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Section 13, The Income Tax (Deductions Citation

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(1) Subject to the provisions of the law of the United Kingdomregarding the allowance as a credit against United Kingdom tax of tax payable in a territory outside the United Kingdom, Colonial tax payable, whether directly or by deduction, in respect of income from sources within the Colony shall be allowed as a credit against any United Kingdom tax payable in respect of that income. (2) Subject to the provisions of the law of the Colony regarding the allowance as a credit against Colonial tax of tax payable in a territory outside the Colony, United Kingdom tax payable, whether directly or by deduction, in respect of income from sources within the United Kingdom shall be allowed as a credit against any Colonial tax payable in respect of that income. Where such income is an ordinary dividend paid by a company resident in the United Kingdom, the credit shall take into account (in addition to any United Kingdom income tax appropriate to the dividend) the United Kingdom profits tax payable by the company in respect of its profits, and where it is a dividend paid on participating preference shares and representing both a dividend at the fixed rate to which the shares are entitled and an additional participation in profits, the profits tax so payable by the company shall likewise be taken into account in so far as the dividend exceeds that fixed rate. (3) For the purposes of this paragraph profits or remuneration for personal deemed to be income from sources within that territory, and the services of an individual whose services are wholly or mainly performed in ships or aircraft operated by a resident of one of the territories shall be deemed to be performed in that territory.

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