Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 107: Disregard of foreign tax referable to derivative contract
235.This section requires foreign tax referable to a derivative contract (such as an interest-rate swap) to be ignored to the extent that the foreign tax is attributable to a time when the taxpayer company was not a party to the derivative contract. It is based on section 807A(1), (2) and (7) of ICTA.
236.Under the derivative contracts and loan relationships regimes, income is (broadly speaking) recognised for tax purposes in the periods in which gains are recognised in the accounts. By contrast, withholding taxes are generally imposed on cash flows. This section is the first of a group of sections which (to summarise) adjust DTR attributable to cash flows from derivative contracts and loan relationships in order to bring the DTR into line with the taxation of income.