{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007/section-734",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007/section-734.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/3",
  "legislation_title": "Income Tax Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007",
  "path": "section/734",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "734",
  "heading": "Reduction in amount charged: previous capital gains tax charge",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if—\n(a) benefits provided as mentioned in section 732(1)(c) are received in a tax year,\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) chargeable gains are treated by section 87, 87K, 87L or 89(2) of, or paragraph 8 of Schedule 4C to, TCGA 1992 as accruing to a person in that or a subsequent tax year by reference (direct or indirect) to the whole or part of any benefits so provided.\n(2) For any tax year after one in which such chargeable gains are so treated, the amount of income treated as arising to the individual under section 732(2) in respect of benefits provided as mentioned in section 732(1)(c) as a result of the transfer or operations in question is calculated as follows.\n(3) The amount is calculated under section 733(1) as if the total untaxed benefits were reduced by the amount of those gains.\n(4) In this section “the total untaxed benefits” has the same meaning as in section 733(1) (see Step 2).\n(5) References in this section to chargeable gains treated as accruing to an individual include offshore income gains treated as arising to the individual (see regulations ... 22 to 24 of the Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3001)).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 734(1)(b)(c) omitted (with effect for the tax year 2018-19 and subsequent years) by virtue of Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 paras. 17(a), 21(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 734(1)(d) substituted (with effect for the tax year 2018-19 and subsequent years) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 paras. 17(b), 21(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 734(4) substituted (with effect for the tax year 2018-19 and subsequent years) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 paras. 17(c)(i), 21(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 734(4) substituted (with effect for the tax year 2018-19 and subsequent years) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 paras. 17(c)(ii), 21(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 734(5) inserted (21.7.2008 with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 98 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 7 para. 97"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 734(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) Sch. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3001), regs. 1(1), 129(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 734(5) omitted (retrospective to 6.4.2025 for the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 52(2)(a)(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/734",
    "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."
}