Finance (No. 2) Act 2023

183 Qualifying foreign tax credits (substitute loss carry forward assets) U.K.

(1) A qualifying foreign tax credit of a member of a multinational group is to be included in the member’s total deferred tax adjustment amount.

(2) A foreign tax credit is qualifying if—

(a) the territory in which the member is located—

(i) requires that domestic losses are offset against relevant foreign income before foreign tax credits can be applied against tax on foreign income, and

(ii) permits foreign tax credits to be used to offset tax on domestic profits to the extent to which domestic losses have been offset against relevant foreign income in a previous taxable period,

(b) the member has used a domestic loss to offset (in whole or in part) relevant foreign income, and

(c) the foreign tax credit is in respect of tax imposed by another territory on that foreign income.

(3) The amount that may be included in the total deferred tax adjustment amount of the member is the lesser of—

(a) the foreign tax paid, and

(b) the amount of domestic loss used to offset the relevant foreign income, multiplied by the tax rate [F1 in the territory in which the member is located].

(4) Section 182(7) (adjustment where rate of tax exceeds 15%) applies to a qualifying [F2 foreign] tax credit included in the member’s total deferred tax adjustment amount as it applies to the member’s deferred tax expense.

(5) In this section [F3 and in section 183A] “relevant foreign income”, in relation to a member of a multinational group, means income of a controlled foreign company of the member on which the member is taxed as a result of a controlled foreign company tax regime.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 183(3)(b) substituted (22.2.2024 with effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 31.12.2023 in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 1(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 12 para. 20(2)

F2 Word in s. 183(4) inserted (22.2.2024 with effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 31.12.2023 in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 1(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 12 para. 20(3)

F3 Words in s. 183(5) inserted (22.2.2024 with effect for accounting periods beginning on or after 31.12.2023 in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 1(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 12 para. 20(4)