Corporation Tax Act 2010

Surrenderable amounts under Chapter 2

130 Group relief claims on amounts surrenderable under Chapter 2

(1) This section applies in relation to the surrendering company’s surrenderable amounts for the surrender period under Chapter 2.

(2) A company (“the claimant company”) may make a claim for group relief for an accounting period (“the claim period”) in relation to those amounts (in whole or in part) if the following requirements are met.

• Requirement 1

  The surrendering company consents to the claim.

• Requirement 2

  There is a period (“the overlapping period”) that is common to the claim period and the surrender period.

• Requirement 3

  At a time during the overlapping period—

  (a)

  the group condition is met (see section 131),

  (b)

  consortium condition 1 is met (see section 132),

  (c)

  consortium condition 2 is met (see section 133(1), (3) and (4)), or

  (d)

  consortium condition 3 is met (see section 133(2), (3) and (4)).

(3) More than one company may make a claim for group relief in relation to any surrenderable amounts (but the giving of group relief in relation to any claim is subject to the provisions of this Chapter).

131 The group condition

(1) The group condition is met if the surrendering company and the claimant company—

(a) are members of the same group of companies (see section 152), and

(b) are both UK related.

(2) For the meaning of “UK related” in subsection (1)(b) and in sections 132 and 133, see section 134.

132 Consortium condition 1

(1) Consortium condition 1 is met if subsection (2) or (3) applies.

(2) This subsection applies if—

(a) the surrendering company is a trading company or a holding company,

(b) the surrendering company is owned by a consortium,

(c) the claimant company is a member of the consortium, and

(d) both companies are UK related.

(3) This subsection applies if—

(a) the claimant company is a trading company or a holding company,

(b) the claimant company is owned by a consortium,

(c) the surrendering company is a member of the consortium, and

(d) both companies are UK related.

(4) But consortium condition 1 is not met if a profit on a sale within subsection (5) by the company that is the member of the consortium would be a trading receipt of the member.

(5) A sale is within this subsection if it is a sale of—

(a) the share capital the member owns in the company owned by the consortium, or

(b) if that company is owned by the consortium as a result of section 153(3) (consortiums involving holding companies), the share capital the member owns in the holding company in question.

133 Consortium conditions 2 and 3

(1) Consortium condition 2 is met if—

(a) the surrendering company is a trading company or a holding company,

(b) the surrendering company is owned by a consortium,

(c) the claimant company is not a member of the consortium,

(d) the claimant company is a member of the same group of companies as a third company (“the link company”),

(e) the link company is a member of the consortium, and

(f) the surrendering company, the claimant company and the link company are all UK related.

(2) Consortium condition 3 is met if—

(a) the claimant company is a trading company or a holding company,

(b) the claimant company is owned by a consortium,

(c) the surrendering company is not a member of the consortium,

(d) the surrendering company is a member of the same group of companies as a third company (“the link company”),

(e) the link company is a member of the consortium, and

(f) the surrendering company, the claimant company and the link company are all UK related.

(3) But neither consortium condition 2 nor consortium condition 3 is met if a profit on a sale within subsection (4) by the link company would be a trading receipt of that company.

(4) A sale is within this subsection if it is a sale of—

(a) the share capital the link company owns in the company (“the consortium company”) owned by the consortium as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (2)(b), or

(b) if the consortium company is owned by the consortium as a result of section 153(3) (consortiums involving holding companies), the share capital the link company owns in the holding company in question.

134 Meaning of “UK related” company

For the purposes of sections 131 to 133 a company is UK related if—

(a) it is a UK resident company, or

(b) it is a non-UK resident company carrying on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment.