Finance (No. 2) Act 2023

Adjusted net group-interest expense: debits in respect of pre-trading expenditureU.K.

9(1)Section 413 (adjusted net group-interest expense) is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (3) (upward adjustment), after paragraph (cc) (inserted by paragraph 8 of this Schedule) insert—

(cd)an amount that is brought into account by a member of the group, for a relevant accounting period in relation to the period of account, under section 330(3) of CTA 2009 (debits in respect of pre-trading expenditure) in accordance with an election made under section 330(1)(b) of that Act, so far as that amount has not been included in the adjusted net group-interest expense of the group for any earlier period of account;.

(3)In subsection (4) (downward adjustment), after paragraph (ca) (inserted by paragraph 8 of this Schedule) insert—

(cb)an amount, in respect of a loan relationship to which a member of the group is a party, that—

(i)is recognised in the financial statements of the group for the period, but

(ii)is prevented from being brought into account in accordance with an election made under section 330(1)(b) of CTA 2009 (debits in respect of pre-trading expenditure);.