Reliefs
1044Additional deduction in calculating profits of trade
(1)A company is entitled to corporation tax relief for an accounting period if it meets each of conditions A to D.
(2)Condition A is that the company is a small or medium-sized enterprise in the period.
(3)Condition B is that the company meets the R&D threshold in the period (see section 1050).
(4)Condition C is that the company carries on a trade in the period.
(5)Condition D is that the company has qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure which is allowable as a deduction in calculating for corporation tax purposes the profits of the trade for the period.
(6)For the company to obtain the relief it must make a claim.
See section 1046 (which prevents a company from making a claim if it is not a going concern).
(7)The relief is an additional deduction in calculating the profits of the trade for the period.
(8)The amount of the additional deduction is 75% of the qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure.
(9)This section is subject to section 1113 (cap on R&D aid in relation to a particular research and development project).
(10)For the meaning of “qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure” see section 1051.
1045Alternative treatment for pre-trading expenditure: deemed trading loss
(1)A company is entitled to corporation tax relief for an accounting period if it meets conditions A, B and C.
(2)Condition A is that the company is a small or medium-sized enterprise in the period.
(3)Condition B is that the company meets the R&D threshold in the period (see section 1050).
(4)Condition C is that the company has incurred qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure in the period which—
(a)is not allowable as a deduction in calculating for corporation tax purposes the profits of a trade carried on by it at the time the expenditure was incurred, but
(b)would have been so allowable had it, at that time, been carrying on a trade consisting of the activities in respect of which the expenditure was incurred.
(5)For the company to obtain the relief it must make an election.
See section 1046 (which prevents a company from making an election if it is not a going concern).
(6)The relief is that the company is treated as if it had made a trading loss in the period.
(7)The trading loss is equal to 175% of the qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure.
(8)If a company makes an election under this section in respect of qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure, section 61 (pre-trading expenses) does not apply to the expenditure.
(9)This section is subject to section 1113 (cap on R&D aid in relation to a particular research and development project).
(10)For the meaning of “qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure” see section 1051.
(11)See also section 1137, which makes provision about the accounting periods of a company which is not within the charge to corporation tax.