Corporation Tax Act, 1976

Profits of life business.

35.—(1) Where the profits of an assurance company in respect of its life business are, for the purposes of this Act, computed in accordance with the provisions applicable to Case I of Schedule D, the following provisions shall have effect—

(a) such part of those profits as belongs or is allocated to, or is expended on behalf of, policy holders or annuitants shall be excluded in making the computation;

(b) such part of those profits as is reserved for policy holders or annuitants shall also be excluded in making the computation, but if any profits so excluded as being so reserved cease at any time to be so reserved and are not allocated to, or expended on behalf of, policy holders or annuitants then those profits shall be treated as profits of the company for the accounting period in which they ceased to be so reserved.

(2) Where an assurance company carries on both life assurance business and industrial assurance business, the business of each such class shall, for the purposes of this Act, be treated as though it were a separate business and section 33 shall apply separately to each such class of business.