Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 510: Sums applied for property maintenance purposes
1524.This section addresses a particular issue where an election under section 508 has not been made, and so the income for the year is taxable on the settlor. It is based on section 691(3) of ICTA.
1525.The issue is the treatment of any sum applied for a property maintenance purpose that exceeds the income for the year. Such a sum may already have been taxed on the trustees or the settlor in past years, but it may also be subject to a charge to income tax for one or other of the reasons referred to in subsection (2).
1526.This section cancels such a charge to tax on the excess. The result is that all the income of the HMS for the year is taxable on the settlor solely under Chapter 5 of Part 5 of ITTOIA. There is no other charge on any sum in excess of that income to the extent that the excess is applied for a property maintenance purpose.