Commentary on Sections Structure of Chapters Overview Section 514: Chargeable events where transaction-related calculations show gains
2032.This section provides that, if the calculation under section 511 shows a gain, the relevant transaction is itself the occurrence of a chargeable event at that time. This contrasts with chargeable events under section 509, which occur at the end of the insurance year, regardless of when in that year the part surrender or part assignment took place. This section is based on sections 546B and 546C of ICTA.
2033.Subsections (3) and (4) nevertheless allot the gain on the chargeable event under this section, for the purposes of sections 464 to 467, to the tax year in which the insurance year ends where liability to tax on the gain would otherwise fall into the preceding tax year. The date of the chargeable event may therefore be in an earlier tax year than that for which the gain is charged.
2034.Subsection (5) clarifies the order in which chargeable events take place in the final insurance year, when there is a transaction-related chargeable event in that year. The order prescribed here avoids any suggestion that amounts relevant only to the calculation on the final event enter into the calculations under section 511, even though both calculations take the full period of the final insurance year into account.