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These notes refer to the Corporation Tax Bill as introduced to the House of Commons on 4 December 2008

CORPORATION TAX BILL


EXPLANATORY NOTES - VOLUME 1

(INTRODUCTION AND SECTIONS 1 TO 476)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION     13

Summary     13

Background     13

This Bill     16

Glossary     17

COMMENTARY ON CLAUSES     17

Part 1: Introduction     17

Clause 1: Overview of Act     17

Part 2: Charge to corporation tax: basic provisions     18

Chapter 1: The charge to corporation tax     18

Clause 2: Charge to corporation tax     19

Clause 3: Exclusion of charge to income tax     20

Clause 4: Exclusion of charge to capital gains tax     20

Clause 5: Territorial scope of charge     20

Clause 6: Profits accruing in fiduciary or representative capacity     20

Clause 7: Profits accruing under trusts     21

Clause 8: How tax is charged and assessed     21

Chapter 2: Accounting periods     21

Clause 9: Beginning of accounting period     22

Clause 10: End of accounting period     22

Clause 11: Companies with more than one accounting date     23

Clause 12: Companies being wound up     23

Chapter 3: Company residence     24

Clause 13: Overview of Chapter     25

Clause 14: Companies incorporated in the United Kingdom     25

Clause 15: Continuation of residence established under common law     25

Clause 16: SEs which transfer registered office to the United Kingdom     26

Clause 17: SCEs which transfer registered office to the United Kingdom     26

Clause 18: Companies treated as non-UK resident under double taxation arrangements     26

Chapter 4: Non-UK resident companies: chargeable profits     27

Clause 19: Chargeable profits     28

Clause 20: Profits attributable to permanent establishment: introduction     29

Clause 21: The separate enterprise principle     29

Clause 22: Transactions treated as being on arm’s length terms     29

Clause 23: Provision of goods or services for permanent establishment     29

Clause 24: Application to insurance companies     30

Clause 25: Non-UK resident banks: introduction     30

Clause 26: Transfer of financial assets     30

Clause 27: Loans: attribution of financial assets and profits arising     30

Clause 28: Borrowing: permanent establishment acting as agent or intermediary     31

Clause 29: Allowable deductions     31

Clause 30: Restriction on deductions: costs     31

Clause 31: Restriction on deductions: payments in respect of intangible assets     31

Clause 32: Restriction on deductions: interest or other financing costs     31

Chapter 5: Supplementary     31

Clause 33: Trade includes office     31

Part 3: Trading income     32

Chapter 1: Introduction     32

Clause 34: Overview of Part     32

Chapter 2: Income taxed as trade profits     33

Clause 35: Charge to tax on trade profits     33

Clause 36: Farming and market gardening     33

Clause 37: Commercial occupation of woodlands     34

Clause 38: Commercial occupation of land other than woodlands     34

Clause 39: Profits of mines, quarries and other concerns     35

Clause 40: Credit unions     36

Clause 41: Effect of company starting or ceasing to be within charge to corporation tax     36

Clause 42: Tied premises     37

Clause 43: Caravan sites where trade carried on     37

Clause 44: Surplus business accommodation     37

Clause 45: Payments for wayleaves     38

Chapter 3: Trade profits: basic rules     38

Clause 46: Generally accepted accounting practice     38

Clause 47: Losses calculated on same basis as profits     39

Clause 48: Receipts and expenses     39

Clause 49: Items treated as receipts and expenses     39

Clause 50: Animals kept for trade purposes     39

Clause 51: Relationship between rules prohibiting and allowing deductions     40

Clause 52: Apportionment etc of profits and losses to accounting period     40

Chapter 4: Trade profits: rules restricting deductions     40

Clause 53: Capital expenditure     40

Clause 54: Expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses     41

Clause 55: Bad debts     42

Clause 56: Car or motor cycle hire     42

Clause 57: Car or motor cycle hire: supplementary     43

Clause 58: Hiring cars (but not motor cycles) with low CO2 emissions before 1 April 2013     43

Clause 59: Patent royalties     43

Clause 60: Expenditure on integral features     44

Chapter 5: Trade profits: rules allowing deductions     44

Clause 61: Pre-trading expenses     44

Clause 62: Tenants under taxed leases: introduction     44

Clause 63: Tenants occupying land for purposes of trade treated as incurring expenses     45

Clause 64: Limit on deductions if tenant entitled to mineral extraction allowance     46

Clause 65: Tenants dealing with land as property employed for purposes of trade     46

Clause 66: Restrictions on section 63 expenses: lease premium receipts     46

Clause 67: Restrictions on section 63 expenses: lease of part of premises     47

Clause 68: Replacement and alteration of trade tools     48

Clause 69: Payments for restrictive undertakings     48

Clause 70: Employees seconded to charities and educational establishments     49

Clause 71: Educational establishments     49

Clause 72: Payroll deduction schemes: contributions to agents’ expenses     49

Clause 73: Counselling and other outplacement services     50

Clause 74: Retraining courses     50

Clause 75: Retraining courses: recovery of tax     50

Clause 76: Redundancy payments and approved contractual payments     51

Clause 77: Payments in respect of employment wholly in employer’s trade     51

Clause 78: Payments in respect of employment in more than one capacity     52

Clause 79: Additional payments     52

Clause 80: Application of section 79 in cases involving partnerships     53

Clause 81: Payments made by the Government     53

Clause 82: Contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies     53

Clause 83: Meaning of “local enterprise organisation”     54

Clause 84: Approval of local enterprise agencies     55

Clause 85: Supplementary provisions with respect to approvals     55

Clause 86: Meaning of “urban regeneration company”     55

Clause 87: Expenses of research and development     55

Clause 88: Payments to research associations, universities etc     55

Clause 89: Expenses connected with patents     56

Clause 90: Expenses connected with designs or trade marks     56

Clause 91: Payments to Export Credits Guarantee Department     56

Clause 92: Levies etc under FISMA 2000     57

Chapter 6: Trade profits: receipts     58

Clause 93: Capital receipts     58

Clause 94: Debts incurred and later released     58

Clause 95: Acquisition of trade: receipts from transferor’s trade     58

Clause 96: Reverse premiums     59

Clause 97: Excluded cases     59

Clause 98: Tax treatment of reverse premiums     60

Clause 99: Arrangements not at arm’s length     60

Clause 100: Connected persons and property arrangements     60

Clause 101: Distribution of assets of mutual concerns     60

Clause 102: Industrial development grants     61

Clause 103: Sums recovered under insurance policies etc     62

Clause 104: Repayments under FISMA 2000     62

Chapter 7: Trade profits: gifts to charities etc     62

Clause 105: Gifts of trading stock to charities etc     62

Clause 106: Meaning of “designated educational establishment”     63

Clause 107: Gifts of medical supplies and equipment     64

Clause 108: Receipt of benefits by donor or connected person     64

Chapter 8: Trade profits: herd basis rules     64

Clause 109: Election for application of herd basis rules     65

Clause 110: Meaning of “animal”, “herd”, “production herd” etc     65

Clause 111: Other interpretative provisions     66

Clause 112: Initial cost of herd and value of herd     66

Clause 113: Addition of animals to herd     67

Clause 114: Replacement of animals in herd     67

Clause 115: Amount of receipt if old animal slaughtered under disease control order     67

Clause 116: Sale of animals from herd     68

Clause 117: Sale of whole or substantial part of herd     68

Clause 118: Acquisition of new herd begun within 5 years of sale     68

Clause 119: Section 118: sale for reasons outside farmer’s control     68

Clause 120: Replacement of part sold begun within 5 years of sale     69

Clause 121: Section 120: sale for reasons outside farmer’s control     69

Clause 122: Herd basis elections     69

Clause 123: Five year gap in which no production herd kept     70

Clause 124: Slaughter under disease control order     71

Clause 125: Preventing abuse of the herd basis rules     71

Clause 126: Information if election made     71

Clause 127: Further assessment etc if herd basis rules apply     71

Chapter 9: Trade profits: other specific trades     71

Clause 128: Taxation of amounts taken to reserves     71

Clause 129: Conversion etc of securities held as circulating capital     72

Clause 130: Traders receiving distributions etc     73

Clause 131: Incidental costs of issuing qualifying shares     74

Clause 132: Dividends etc granted by industrial and provident societies     74

Clause 133: Annual payments paid by a credit union     75

Clause 134: Purchase or sale of woodlands     75

Clause 135: Relief in respect of mineral royalties     75

Clause 136: Lease premiums etc: reduction of receipts     76

Clause 137: Mineral exploration and access     76

Clause 138: Payments by companies liable to pool betting duty     76

Clause 139: Deduction for deemed employment payment     77

Clause 140: Special rules for partnerships     78

Clause 141: Deduction for deemed employment payments     78

Clause 142: Deduction for site preparation expenditure     79

Clause 143: Allocation of site preparation expenditure     79

Clause 144: Site preparation expenditure: supplementary     80

Clause 145: Site restoration payments     80

Clause 146: Cemeteries and crematoria: introduction     80

Clause 147: Deduction for capital expenditure     81

Clause 148: Allocation of ancillary capital expenditure     81

Clause 149: Exclusion of expenditure met by subsidies     81

Clause 150: Revenue nature of expenditure     82

Clause 151: Allocation of expenditure     82

Clause 152: Interpretation of sections 150 and 151     82

Clause 153: Reserves of marketing authorities and certain other statutory bodies     82

Clause 154: Conditions to be met by reserve fund     83

Clause 155: Interpretation of sections 153 and 154     83

Chapter 10: Trade profits: changes in trading stock     83

Clause 156: Meaning of “trading stock”     83

Clause 157: Trading stock appropriated by trader     84

Clause 158: Trading stock supplied by trader     84

Clause 159: Disposals not made in the course of trade     84

Clause 160: Acquisitions not made in the course of trade     84

Clause 161: Transfer pricing rules to take precedence     84

Chapter 11: Trade profits: valuation of stock on cessation of trade     84

Clause 162: Valuation of trading stock on cessation     85

Clause 163: Meaning of “trading stock”     85

Clause 164: Basis of valuation of trading stock     85

Clause 165: Sale basis of valuation: sale to unconnected person     86

Clause 166: Sale basis of valuation: sale to connected person     86

Clause 167: Sale basis of valuation: election by connected persons     86

Clause 168: Connected persons     87

Clause 169: Cost to buyer of stock valued on sale basis of valuation     87

Clause 170: Meaning of “sale” and related expressions     87

Clause 171: Determination of questions     87

Chapter 12: Deductions from profits: unremittable amounts     88

Clause 172: Application of Chapter     88

Clause 173: Relief for unremittable amounts     89

Clause 174: Restrictions on relief     90

Clause 175: Withdrawal of relief     90

Chapter 13: Disposal and acquisition of know-how     91

Clause 176: Meaning of “know-how” etc     91

Clause 177: Disposal of know-how if trade continues to be carried on     92

Clause 178: Disposal of know-how as part of disposal of all or part of a trade     92

Clause 179: Seller controlled by buyer etc     93

Chapter 14: Adjustment on change of basis     93

Clause 180: Application of Chapter     94

Clause 181: Giving effect to positive and negative adjustments     94

Clause 182: Calculation of the adjustment     95

Clause 183: No adjustment for certain expenses previously brought into account     95

Clause 184: Cases where adjustment not required until assets realised or written off     95

Clause 185: Change from realisation basis to mark to market     95

Clause 186: Election for spreading if section 185 applies     96

Clause 187: Transfer of insurance business     96

Chapter 15: Post-cessation receipts     96

Clause 188: Charge to tax on post-cessation receipts     97

Clause 189: Extent of charge to tax     97

Clause 190: Basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt”     97

Clause 191: Other rules about what counts as post-cessation receipts     97

Clause 192: Debts paid after cessation     98

Clause 193: Debts released after cessation     98

Clause 194: Transfer of rights if transferee does not carry on trade     98

Clause 195: Transfer of trading stock     99

Clause 196: Allowable deductions     99

Clause 197: Further rules about allowable deductions     99

Clause 198: Election to carry back     99

Clause 199: Deductions already made are not displaced     100

Clause 200: Election given effect in accounting period in which receipt is received     100

Chapter 16: Priority rules     100

Clause 201: Provisions which must be given priority over this Part     100

Part 4: Property income     101

Chapter 1: Introduction     101

Clause 202: Overview of Part     101

Chapter 2: Property businesses     101

Clause 203: Overview of Chapter     101

Clause 204: Meaning of “property business”     102

Clause 205: UK property business     102

Clause 206: Overseas property business     102

Clause 207: Meaning of “generating income from land”     103

Clause 208: Activities not for generating income from land     103

Chapter 3: Profits of property businesses: basic rules     103

Clause 209: Charge to tax on profits of a property business     103

Clause 210: Profits of a property business: application of trading income rules     103

Clause 211: Loan relationships and derivative contracts     105

Clause 212: Items treated as receipts and expenses     105

Clause 213: Certain amounts brought into account under Part 3     106

Clause 214: Relationship between rules prohibiting and allowing deductions     106

Chapter 4: Profits of property businesses: lease premiums etc     106

Chapter 5: Profits of property businesses: other rules about receipts and deductions     117

Clause 248: Furnished lettings     117

Clause 249: Acquisition of business: receipts from transferor’s UK property business     118

Clause 250: Reverse premiums     118

Clause 251: Deduction for expenditure on energy-saving items     119

Clause 252: Restrictions on relief     119

Clause 253: Regulations     119

Clause 254: Deduction for expenditure on sea walls     119

Clause 255: Transfer of interest in premises     120

Clause 256: Ending of lease of premises     120

Clause 257: Transfer involving person within the charge to income tax     121

Clause 258: Relief in respect of mineral royalties     122

Clause 260: Mutual business     123

Clause 261: Adjustment on change of basis     123

Clause 262: Giving effect to positive and negative adjustments     124

Clause 263: Expenditure on integral features     124

Chapter 6: Commercial letting of furnished holiday accommodation     124

Clause 264: Overview of Chapter     124

Clause 265: Meaning of “commercial letting of furnished holiday accommodation”     125

Clause 266: Meaning of “relevant period” in sections 267 and 268     125

Clause 267: Meaning of “qualifying holiday accommodation”     125

Clause 268: Under-used holiday accommodation: averaging elections     126

Clause 269: Capital allowances and loss relief     126

Chapter 7: Rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern     126

Clause 270: Charge to tax on rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern     127

Clause 271: Meaning of “rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern”     127

Clause 272: Deduction for management expenses of owner of mineral rights     128

Clause 273: Relief in respect of mineral royalties     128

Clause 274: Meaning of “mineral lease or agreement” and “mineral royalties”     128

Clause 275: Extended meaning of “mineral royalties” etc in Northern Ireland     129

Clause 276: Power to determine what counts as “mineral royalties”     129

Chapter 8: Rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves     129

Clause 277: Charge to tax on rent receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave     130

Clause 278: Meaning of “rent receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave”     130

Clause 279: Extent of charge to tax     130

Chapter 9: Post-cessation receipts     131

Clause 280: Charge to tax on post-cessation receipts     131

Clause 281: Extent of charge to tax     131

Clause 282: Basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt”     131

Clause 283: Other rules about what counts as a “post-cessation receipt”     132

Clause 284: Transfer of rights if transferee does not carry on UK property business     132

Clause 285: Allowable deductions     132

Clause 286: Election to carry back     132

Chapter 10: Supplementary     133

Clause 287: Provisions which must be given priority over this Part     133

Clause 288: Priority between Chapters within this Part     133

Clause 289: Effect of company starting or ceasing to be within charge to corporation tax     133

Clause 290: Overseas property businesses and overseas land: adaptation of rules     133

Clause 291: Meaning of “lease” and “premises”     134

Part 5: Loan Relationships     134

Chapter 1: Introduction     134

Clause 292: Overview of Part     135

Clause 293: Construction of references to profits or losses from loan relationships     135

Clause 294: Matters treated as loan relationships     135

Clause 295: General rule: profits arising from loan relationships chargeable as income     135

Clause 296: Profits and deficits to be calculated using credits and debits given by this Part     135

Clause 297: Trading credits and debits to be brought into account under Part 3     135

Clause 298: Meaning of trade and purposes of trade     135

Clause 299: Charge to tax on non-trading profits     136

Clause 300: Method of bringing non-trading deficits into account     136

Clause 301: Calculation of non-trading profits and deficits from loan relationships: non-trading credits and debits     136

Chapter 2 Basic definitions     136

Clause 302: “Loan relationship”, “creditor relationship”, “debtor relationship”     136

Clause 303: “Money debt”     136

Clause 304: “Related transaction”     136

Clause 305: Payments, interest, rights and liabilities under a loan relationship     136

Chapter 3: The credits and debits to be brought into account: general     136

Clause 306: Overview of Chapter     137

Clause 307: General principles about the bringing into account of credits and debits     137

Clause 308: Amounts recognised in determining a company’s profit or loss     137

Clause 309: Companies without GAAP-compliant accounts     138

Clause 310: Power to make regulations about recognised amounts     138

Clause 311: Amounts not fully recognised for accounting purposes: introduction     138

Clause 312: Determination of credits and debits where amounts not fully recognised     138

Clause 313: Basis of accounting: “amortised cost basis”, “fair value accounting” and “fair value”     138

Clause 314: Power to make regulations about changes from amortised cost basis     139

Clause 315: Introduction to sections 316 to 319     139

Clause 316: Change of accounting policy involving change of value     139

Clause 317: Carrying value     139

Clause 318: Change of accounting policy following cessation of loan relationship     139

Clause 319: General power to make regulations about changes in accounting policy     139

Clause 320: Credits and debits treated as relating to capital expenditure     140

Clause 321: Credits and debits recognised in equity     140

Clause 322: Release of debts: cases where credits not required to be brought into account     140

Clause 323: Meaning of expressions relating to insolvency etc     140

Clause 324: Restriction on debits resulting from revaluation     140

Clause 325: Restriction on credits resulting from reversal of disallowed debits     141

Clause 326: Writing off government investments     141

Clause 327: Disallowance of imported losses etc     141

Clause 328: Exchange gains and losses     141

Clause 329: Pre-loan relationship and abortive expenses     141

Clause 330: Debits in respect of pre-trading expenditure     141

Clause 331: Company ceasing to be party to loan relationship     142

Clause 332: Repo, stock lending and other transactions     142

Clause 333: Company ceasing to be UK resident     142

Clause 334: Non-UK resident company ceasing to hold loan relationship for UK permanent establishment     142

Chapter 4: Continuity of treatment on transfers within groups or on reorganisations     142

Clause 335: Introduction to Chapter     142

Clause 336: Transfers of loans on group transactions     142

Clause 337: Transfers of loans on insurance business transfers     143

Clause 338: Meaning of company replacing another as party to loan relationship     143

Clause 339: Issues of new securities on certain cross-border reorganisations     143

Clause 340: Group transfers and transfers of insurance business: transfer at notional carrying value     143

Clause 341: Transferor using fair value accounting     143

Clause 342: Issues of new securities on reorganisations: disposal at notional carrying value     144

Clause 343: Receiving company using fair value accounting     144

Clause 344: Introduction     144

Clause 345: Transferee leaving group otherwise than because of exempt distribution     144

Clause 346: Transferee leaving group because of exempt distribution     144

Clause 347: Disapplication of Chapter where transferor party to avoidance     145

Chapter 5: Connected companies relationships: introduction and general     145

Clause 348: Introduction: meaning of “connected companies relationship”     145

Clause 349: Application of amortised cost basis to connected companies relationships     145

Clause 350: Companies beginning to be connected     146

Clause 351: Companies ceasing to be connected     146

Clause 352: Disregard of related transactions     146

Chapter 6: Connected companies relationships: impairment losses and releases of debts     146

Clause 353: Introduction to Chapter     146

Clause 354: Exclusion of debits for impaired or released connected companies debts     147

Clause 355: Cessation of connection     147

Clause 356: Exception to section 354: swapping debt for equity     147

Clause 357: Exception to section 354: insolvent creditors     147

Clause 358: Exclusion of credits on release of connected companies debts: general     147

Clause 359: Exclusion of credits on release of connected companies debts during creditor’s insolvency     148

Clause 360: Exclusion of credits on reversal of impairments of connected companies debts     148

Clause 361: Acquisition of creditor rights by connected company at undervalue     148

Clause 362: Parties becoming connected where creditor’s rights subject to impairment adjustment     148

Clause 363: Companies connected for sections 361 and 362     148

Chapter 7: Group relief claims involving impaired or released consortium debts     149

Clause 364: Introduction to Chapter     149

Clause 365: Reduction of impairment loss debits where group relief claimed     149

Clause 366: Effect where credit for release brought into account on amortised cost basis     149

Clause 367: Reduction of credits exceeding impairment losses     149

Clause 368: Reduction of claims where there are earlier net consortium debits     150

Clause 369: Carry forward of claims where there are no net consortium debits     150

Clause 370: Group accounting periods     150

Clause 371: Interpretation     150

Chapter 8: Connected parties relationships: late interest     150

Clause 372: Introduction to Chapter     150

Clause 373: Late interest treated as not accruing until paid in some cases     150

Clause 374: Connection between debtor and person standing in position of creditor     151

Clause 375: Loans to close companies by participators etc     151

Clause 376: Interpretation of section 375     151

Clause 377: Party to loan relationship having major interest in other party     151

Clause 378: Loans by trustees of occupational pension schemes     151

Clause 379: Persons indirectly standing in the position of creditor     151

Chapter 9: Partnerships involving companies     151

Clause 380: Partnerships involving companies     152

Clause 381: Determinations of credits and debits by company partners: general     152

Clause 382: Company partners using fair value accounting     152

Clause 383: Lending between partners and the partnership     152

Clause 384: Treatment of exchange gains and losses     152

Clause 385: Company partners’ shares where firm owns deeply discounted securities     153

Chapter 10: Insurance companies     153

Clause 386: Overview of Chapter     153

Clause 387: Treatment of deficit on basic life assurance and general annuity business: introduction     153

Clause 388: Basic rule: deficit set off against income and gains of deficit period     153

Clause 389: Claim to carry back deficit     154

Clause 390: Meaning of “available profits”     154

Clause 391: Carry forward of surplus deficit to next accounting period     154

Clause 392: Exclusion of loan relationships of members of Lloyd’s     154

Clause 393: General rules for some debtor relationships     154

Clause 394: Special rules for some debtor relationships     154

Chapter 11: Other special kinds of company     155

Clause 395: Investment trusts: profits or losses of a capital nature     155

Clause 396: Venture capital trusts: profits or losses of a capital nature     155

Clause 397: Credit unions     156

Chapter 12: Special rules for particular kinds of securities     156

Clause 398: Overview of Chapter     156

Clause 399: Index-linked gilt-edged securities: basic rules     156

Clause 400: Index-linked gilt-edged securities: adjustments for changes in index     156

Clause 401: Gilt strips     156

Clause 402: Market value of securities     157

Clause 403: Meaning of “strip”     157

Clause 404: Restriction on deductions etc relating to FOTRA securities     157

Clause 405: Certain non-UK residents with interest on 31/2% War Loan 1952 Or After     157

Clause 406: Introduction     158

Clause 407: Postponement until redemption of debits for connected companies’ deeply discounted securities     158

Clause 408: Companies connected for section 407     158

Clause 409: Postponement until redemption of debits for close companies’ deeply discounted securities     158

Clause 410: Exceptions to section 409     158

Clause 411: Interpretation of section 409     158

Clause 412: Persons indirectly standing in the position of creditor     158

Clause 413: Issue of funding bonds     159

Clause 414: Redemption of funding bonds     159

Clause 415: Loan relationships with embedded derivatives     159

Clause 416: Election for application of sections 415 and 585     159

Clause 417: Further provisions about elections under section 416     159

Clause 418: Loan relationships treated differently by connected debtor and creditor     159

Clause 419: Section 418: supplementary     160

Clause 420: Assumptions where options etc apply     160

Chapter 13: European cross-border transfers of business     160

Clause 421: Introduction to Chapter     160

Clause 422: Transfer of loan relationship at notional carrying value     160

Clause 423: Transferor using fair value accounting     160

Clause 424: Reorganisations involving loan relationships     160

Clause 425: Original holder using fair value accounting     161

Clause 426: Tax avoidance etc     161

Clause 427: Procedure on application for clearance     161

Clause 428: Decision on application for clearance     161

Clause 429: Disapplication of Chapter where transparent entities involved     161

Clause 430: Interpretation     161

Chapter 14: European cross-border mergers     162

Clause 435: Reorganisations involving loan relationships     162

Clause 436: Original holder using fair value accounting     162

Clause 437: Tax avoidance etc     163

Clause 438: Disapplication of Chapter where transparent entities involved     163

Clause 439: Interpretation     163

Chapter 15: Tax avoidance     163

Clause 440: Overview of Chapter     163

Clause 441: Loan relationships for unallowable purposes     163

Clause 442: Meaning of “unallowable purpose”     163

Clause 443: Restriction of relief for interest where tax relief schemes involved     163

Clause 444: Transactions not at arm’s length: general     164

Clause 445: Disapplication of section 444 where Schedule 28AA to ICTA applies     165

Clause 446: Bringing into account adjustments made under Schedule 28AA to ICTA     165

Clause 447: Exchange gains and losses on debtor relationships: loans disregarded under Schedule 28AA to ICTA     165

Clause 448: Exchange gains and losses on debtor relationships: equity notes where holder associated with issuer     165

Clause 449: Exchange gains and losses on creditor relationships: no corresponding debtor relationship     166

Clause 450: Meaning of “corresponding debtor relationship”     166

Clause 451: Exception to section 449 where loan exceeds arm’s length amount     166

Clause 452: Exchange gains and losses where loan not on arm’s length terms     166

Clause 453: Connected parties deriving benefit from creditor relationships     166

Clause 454: Application of fair value accounting: reset bonds etc     167

Clause 455: Disposals for consideration not fully recognised by accounting practice     167

Chapter 16: Non-trading deficits     167

Clause 456: Introduction to Chapter     167

Clause 457: Basic rule for deficits: carry forward to accounting periods after deficit period     167

Clause 458: Claim to carry forward deficit to later accounting periods     167

Clause 459: Claim to set off deficit against profits of deficit period or earlier periods     168

Clause 460: Time limits and procedure for claims under section 459(1)     168

Clause 461: Claim to set off deficit against other profits for the deficit period     169

Clause 462: Claim to carry back deficit to earlier accounting periods     169

Clause 463: Profits available for relief under section 462     169

Chapter 17: Priority rules     169

Clause 464: Priority of this Part for corporation tax purposes     169

Clause 465: Exclusion of distributions except in tax avoidance cases     169

Chapter 18: General and supplementary provisions     170

Clause 466: Companies connected for an accounting period     170

Clause 467: Connections where partnerships are involved     170

Clause 468: Connection between companies to be ignored in some circumstances     170

Clause 469: Creditors who are financial traders     170

Clause 470: Section 469: supplementary provisions     171

Clause 471: Creditors who are insurance companies carrying on BLAGAB     171

Clause 472: Meaning of “control”     171

Clause 473: Meaning of “major interest”     171

Clause 474: Treatment of connected companies and partnerships for section 473     171

Clause 475: Meaning of expressions relating to exchange gains and losses     171

Clause 476: Other definitions     171

 
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