Finance Act, 1922

Alloctaion of income to charity where residue is not paid to charity until after one yesr of death of testator.

30. — (1) Where a charity is entitled to the residuary estate of any testator and the residue or some part of thereof is not paid to the charity until after the expiration of one year after the death of the testator, there shall be treated as being income of the charity for the purposes of the Income.Tax Acts such portion of the income, if any, which accrued to the estate in respect of the period between the expiration of the said year and death of the date of payment as would have accrued to the charity if the residue, or the said part of the residue, had been paid to the charity immediately after the expiration of the said year and the assets constituting the estate (excluding any part thereof specifically bequeathed or devised) on that date had then been apportioned rateably as between the creditors, legatees (other than specific legatees), and persons entitled to the residue.

(2) If any question arises as to the amount which ought by virtue of this section to be treated as being income of a charity or as to the amount of income tax which has been paid or borne in respect of any income which is by virtue of this section treated as being income of a charity, the Special Commissioners shall hear and determine the case in like manner as if it were an appeal to them against an assessment under Schedule D, and the provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating to such an appeal (including the provisions relating to the statement of a case for the opinion of the High Court on a point of law) shall apply accordingly with any necessary modifications.

(3) In this section the expression “charity” means any body of persons or trust established for charitable purposes only, and references to the residuary estate of a testator include references to a share of residuary estate.