{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007/section-547",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007/section-547.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/3",
  "legislation_title": "Income Tax Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007",
  "path": "section/547",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "547",
  "heading": "Section 543(1)(f): payment to body outside the UK",
  "text": "A payment made, or to be made, to a body situated outside the United Kingdom is non-charitable expenditure under section 543(1)(f) if—\n(a) it is incurred for charitable purposes only, but\n(b) the trustees of the charitable trust have not taken such steps as the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs consider are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the payment will be applied for charitable purposes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 547(b) inserted (8.4.2010 with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 8(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 8 para. 2(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/547",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:03.599581+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}