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Right of persons by whom tax is paid to recoupment in certain cases.
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18.—(1) A tenant occupier of any property who pays the tax shall, subject to section 93 (2), be entitled to deduct and retain in respect of the rent payable to the landlord for the time being (all sums allowed by virtue of this Act being first deducted), an amount representing the rate or rates of tax in force during the period through which the said rent was accruing due for every twenty shillings thereof, the said deduction to be made out of the first payment thereafter made on account of rent, and any receiver on behalf of the State or other person receiving the rent shall allow the deduction on receipt of the residue of the rent:
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Provided that a tenant or occupier shall not be entitled to deduct out of the rent any greater sum than the amount of tax charged in respect of such property as aforesaid, and actually paid by him.
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(2) A tenant who pays the tax shall be acquitted and discharged of so much money as is represented by the deduction, as if that sum had been actually paid as rent.
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(3) Where any property is subject to the payment of any annual sum, whether payable half-yearly or at any shorter or more distant period, a landlord or owner who has been charged to tax under this Schedule or from whom tax is deductible under this subsection or subsection (1), shall subject to section 93 (2), be entitled on making such payment to deduct and retain thereout so much of the said tax as represents the rate or rates of income tax in force during the period through which the said payment was accruing due, for every twenty shillings thereof (the just proportion of any sums allowed by virtue of this Act being first deducted), and every receiver on behalf of the State, and every person to whom such payment is made shall, on receipt of the residue thereof, and without any charge for so doing, allow the deduction:
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Provided that no such person as aforesaid who is also a tenant or the occupier of the property shall be entitled to deduct out of any rent any greater sum than the amount of tax charged in respect of any such property and actually paid by him.
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In this subsection “annual sum” means any yearly interest, annuity, rent, rentcharge, fee farm rent or other annual payment reserved or charged upon any property.
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(4) The landlord or owner shall be acquitted and discharged of so much money as is represented by the deductions as if that sum had been actually paid.
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(5) Where under the Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1847, or any Acts amending that Act, an advance of public money to promote the improvement of lands has been made by way of loan, and the repayment thereof has been secured by a rentcharge upon the lands to be paid for a term of years, by which the principal sum advanced will eventually be repaid with interest, the person paying any such rentcharge may deduct and retain thereout so much of the tax under Schedule A charged in respect of the lands, as represents the tax on one-third, and no more, of the amount payable at the rate or rates of tax in force during the period through which the payment was accruing due; and the collectors and receivers of such rentcharges shall allow such deduction upon receipt of the residue of such rentcharge then due.
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(6) A tenant occupier for the time being of any property who has been required to pay, and has paid, any sums charged in respect thereof under Schedule A which, under the provisions of this Act, ought to have been or ought to be paid by a former tenant or occupier, may deduct and retain out of any subsequent payment of rent to his landlord, the sum, or any part thereof, which ought to have been or ought to be so paid.
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(7) As between the owner and a mortgagee of his property or any person having a charge thereon or entitled to any ground rent, rentcharge, annuity, or other annual sum payable thereout, the owner's right of deduction under this section in respect of tax shall not be affected by any relief afforded under section 23.
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