Commentary on Sections Structure of Chapters Overview Section 495: Disregard of certain amounts in calculating gains under section 491
1956.This section contains rules which exclude various amounts from the calculation of the total benefit value under section 492 and the total allowable deductions under section 494 in arriving at the amount of a gain under section 491. It is based on sections 541, 543 and 545 of ICTA.
1957.Subsections (1) and (2) deal with a retained replacement policy premium. This disregard is based on paragraph 20 of Schedule 15 to ICTA, which deals with the replacement of one qualifying policy by another, where the value of the old policy is used as a premium for the new policy. The old and new policies are treated as a single policy (see section 542). The value of the old policy is disregarded both in working out the total benefit value of that single policy and, as regards use of the value of the old policy as a premium for the new policy, in working out the total allowable deductions for the single policy.
1958.Subsection (4) reflects an amendment in FA 2002 of a rule introduced by FA 2001, under which an assignment which is not for money or money’s worth (such as a gift) is not treated as giving rise to a chargeable event. But assignments which were not for money or money’s worth still have to be taken into account in calculating gains if they occurred in an “insurance year” (see section 499) ending before 6 April 2001.