Section 6 Construction of references to child in Tax Acts and Capital Gains Tax Acts
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For the purposes of the Tax Acts and the Capital Gains Tax Acts, except where the contrary intention appears-
(a) references in any of those Acts to a child (including references to a son or a daughter) include references to-
(i) a stepchild, and
(ii) a child who is-
(I) adopted under the Adoption Acts, 1952 to 1991, or
(II) the subject of a foreign adoption (within the meaning of section 1 of the Adoption Act, 1991) which is deemed to have been effected by a valid adoption order made under the Adoption Acts, 1952 to 1991,
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(b) the relationship between a child referred to in paragraph (a)(ii) and any other person, or between other persons, that would exist if such child had been born to the child's adoptor or adoptors in lawful wedlock, shall be deemed to exist between such child and that other person, or between those other persons, and the relationship of any such child and any person that existed prior to the child being so adopted shall be deemed to have ceased,
and "adopted child" shall be construed in accordance with this section.
Does my stepchild or my adopted child qualify as my child?
For the purposes of income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax, a child includes a stepchild and a child who has been formally adopted under Irish or equivalent foreign adoption law. An adopted child is regarded as the child of its adoptive pa...
