisted of two distributions respectively made out of relieved income and out of other income and the tax credit in respect of each such distribution shall be calculated in accordance with subsection (2) and section 88 respectively.

(4) Any distribution, including part of a distribution treated under subsection (3) as a distribution, made out of relieved income shall, where the recipient is a company resident in the State, be deemed for the purposes of this section to be relieved income of that company.

(5) Subject to subsection (7), for the purposes of Schedule F and all other purposes of the Tax Acts a distribution made by a company out of relieved income shall be treated as representing income equal to the aggregate of the amount or value of that distribution and the amount of the tax credit in respect of it calculated in accordance with this section.

(6) Where for a year of assessment the taxable income of an individual which is chargeable at the reduced rate or the standard rate includes income represented by distributions made out of relieved income, his liability to income tax in respect of the income represented by such distributions shall be an amount equal to the tax on that income calculated at 50 per cent. of the reduced rate or of the standard rate, as the case may be, for the year of assessment in which the distributions were made.

(7) Where for a year of assessment the taxable income of an individual which is chargeable at the higher rates includes income represented by distributions made out of relieved income, his liability to income tax at the higher rates in respect of the income represented by such distributions shall be an amount equal to the tax, calculated at the higher rates for the year of assessment in which the distributions were made, on the income reduced by 50 per cent. and credit shall be given against that tax of an amount equal to tax at the standard rate for the said year on the amount of the income as so reduced.

(8) Where a company makes a distribution (including part of a distribution which is treated as a distribution under subsection (3)) in respect of any right or obligation to which section 178 relates and the tax credit in respect of that distribution is calculated in accordance with subsection (2), then the company shall make a supplementary distribution of an amount equal to the excess of the tax credit which would have applied to the distribution if this section had not been enacted over the amount of the tax credit which in accordance with subsection (2) applies to the distribution and the person to whom the distribution and the supplementary distribution are made shall be regarded as having received one distribution consisting of the aggregate of the distribution and the supplementary distribution.

(9) Notwithstanding section 88, the recipient of a supplementary distribution under subsection (8) shall not be entitled to a tax credit in respect of such supplementary distribution 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.

(10) Sections 64 (5) (6) and 76 (6) shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of those sections respectively.

(11) 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 by a company out of relieved income, sections 5 and 83 (5) 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 relieved income and shall also show the amount of the tax credit which would apply in respect of the distribution if it were not made out of relieved income.