Revenue Note for Guidance

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Revenue Note for Guidance

753F Records

Summary

This section sets out the records that a qualifying institution is required to maintain when undertaking a financial transaction.

Details

(1) Records pursuant to a financial transaction must be kept for a period of 6 years from the date of the stock return. Such records include, but are not limited to-

  • the name and address of both parties to the financial transaction,
  • the agreement underlying the financial transaction and any documentation in respect of any associated agreements, arrangements or transactions,
  • the type, nominal value, description, and amount of the qualifying securities (including any equivalent stock thereof) involved in the financial transaction,
  • the date of the stock borrowing or stock transfer and the date of the corresponding stock return,
  • details of any manufactured payments arising as a result of the financial transaction,
  • details of any interest rate or rate of return applicable to the financial transaction, and
  • details of the fees, profits, margins or other financial gain accruing, charged or expected to arise as a result of the financial transaction.

(2) Where a qualifying institution is-

  • an investment undertaking,
  • pension scheme, or
  • a scheme, the income of which, in whole or in part, is exempt from income tax under section 790B,

any records required to be maintained shall be maintained by a person who-

  1. is authorised to act on behalf of, or for the purposes of, the qualifying institution and
  2. habitually does so.

Relevant Date: Finance Act 2021