Introduction Overview Overview Section 489: Exemption for income from estates in administration
1506.This section provides an exemption for estate income received by a charitable company provided the income is applied to the purposes of the charitable company. It is new. The corresponding rule for income tax is in section 537.
1507.Estate income is income from property held by the personal representatives of the estate of a deceased person on behalf of the beneficiaries of the estate. The personal representatives are liable to income tax on the income. The exemption provided by this section allows a charitable company to recover any income tax suffered by the personal representatives. See Change 37in Annex 1.