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CORPORATION TAX BILL


EXPLANATORY NOTES

[VOLUME I]

The Explanatory Notes are divided into four volumes.

Volume I contains the Introduction to the Bill and Notes on clauses 1 to 465 of the Bill.

Volume II contains Notes on clauses 466 to 937 of the Bill

Volume III contains Notes on clauses 938 to 1185 of and Schedules 1 to 4 to the Bill

Volume IV contains Annexes to the Notes.

Bill 1—EN (I)                                                   54/5

CORPORATION TAX BILL

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EXPLANATORY NOTES - VOLUME 1

(INTRODUCTION AND CLAUSES 1 TO 465)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION     15

SUMMARY     15

BACKGROUND     16

CORPORATION TAX BILL     18

Glossary     20

Part 1: Introduction     21

Clause 1: Overview of Act     21

Part 2: Calculation of liability in respect of profits     21

Chapter 1: Introduction     21

Clause 2: Overview of Part     21

Chapter 2: Rates at which corporation tax on profits charged     21

Clause 3: Corporation tax rates     21

Chapter 3: Calculation of amount to which rates applied     21

Clause 4: Amount of profits to which corporation tax rates applied     22

Chapter 4: Currency     23

Clause 5: Basic rule: sterling to be used     23

Clause 6: UK resident company operating in sterling and preparing accounts in another currency     23

Clause 7: UK resident company operating in currency other than sterling and preparing accounts in another currency     24

Clause 8: UK resident company preparing accounts in currency other than sterling     24

Clause 9: Non-UK resident company preparing return of accounts in currency other than sterling     24

Clause 10: The equivalent in another currency of a sterling amount     25

Clause 11: Sterling equivalents: basic rule     25

Clause 12: Sterling equivalents: carried-back amounts     25

Clause 13: Sterling equivalents: carried-forward amounts     25

Clause 14: Carried-back amounts     25

Clause 15: Carried-forward amounts     25

Clause 16: Sections 13(2) and 19(5): profit against which carried-forward amount to be set     25

Clause 17: Interpretation of Chapter     25

Part 3: Companies with small profits     26

Clause 18: Profits charged at the small profits rate     26

Clause 19: Marginal relief     26

Clause 20: Company with only ring fence profits     27

Clause 21: Company with ring fence profits and other profits     27

Clause 22: The ring fence amount     27

Clause 23: The remaining amount     27

Clause 24: The lower limit and the upper limit     28

Clause 25: Associated companies     28

Clause 26: Section 25(3): treatment of certain non-trading companies     29

Clause 27: Attribution to persons of rights and powers of their partners     29

Clause 28: Associated companies: fixed-rate preference shares     29

Clause 29: Association through a loan creditor     30

Clause 30: Association through a trustee     30

Clause 31: Power to obtain information     31

Clause 32: Meaning of “augmented profits”     31

Clause 33: Interpretation of section 32(2) and (3)     31

Clause 34: Close investment-holding companies     32

Part 4: Loss relief     33

Chapter 1: Introduction     33

Clause 35: Overview of Part     33

Chapter 2: Trade losses     34

Clause 36: Introduction to Chapter     34

Clause 37: Relief for trade losses against total profits     34

Clause 38: Limit on deduction if accounting period falls partly within 12 month period     35

Clause 39: Terminal losses: extension of periods for which relief may be given     36

Clause 40: Ring fence trades: extension of periods for which relief may be given     36

Clause 41: Sections 39 and 40: transfers of trade to obtain relief     36

Clause 42: Ring fence trades: further extension of period for relief     36

Clause 43: Claim period in case of ring fence or mineral extraction trades     37

Clause 44: Trade must be commercial or carried on for statutory functions     37

Clause 45: Carry forward of trade loss against subsequent trade profits     37

Clause 46: Use of trade-related interest and dividends if insufficient trade profits     38

Clause 47: Registered industrial and provident societies     38

Clause 48: Farming or market gardening     38

Clause 49: Reasonable expectation of profit     39

Clause 50: Cessation of trades     39

Clause 51: Companies treated as same person as individual     39

Clause 52: Dealings in commodity futures     40

Clause 53: Leasing contracts and company reconstructions     40

Clause 54: Non-UK resident company: receipts of interest, dividends or royalties     40

Chapter 3: Limited partners and members of limited liability partnerships     40

Clause 55: Introduction to Chapter     40

Clause 56: Restriction on reliefs for limited partners     41

Clause 57: Meaning of “contribution to the firm”     41

Clause 58: Meaning of “limited partner”     41

Clause 59: Restriction on relief for members of LLPs     42

Clause 60: Meaning of “contribution to the LLP”     42

Clause 61: Unrelieved losses brought forward     42

Chapter 4: Property losses     42

Clause 62: Relief for losses made in UK property business     42

Clause 63: Company with investment business ceasing to carry on UK property business     43

Clause 64: UK property business to be commercial or carried on for statutory functions     44

Clause 65: UK furnished holiday lettings business treated as trade     44

Clause 66: Relief for losses made in overseas property business     44

Clause 67: Overseas property business to be commercial or carried on for statutory functions     45

Chapter 5: Losses on disposal of shares     45

Clause 68: Share loss relief     45

Clause 69: Eligibility conditions     46

Clause 70: Entitlement to claim     46

Clause 71: How relief works     46

Clause 72: Limit on deduction if accounting period falls partly within 12 month period     47

Clause 73: Subscription for shares     47

Clause 74: Disposals of new shares     47

Clause 75: Limits on relief     48

Clause 76: Disposal of shares forming part of mixed holding     48

Clause 77: Section 76: supplementary     49

Clause 78: Qualifying trading companies     49

Clause 79: The trading requirement     50

Clause 80: Ceasing to meet trading requirement because of administration etc     50

Clause 81: The control and independence requirement     50

Clause 82: The qualifying subsidiaries requirement     50

Clause 83: The property managing subsidiaries requirement     50

Clause 84: The gross assets requirement     50

Clause 85: The unquoted status requirement     50

Clause 86: Power to amend requirements by Treasury order     50

Clause 87: Relief after an exchange of shares for shares in another company     50

Clause 88: Substitution of new shares for old shares     51

Clause 89: Deemed time of issue for certain shares     51

Clause 90: Interpretation of Chapter     51

Chapter 6: Losses from miscellaneous transactions     51

Clause 91: Relief for losses from miscellaneous transactions     51

Chapter 7: Write-off of government investment     52

Clause 92: Loss relief to be reduced in case of write-off of government investment     52

Clause 93: Groups of companies     52

Clause 94: Cases in which government investment is written off     52

Clause 95: Meaning of “carry-forward losses”     52

Clause 96: Interaction with other tax provisions     52

Part 5: Group relief     53

Chapter 1: Introduction     55

Clause 97: Introduction to Part     55

Chapter 2: Surrender of company’s losses etc for an accounting period     55

Clause 98: Overview of Chapter     55

Clause 99: Surrendering of losses and other amounts     55

Clause 100: Meaning of “trading loss”     56

Clause 101: Meaning of “capital allowance excess”     56

Clause 102: Meaning of “UK property business loss”     57

Clause 103: Meaning of “management expenses”     57

Clause 104: Meaning of “non-trading loss on intangible fixed assets”     57

Clause 105: Restriction on surrender of losses etc within section 99(1)(d) to (g)     58

Clause 106: Restriction on losses etc surrenderable by UK resident     58

Clause 107: Restriction on losses etc surrenderable by non-UK resident     59

Clause 108: Meaning of “non-UK profits”     60

Clause 109: Restriction on losses etc surrenderable by dual resident     61

Clause 110: Restriction on surrender of losses etc from alternative finance arrangements     61

Chapter 3: Surrenders made by non-UK resident company resident or trading in the EEA     61

Clause 111: Overview of Chapter     62

Clause 112: EEA related definitions     62

Clause 113: Steps to determine extent to which loss etc can be surrendered     62

Clause 114: The equivalence condition     63

Clause 115: The EEA tax loss condition: companies resident in EEA territory     63

Clause 116: The EEA tax loss condition: companies not resident in EEA territory     63

Clause 117: The qualifying loss condition: general     64

Clause 118: The qualifying loss condition: relief for current and previous periods     64

Clause 119: The qualifying loss condition: relief for future periods     65

Clause 120: The qualifying loss condition: non-UK tax relief in another territory     65

Clause 121: The precedence condition     65

Clause 122: Assumptions to be made in recalculating EEA amount     67

Clause 123: Assumptions as to UK residence     67

Clause 124: Assumptions as to places in which activities carried on     67

Clause 125: Assumptions as to accounting periods     68

Clause 126: Assumptions in relation to capital allowances     68

Clause 127: Amounts excluded because of certain arrangements     68

Clause 128: Rules for recalculating EEA amount     69

Chapter 4: Claims for group relief     69

Clause 129: Overview of Chapter     69

Clause 130: Group relief claims on amounts surrenderable under Chapter 2     69

Clause 131: The group condition     71

Clause 132: Consortium condition 1     71

Clause 133: Consortium conditions 2 and 3     71

Clause 134: Meaning of “UK related” company     72

Clause 135: Group relief claims on amounts surrenderable under Chapter 3     72

Clause 136: The EEA group condition     73

Clause 137: Deduction from total profits     73

Clause 138: Limitation on amount of group relief applying to all claims     74

Clause 139: Unused part of the surrenderable amounts     74

Clause 140: Unrelieved part of claimant company’s available total profits     75

Clause 141: Sections 139 and 140: supplementary     76

Clause 142: Meaning of “the overlapping period”     76

Clause 143: Condition 1: surrendering company owned by consortium     77

Clause 144: Condition 1: claimant company owned by consortium     78

Clause 145: Conditions 2 and 3: limitations in sections 143 and 144     79

Clause 146: Conditions 2 and 3: companies in link company’s group     80

Clause 147: Conditions 1 and 2: surrenderable amounts including trading loss     81

Clause 148: Conditions 1 and 2: surrendering company in group of companies     82

Clause 149: Conditions 1 and 3: claimant company in group of companies     83

Chapter 5: Subsidiaries, groups and consortiums     84

Clause 150: Overview of Chapter     84

Clause 151: Meaning of “75% subsidiary” and “90% subsidiary”     84

Clause 152: Groups of companies     84

Clause 153: Companies owned by consortiums and members of consortiums     85

Clause 154: Arrangements for transfer of member of group of companies etc     85

Clause 155: Arrangements for transfer of company owned by consortium etc     85

Clause 156: Sections 154 and 155: supplementary     86

Chapter 6: Equity holders and profits or assets available for distribution     86

Clause 157: Introduction to Chapter     87

Clause 158: Meaning of “equity holder”     87

Clause 159: Use of relevant company’s assets     87

Clause 160: Meaning of “ordinary shares”     88

Clause 161: Meaning of “restricted right to dividends”     88

Clause 162: Meaning of “normal commercial loan”     88

Clause 163: Normal commercial loans: company’s results or value of assets     89

Clause 164: Sections 160 and 162: supplementary     89

Clause 165: Proportion of profits available for distribution to which company is entitled     90

Clause 166: Proportion of assets available for distribution to which company is entitled     91

Clause 167: Profits or assets available for distribution and entitlement: supplementary     91

Clause 168: Meaning of “the relevant accounting period”     91

Clause 169: Application and interpretation of sections 170 to 182     92

Clause 170: Shares or securities with limited rights     92

Clause 171: Shares or securities with temporary rights     92

Clause 172: Company A’s proportion if shares etc have temporary rights     92

Clause 173: Cases in which option arrangements are in place     93

Clause 174: Company A’s proportion if option arrangements in place     93

Clauses 175 to 178     94

Clause 175: Cases in which both sections 170 and 172 apply     95

Clause 176: Cases in which both sections 170 and 174 apply     95

Clause 177: Cases in which both sections 172 and 174 apply     95

Clause 178: Cases in which sections 170, 172 and 174 all apply     95

Clause 179: Cases in which surrendering or claimant company is non-UK resident     95

Clause 180: Company A’s proportion if non-UK resident involved     96

Clause 181: Assumptions to be applied if non-UK resident company involved     96

Clause 182: Assets etc referable to UK trade     96

Chapter 7: Miscellaneous provisions and interpretation of Part     97

Clause 183: Payments for group relief     97

Clause 184: References to “allowance” in CAA 2001     97

Clause 185: “Trading company” and “holding company”     97

Clause 186: When activities of company are double taxation exempt     97

Clause 187: Meaning of “non-UK tax”     98

Clause 188: Other definitions that apply for the purposes of the Part     98

Part 6: Qualifying charitable donations     98

Chapter 1: Nature of relief     99

Clause 189: Relief for qualifying charitable donations     99

Clause 190: Qualifying charitable donations: meaning     99

Chapter 2: Certain payments to charity     99

Clause 191: Qualifying payments     99

Clause 192: Condition as to repayment     99

Clause 193: Associated acquisition etc     99

Clause 194: Distributions     100

Clause 195: Associated benefits     100

Clause 196: Associated benefits: meaning     100

Clause 197: Restrictions on associated benefits     100

Clause 198: Payments and benefits linked to periods of less than 12 months     100

Clause 199: Payment attributed to earlier accounting period     101

Clause 200: Company wholly owned by a charity     101

Clause 201: Associated persons     101

Clause 202: “Charity”     101

Chapter 3: Certain disposals to charity     102

Clause 203: Certain disposals of investments     102

Clause 204: Meaning of qualifying investment     102

Clause 205: Meaning of qualifying interest in land     102

Clause 206: The relievable amount     102

Clause 207: Incidental costs of making disposal     103

Clause 208: Consideration     103

Clause 209: Value of net benefit to charity     103

Clause 210: Market value of qualifying investments     104

Clause 211: Meaning of “disposal-related obligation”     104

Clause 212: Meaning and amount of “disposal-related liability”     104

Clause 213: Certificate required from charity     104

Clause 214: Qualifying interests in land held jointly     104

Clause 215: Calculation of relievable amount etc where joint disposal of interest in land     105

Clause 216: Disqualifying events     105

Clause 217: “Charity”     105

Part 7: Community investment tax relief     105

Chapter 1: Introduction     105

Clause 218: Meaning of “CITR”     105

Clause 219: Eligibility for CITR     106

Clause 220: Form and amount of CITR     106

Clause 221: Meaning of “making an investment”     107

Clause 222: Determination of “the invested amount”     107

Clause 223: Meaning of “the 5 year period” and “the investment date”     107

Clause 224: Overview of other Chapters of Part     107

Chapter 2: Qualifying investments     107

Clause 225: Qualifying investments: introduction     107

Clause 226: Conditions to be met in relation to loans     107

Clause 227: Conditions to be met in relation to securities     108

Clause 228: Conditions to be met in relation to shares     108

Clause 229: Tax relief certificates     108

Clause 230: No pre-arranged protection against risks     109

Chapter 3: General conditions     109

Clause 231: No control of CDFI by investor     109

Clause 232: Investor must have beneficial ownership     109

Clause 233: Investor must not be accredited     109

Clause 234: No acquisition of share in partnership     110

Clause 235: No tax avoidance purpose     110

Chapter 4: Limitations on claims and attribution     110

Clause 236: Loans: no claim after disposal or excessive repayments or receipts of value     110

Clause 237: Securities or shares: no claim after disposal or excessive receipts of value     110

Clause 238: No claim after loss of accreditation by the CDFI     110

Clause 239: Accreditation of investor     111

Clause 240: Attribution: general     111

Clause 241: Attribution: bonus shares     111

Chapter 5: Withdrawal or reduction of CITR     111

Clause 242: Introduction to Chapter     111

Clause 243: Disposal of loan during 5 year period     112

Clause 244: Disposal of securities or shares during 5 year period     112

Clause 245: Repayment of loan capital during 5 year period     112

Clause 246: Value received by investor during 6 year period: loans     112

Clause 247: Value received by investor during 6 year period: securities or shares     113

Clause 248: Receipts of insignificant value to be added together     113

Clause 249: When value is received     113

Clause 250: The amount of value received     114

Clause 251: Value received if there is more than one investment     114

Clause 252: Effect of receipt of value on future claims     114

Clause 253: Receipts of value by or from connected persons     114

Clause 254: CITR subsequently found not to have been due     115

Clause 255: Manner of withdrawal or reduction of CITR     115

Chapter 6: Supplementary and general     115

Clause 256: Meaning of “loan” and “interest”     115

Clause 257: Purchase and resale arrangements     115

Clause 258: Deposit arrangements     115

Clause 259: Profit share agency arrangements     116

Clause 260: Information to be provided by the investor     116

Clause 261: Disclosure     116

Clause 262: Nominees     116

Clause 263: Application for postponement of tax pending appeal     116

Clause 264: Identification of securities or shares on a disposal     116

Clause 265: Meaning of “issue of securities or shares”     116

Clause 266: Meaning of “disposal”     116

Clause 267: Construction of references to being “held continuously”     117

Clause 268: Meaning of “associate”     117

Clause 269: Minor definitions etc     117

Part 8: Oil activities     118

Chapter 1: Introduction     119

Clause 270: Overview of Part     119

Chapter 2: Basic definitions     119

Clause 271: “Associated companies”     119

Clause 272: “Oil extraction activities”     119

Clause 273: “Oil rights”     119

Clause 274: “Oil-related activities”     119

Clause 275: “Ring fence income”     120

Clause 276: “Ring fence profits”     120

Clause 277: “Ring fence trade”     120

Clause 278: Other definitions     120

Chapter 3: Deemed separate trade     120

Clause 279: Oil-related activities treated as separate trade     120

Chapter 4: Calculation of profits     120

Clause 280: Disposal to be valued by reference to section 2(5A) of OTA 1975     121

Clause 281: Valuation where market value taken into account under section 2 of OTA 1975     121

Clause 282: Valuation where disposal not sale at arm’s length     122

Clause 283: Valuation where excess of nominated proceeds     122

Clause 284: Valuation where relevant appropriation but no disposal     123

Clause 285: Valuation where appropriation to refining etc     123

Clause 286: Restriction on debits to be brought into account     123

Clause 287: Restriction on credits to be brought into account     123

Clause 288: Sale and lease-back     124

Clause 289: Reduction of expenditure by reference to regional development grant     124

Clause 290: Adjustment as a result of regional development grant     124

Clause 291: Tariff receipts etc     125

Clause 292: Expenditure on and under abandonment guarantees     125

Clause 293: Relief for reimbursement expenditure under abandonment guarantees     126

Clause 294: Payment under abandonment guarantee not immediately applied     126

Clause 295: Amounts excluded from section 293(1)     126

Clause 296: Introduction to sections 297 and 298     126

Clause 297: Relief for expenditure incurred by a participator in meeting defaulter’s abandonment expenditure     127

Clause 298: Reimbursement by defaulter in respect of certain abandonment expenditure     127

Clause 299: Deduction of PRT in calculating income for corporation tax purposes     127

Clause 300: Effect of repayment of PRT: general rule     127

Clause 301: Effect of repayment of PRT: special rule     128

Clause 302: Interest on repayment of PRT or APRT     128

Clause 303: Management expenses     128

Clause 304: Losses     128

Clause 305: Group relief     129

Clause 306: Capital allowances     129

Chapter 5: Ring fence expenditure supplement     129

Clause 307: Overview of Chapter     129

Clause 308: Qualifying companies     129

Clause 309: Accounting periods     129

Clause 310: The relevant percentage     130

Clause 311: Limit on number of accounting periods for which supplement may be claimed     130

Clause 312: Qualifying pre-commencement expenditure     130

Clause 313: Unrelieved group ring fence profits for accounting periods     130

Clause 314: Taxable ring fence profits for an accounting period     130

Clause 315: Supplement in respect of a pre-commencement accounting period     130

Clause 316: The mixed pool of qualifying pre-commencement expenditure and supplement previously allowed     131

Clause 317: Reduction in respect of disposal receipts under CAA 2001     131

Clause 318: Reduction in respect of unrelieved group ring fence profits     131

Clause 319: The reference amount for a pre-commencement period     131

Clause 320: Claims for pre-commencement supplement     131

Clause 321: Supplement in respect of a post-commencement period     131

Clause 322: Amount of post-commencement supplement for a post-commencement period.     132

Clause 323: Ring fence losses     132

Clause 324: Special rule for straddling periods     132

Clause 325: The pool of ring fence losses and the pool of non-qualifying Schedule 19B losses     132

Clause 326: The ring fence pool     132

Clause 327: Reductions in respect of utilised ring fence losses     132

Clause 328: Reductions in respect of unrelieved group ring fence profits     133

Clause 329: The reference amount for a post-commencement period     133

Chapter 6: Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades     133

Clause 330: Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades     133

Clause 331: Meaning of “financing costs” etc     133

Clause 332: Assessment, recovery and postponement of supplementary charge     133

Chapter 7: Reduction of supplementary charge for certain new oil fields     133

Clause 333: Reduction of adjusted ring fence profits     134

Clause 334: Company’s pool of field allowances     134

Clause 335: Carrying part of pool of field allowances into following period     134

Clause 336: Carrying whole of pool of field allowances into following period     134

Clause 337: Initial licensee to hold a field allowance     134

Clause 338: Holding a field allowance on acquisition of equity share     134

Clause 339: Unactivated amount of field allowance     134

Clause 340: Introduction to section 341     134

Clause 341: Activation of field allowance     135

Clause 342: Introduction to sections 343 and 344     135

Clause 343: Reference periods     135

Clause 344: Activation of field allowance     135

Clause 345: Introduction to sections 346 and 347     135

Clause 346: Reduction of field allowance if equity disposed of     135

Clause 347: Acquisition of field allowance if equity acquired     135

Clause 348: Adjustments     135

Clause 349: Orders     135

Clause 350: “New oil field”     136

Clause 351: “Authorisation of development of an oil field”     136

Clause 352: “Qualifying oil field”     136

Clause 353: “Small oil field”     136

Clause 354: “Ultra heavy oil field”     136

Clause 355: “Ultra high pressure/high temperature oil field”     136

Clause 356: “Total field allowance for a new oil field”     136

Clause 357: Other definitions     136

Part 9: Leasing plant or machinery     136

Chapter 1: Introduction     137

Clause 358: Introduction to Part     137

Chapter 2: Long funding leases of plant or machinery     137

Clause 359: Overview of Chapter     137

Clause 360: Lessor under long funding finance lease: rental earnings     138

Clause 361: Lessor under long funding finance lease: exceptional items     138

Clause 362: Lessor under long funding finance lease making termination payment     138

Clause 363: Lessor under long funding operating lease: periodic deduction     139

Clause 364: “Starting value”: general     139

Clause 365: “Starting value” where plant or machinery originally unqualifying     139

Clause 366: Long funding operating lease: lessor’s additional expenditure     139

Clause 367: Determination of remaining residual value resulting from lessor’s first additional expenditure     140

Clause 368: Determination of remaining residual value resulting from lessor’s further additional expenditure     140

Clause 369: Lessor under long funding operating lease: termination of lease     140

Clause 370: Plant or machinery held as trading stock     140

Clause 371: Adjustments where sections 360 to 369 subsequently disapplied by section 370     141

Clause 372: Lessor also lessee under non-long funding lease     141

Clause 373: Other avoidance     141

Clause 374: Provision supplementing section 373     141

Clause 375: Adjustments where sections 360 to 369 subsequently disapplied by section 373     141

Clause 376: Films     142

Clause 377: Lessee under long funding finance lease: limit on deductions     142

Clause 378: Lessee under long funding finance lease: termination     142

Clause 379: Lessee under long funding operating lease     142

Clause 380: “Starting value” in section 379     143

Clause 381: Interpretation of Chapter     143

Chapters 3 to 6: The sales of lessors Chapters     143

Chapter 3: Sales of lessors: leasing business carried on by a company alone     144

Clause 382: Introduction to Chapter     144

Clause 383: Income and matching expense in different accounting periods     144

Clause 384: Amount of income and expense     144

Clause 385: No carry back of the expense     144

Clause 386: Relief for expense otherwise giving rise to carried forward loss     144

Clause 387: “Business of leasing plant or machinery”     145

Clause 388: “Relevant plant or machinery value” for condition A in section 387     145

Clause 389: Provision supplementing section 388     146

Clause 390: Relevant plant or machinery value where relevant company lessee under long funding lease etc     146

Clause 391: Relevant company’s income for condition B in section 387     146

Clause 392: “Qualifying change of ownership”     146

Clause 393: Qualifying 75% subsidiaries     146

Clause 394: Consortium relationships     147

Clause 395: No qualifying change of ownership in the case of certain intra-group reorganisations     148

Clause 396: No qualifying change of ownership where principal company’s interest in consortium company unchanged     148

Clause 397: Companies owned by consortiums and members of consortiums     148

Clause 398: “Qualifying 75% or 90% subsidiary” etc     148

Clause 399: The amount of the income: the basic amount     149

Clause 400: “PM” in section 399     149

Clause 401: Provisions supplementing section 400     149

Clause 402: “PM” where relevant company lessee under long funding lease etc     149

Clause 403: “TWDV” in section 399     149

Clause 404: Amount to be nil if basic amount negative     150

Clause 405: Adjustment to the basic amount: qualifying 75% subsidiaries     150

Clause 406: Adjustment to the basic amount: consortium relationships     150

Clause 407: Migration     150

Clause 408: “Associated company”     151

Chapter 4: Sales of lessors: leasing business carried on by a company in partnership     151

Clause 409: Introduction to Chapter     151

Clause 410: “Business of leasing plant or machinery”     151

Clause 411: “Relevant plant or machinery value” for condition A in section 410     152

Clause 412: Provision supplementing section 411     152

Clause 413: Relevant plant or machinery value where partnership lessee under long funding lease etc     152

Clause 414: Partnership’s income for condition B in section 410     153

Clause 415: “Qualifying change” in company’s interest in a business     153

Clause 416: Determining the percentage share in the profits or loss of business     153

Clause 417: Partner company’s income and other companies’ matching expense     153

Clause 418: Amount of income and expense     153

Clause 419: Relief for expense otherwise giving rise to carried forward loss     154

Clause 420: Exception: companies carrying on business ceasing to share in its profits     154

Clause 421: The amount of the income: the basic amount     154

Clause 422: Amount to be nil if basic amount negative     155

Clause 423: Adjustment to the basic amount     155

Clause 424: The amount of expense     155

Clause 425: Partner company’s income and matching expense in different accounting periods     156

Clause 426: Amount of income and expense     156

Clause 427: No carry back of the expense     156

Clause 428: Relief for expense otherwise giving rise to carried forward loss     156

Clause 429: The amount of the income     157

Clause 430: “Associated company”     157

Clause 431: “Profits” and “loss”     158

Chapter 5: Sales of lessors: anti-avoidance provisions     158

Clause 432: Restrictions on relief for Chapter 3 or 4 expenses: introduction     158

Clause 433: Restrictions applying to the restricted loss amount     158

Clause 434: Introduction to sections 435 and 436     158

Clause 435: Disregard of increases and decreases in balance sheet amounts     159

Clause 436: Balance sheet amounts determined on assumption company has no liabilities     159

Chapter 6: Sales of lessors: general interpretation     160

Clause 437: Interpretation of the sales of lessors Chapters     160

Part 10: Close companies     160

Chapter 1: Overview of Part     160

Clause 438: Overview of Part     160

Chapter 2: Basic definitions     161

Clause 439: “Close company”     161

Clause 440: Basis of winding up under section 439(3)     162

Clause 441: Treatment of some persons as participators or directors for the purposes of section 439(3)     162

Clause 442: Particular types of company     162

Clause 443: Companies controlled by or on behalf of Crown     162

Clause 444: Companies involved with non-close companies     162

Clause 445: Section 444: registered pension schemes     163

Clause 446: Particular types of quoted company     163

Clause 447: Section 446: meaning of “shares beneficially held by the public” etc     163

Clauses 448 and 449: “Associate”; “associated company”     164

Clause 450: “Control”     164

Clause 451: Section 450: rights to be attributed etc     164

Clause 452: “Director”     164

Clauses 453 and 454 “Loan creditor”; “participator”     165

Chapter 3: Charge to tax in case of loan to participator     165

Clause 455: Charge to tax in case of loan to participator     165

Clause 456: Exceptions to the charge under section 455     166

Clause 457: Section 456: meaning of “material interest in a company”     166

Clause 458: Relief in case of repayment or release of loan     167

Clause 459: Loan treated as made to participator     167

Clause 460: Loan treated as made by close company     168

Clause 461: Exception to section 460     168

Clause 462: Determination of particular questions as a result of section 460     168

Clause 463: Taxation of debtor on release of loan to trustees of settlement which has ended     169

Clause 464: Section 463: other person treated as releasing or writing off debt     169

Chapter 4: Power to obtain information     169

Clause 465: Power to obtain information     169

 
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