Introduction Ten year anniversary charge
32.Where income is regularly or formally accumulated there is little doubt about the correct treatment of the accumulations within the calculation of relevant property charges. But it can be different where income remains undistributed for long periods and the trustees have not made any formal accumulation. In such cases there can be uncertainty about how the calculations should be undertaken, resulting in questions to, or correspondence with, HMRC to establish an acceptable treatment.
33.New s64(1A) will treat income that has remained undistributed for more than five years at the date of the ten year anniversary as if it was part of the trust capital for the purposes of the ten year anniversary charge. To avoid the need for trustees to keep very detailed records, tax would be charged on the ten year anniversary at the full rate on any such undistributed income without any proportionate reduction to reflect the period during which the income has been retained.