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Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Bill
Part 7 — Tax treatment of financing costs and income
Chapter 4 — Exemption of financing income

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291     

Statement of allocated exemptions: submission of revised statement

(1)   

If the reporting body has submitted a statement of allocated exemptions under

section 290 or this section, it may submit a revised statement to HMRC.

(2)   

A statement submitted under this section must be received by HMRC within

36 months of the end of the relevant period of account.

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(3)   

A statement submitted under this section must comply with the requirements

of section 292.

(4)   

A statement submitted under this section—

(a)   

must indicate the respects in which it differs from the previous

statement, and

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(b)   

supersedes the previous statement.

292     

Statement of allocated exemptions: requirements

(1)   

This section applies in relation to a statement of allocated exemptions

submitted under section 290 or 291.

(2)   

The statement must be signed—

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(a)   

if an appointment under section 288 has effect in relation to the relevant

period of account, by the appropriate person in relation to the company

appointed under that section, or

(b)   

if such an appointment does not have effect in relation to the relevant

period of account, by the appropriate person in relation to each

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company to which this Chapter applies.

(3)   

The statement must show—

(a)   

the tested expense amount,

(b)   

the available amount, and

(c)   

the total disallowed amount.

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(4)   

The statement must—

(a)   

list one or more companies to which this Chapter applies, and

(b)   

in relation to each listed company, specify one or more financing

income amounts for the relevant period of account that are to be

exempted, and give the relevant details in relation to each such amount.

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(5)   

For this purpose “the relevant details” in relation to a financing income amount

are—

(a)   

which of conditions A, B and C in section 314 is met in relation to the

amount, and

(b)   

the relevant accounting period of the company in which the amount

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would, apart from this Part, be brought into account for the purposes

of corporation tax.

(6)   

The sum of the amounts specified under subsection (4)(b) must not exceed the

lower of—

(a)   

the total disallowed amount, and

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(b)   

the tested income amount (see Chapter 8).

(7)   

In this section “the appropriate person”, in relation to a company, means—

(a)   

the proper officer of the company, or

 
 

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(b)   

such other person as may for the time being have the express, implied

or apparent authority of the company to act on its behalf for the

purposes of this Part.

(8)   

Subsections (3) and (4) of section 108 of TMA 1970 (responsibility of company

officers: meaning of “proper officer”) apply for the purposes of this section as

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they apply for the purposes of that section.

(9)   

For the meaning of “financing income amount”, see Chapter 7.

293     

Statement of allocated exemptions: effect

A financing income amount of a company to which this Chapter applies that is

specified in a statement of allocated exemptions under section 292(4)(b) is not

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to be brought into account by the company for the purposes of corporation tax.

294     

Company tax returns

(1)   

This section applies if—

(a)   

a company to which this Chapter applies has delivered a company tax

return for a relevant accounting period, and

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(b)   

as a result of the submission of a revised statement of allocated

exemptions under section 291

(i)   

there is a change in the amount of profits on which corporation

tax is chargeable for the period, or

(ii)   

any other information contained in the return is incorrect.

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(2)   

The company is treated as having amended its company tax return for the

accounting period so as to reflect the change mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i)

or to correct the information mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(ii).

295     

Power to make regulations about statement of allocated exemptions

The Commissioners may by regulations make further provision about a

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statement of allocated exemptions including, in particular, provision—

(a)   

about the form of a statement and the manner in which it is to be

submitted,

(b)   

requiring a person to give information to HMRC in connection with a

statement,

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(c)   

as to circumstances in which a statement that is not received by the time

specified in section 290(2) or 291(2) is to be treated as if it were so

received, and

(d)   

as to circumstances in which a statement that does not comply with the

requirements of section 292 is to be treated as if it did so comply.

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296     

Failure of reporting body to submit statement of allocated exemptions

(1)   

This section applies if no statement of allocated exemptions is submitted under

section 290 that complies with the requirements of section 292.

(2)   

Subject to the following provisions of this section, each financing income

amount for the relevant period of account of each company to which this

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Chapter applies is to be reduced to nil.

 
 

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(3)   

In this section “unrestricted reduction” means a reduction of a financing

income amount for the relevant period of account of a company to which this

Chapter applies, determined in accordance with subsection (2).

(4)   

Subsection (5) applies if—

(a)   

the total of the unrestricted reductions, exceeds

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(b)   

the lower of—

(i)   

the total disallowed amount, and

(ii)   

the tested income amount.

(5)   

Each unrestricted reduction is to be reduced by—

   

where—

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UR is the unrestricted reduction in question,

TUR is the total of the unrestricted reductions, and

X is the excess mentioned in subsection (4).

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Power to make regulations in relation to reductions under section 296

(1)   

The Commissioners may by regulations make provision for the purpose of

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securing that a company required under section 296 to reduce the amounts that

it brings into account in respect of financing income amounts for the relevant

period of account (“a company required to make default reductions”) has

sufficient information to determine their amount.

(2)   

Provision that may be made in regulations under subsection (1) includes

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provision requiring one or more members of the worldwide group to send

specified information to a company required to make default reductions.

(3)   

The Commissioners may by regulations make provision about cases in which

(whether as a result of non-compliance with regulations made under

subsection (1) or otherwise) a company required to make default reductions

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does not possess specified information.

(4)   

Provision that may be made in regulations under subsection (3) includes

provision as to assumptions that may or must be made in determining the

amount of a reduction under section 296 of a financing income amount.

(5)   

The Commissioners may by regulations make provision for determining a time

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later than that determined under paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 18 to FA 1998

(amendment of return by company) before which a company required to make

default reductions may amend its company tax return so as to reflect a

reduction under section 296.

(6)   

In this section “specified” means specified in regulations under this section.

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298     

Balancing payments between group companies: no tax charge or relief

(1)   

This section applies if—

(a)   

one or more financing income amounts of a company (“company A”)

for the relevant period of account are—

(i)   

because of section 293, not brought into account, or

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(ii)   

because of section 296, reduced,

 
 

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(b)   

one or more financing expense amounts of another company

(“company B”) for the relevant period of account are—

(i)   

because of section 281, not brought into account, or

(ii)   

because of section 284, reduced,

(c)   

company A makes one or more payments (“the balancing payments”)

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to company B, and

(d)   

the sole or main reason for making the balancing payments is that the

conditions in paragraphs (a) and (b) are met.

(2)   

To the extent that the sum of the balancing payments does not exceed the

amount specified in subsection (3), those payments—

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(a)   

are not to be taken into account in computing profits or losses of either

company A or company B for the purposes of corporation tax, and

(b)   

are not to be regarded as distributions for any of the purposes of the

Corporation Tax Acts.

(3)   

The amount mentioned in subsection (2) is the lower of—

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(a)   

the sum of the financing income amounts mentioned in subsection

(1)(a), and

(b)   

the sum of the financing expense amounts mentioned in subsection

(1)(b).

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Intra-group financing income where payer denied deduction

299     

Tax exemption for certain financing income received from EEA companies

(1)   

A financing income amount of a company that is a member of the worldwide

group (“the recipient”) is not to be brought into account for the purposes of

corporation tax if—

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(a)   

it arises as a result of a payment by another company that is a member

of the worldwide group (“the payer”),

(b)   

the payment is received during a period of account of the worldwide

group to which this Part applies, and

(c)   

conditions A, B and C are met.

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(2)   

Condition A is that, at the time the payment is received, the payer is a relevant

associate of the recipient (see section 300).

(3)   

Condition B is that, at the time the payment is received—

(a)   

the payer is tax-resident in an EEA territory (see section 301), and

(b)   

the payer is liable to a tax of that territory that is chargeable by reference

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to profits, income or gains arising to the payer.

(4)   

Condition C is that—

(a)   

qualifying EEA tax relief for the payment is not available to the payer

in the period in which the payment is made (“the current period”) or

any previous period (see section 302), and

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(b)   

qualifying EEA tax relief for the payment is not available to the payer

in any period after the current period (see section 303).

(5)   

For the meaning of “financing income amount”, see section 305.

 
 

 
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