Finance Act 1993

149 Local currency to be used

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the local currency for the purposes of sections 125 to 127 above is sterling.

(2) Subsections (4) to (6) below apply where—

(a) at any time in an accrual period an asset or contract was held, or a liability was owed, by a qualifying company for the purposes of a trade or trades carried on by it or of part or parts of a trade or trades carried on by it, and

(b) the local currency of any such trade or part for the relevant accounting period is a currency other than sterling.

(3) References in this section to the relevant accounting period are to the accounting period which constitutes the accrual period or in which the accrual period falls.

(4) If throughout the accrual period the asset or contract was held, or the liability was owed, by the company solely for trading purposes and only one local currency is involved, sections 125 to 128 above shall be applied by reference to that currency.

(5) If throughout the accrual period the asset or contract was held, or the liability was owed, by the company solely for trading purposes and more than one local currency is involved, sections 125 to 128 above shall be applied separately by reference to each local currency involved and any exchange gain or loss of a trade or part shall be ignored unless found in the currency which is the local currency of the trade or part for the relevant accounting period.

(6) In any other case—

(a) sections 125 to 128 above shall be applied by reference to sterling and sections 129 to 133 above shall be applied to any non-trading exchange gain or loss;

(b) sections 125 to 128 above shall then be applied separately by reference to each local currency involved (other than sterling);

(c) any exchange gain or loss of a trade or part shall be ignored unless found in the currency which is the local currency of the trade or part for the relevant accounting period (whether sterling or otherwise).

(7) For the purposes of this section a part of a trade is any part of a trade whose basic profits or losses for the relevant accounting period are by virtue of regulations under section 94 above to be computed and expressed in a particular currency for the purposes of corporation tax.