Corporation Tax Act 2009

[F1 486D Exclusion where arrangement has no tax avoidance purpose U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply in relation to a return produced by an arrangement to which a company is a party unless it is reasonable to assume that the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of the company being a party to the arrangement is to obtain a relevant tax advantage.

(2) But a company for which a return is produced by an arrangement to which this Chapter would otherwise be prevented from applying by subsection (1) may elect that this Chapter is to apply in relation to the return.

(3) An election under subsection (2)—

(a) may not be made by a company if section 486B applies to the company in relation to the return in accordance with subsection (6) of that section,

(b) must be made no later than the time when the arrangement begins to produce a return for the company, and

(c) is irrevocable.

(4) In this section “ obtain a relevant tax advantage ” means secure that the return (or any part of it) is produced in a way which means that its treatment for corporation tax purposes is more advantageous to the company than it would be if it were—

(a) charged to corporation tax as income of the company, or

(b) brought into account as income of the company for corporation tax purposes,

at the time when amounts would be brought into account in relation to the return in accordance with section 486B.

(5) Nothing in this section applies in relation to a company for an accounting period if the company is an excluded controlled foreign company.

(6) For this purpose a company is an excluded controlled foreign company if any of its chargeable profits (within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 17 of ICTA )—

(a) are apportioned for the accounting period in accordance with section 752 of ICTA by virtue of section 747(3) of that Act, or

(b) are not so apportioned because of section 748(1) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 6 Ch. 2A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 paras. 11, 13-16 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 24 para. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 486C-486E excluded (19.7.2011) by 1988 c. 1, Sch. 25 para. 12F(6) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 14(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 12 para. 3)