GIM5000 - Taxation of the investment return

This section covers one of the more unusual features of the taxation of general insurers, namely the treatment of investment income and gains. See GIM4000+ for the broad framework of the taxation of general insurance.

GIM5010Taxation of the investment return: general overview
GIM5020The general rule: investment income treated as trading receipt
GIM5030Exceptions to the general rule: investment income not always taxed as trade profits
GIM5040Dividends and other distributions: sale of shares as trading receipt
GIM5050Dividends and other distributions: dividend buying
GIM5060Interest and foreign dividends
GIM5070Interest and foreign dividends: income received under deduction of tax
GIM5080Use of trading losses against investment income
GIM5090Corporate and government debt: accounting periods ending after 31 March 1996: introduction
GIM5100Corporate and government debt: accounting periods ending after 31 March 1996: rules for insurance companies
GIM5110Corporate and government debt: accounting periods ending after 31 March 1996: periods beginning before 1 October 2002: exchange differences
GIM5120Corporate and government debt: accounting periods ending after 31 March 1996: periods beginning on or after 1 October 2002
GIM5130Financial instruments: periods beginning before 1 October 2002
GIM5140Financial instruments: periods beginning on or after 1 October 2002
GIM5150Investment gains: periods of account beginning before 1 January 2002: gains and losses on assets other than debt – mainly shares
GIM5160Investment gains: periods of account beginning before 1 January 2002: portfolio assets and trading stock
GIM5170Investment gains: periods of account beginning before 1 January 2002: portfolio assets and trading stock: periods ending before 1 April 1996
GIM5180Investment gains: periods of account beginning before 1 January 2002: the realisations basis
GIM5190Investment gains: periods of account beginning on or after 1 January 2002: transition from realisations basis: change of accounting basis
GIM5200Investment gains: periods of account beginning on or after 1 January 2002: transition from realisations basis: transitional measures
GIM5210Investment gains: periods of account beginning on or after 1 January 2002: transition from realisations basis: transfers of business
GIM5220Investment gains: periods of account beginning on or after 1 January 2002: transition from realisations basis: identification of part realisations
GIM5230Investment gains: structural assets
GIM5240Investment gains: paper for paper exchange of assets
GIM5250Investment gains: paper for paper exchange of assets: section 473 ICTA 1988
GIM5260Investment gains: portfolio assets: anti avoidance provisions
GIM5270Investment gains: portfolio assets: exchange differences
GIM5280Investment gains: land and property