Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

General U.K.

1 (1) The company shall be assumed to be resident in the United Kingdom. U.K.

(2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) above requires it to be assumed that there is any change in the place or places at which the company carries on its activities.

(3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that, if any sums forming part of the company’s profits for an accounting period have been received by the company without any deduction of or charge to tax [F1 and have been so received by virtue of [F2 section 1279 of CTA 2009]] the effect of the assumption in sub-paragraph (1) above is that those sums are to be brought within the charge to tax for the purposes of calculating the company’s chargeable profits or corresponding United Kingdom tax.

[F3 (3A) In any case where—

(a) it is at any time necessary for any purpose of Chapter IV of Part XVII to determine [F4 in the case of any person] the chargeable profits of the company for an accounting period, and

(b) at that time—

[F5 (i) it has not been established in the case of that person that that or any earlier accounting period of the company is an accounting period in respect of which an apportionment under section 747(3) falls to be made, F6 . . . ]

(ii) F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F7 in determining the chargeable profits of the company for the accounting period mentioned in paragraph (a) above, it shall be assumed, for the purposes of those provisions of paragraphs 2 and 10 below which refer to the first accounting period in respect of which an apportionment under section 747(3) falls to be made F8 . . . , that that period (but not any earlier period) is an accounting period in respect of which such an apportionment falls to be made F8 . . . .]]

(4) In any case where—

(a) it is at any time necessary for any purpose of Chapter IV of Part XVII to determine [F9 in the case of any person] the chargeable profits of the company for an accounting period, and

[F10 (b) at that time it has not been established in the case of that person that that or any earlier accounting period of the company is an accounting period in respect of which an apportionment under section 747(3) falls to be made,]

[F11 in determining the chargeable profits of the company for the accounting period mentioned in paragraph (a) above, it shall be assumed, for the purposes of those provisions of paragraph 9 below which refer to the first accounting period in respect of which an apportionment under section 747(3) falls to be made, that such an apportionment falls to be made in respect of that period (but not in respect of any earlier period).]

(5) Nothing in this Schedule affects any liability for, or the computation of, corporation tax in respect of a trade which is carried on by a company resident outside the United Kingdom through a [F12 permanent establishment] in the United Kingdom.

[F13 (6) F14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 154(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 28 para. 6

F2 Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(3) substituted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 286(2) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F3 Sch. 24 para. 1(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 182 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 36 para. 3(2)

F4 Words in Sch. 24A para. 1(3A)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 17(3); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F5 Sch. 24 para. 1(3A)(b)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 17(4)(a); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F6 Sch. 24 para. 1(3A)(b)(ii) and preceding word omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 6 of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 16 para. 2(6)(a) (with Sch. 16 paras. 7, 8)

F7 Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(3A) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 17(5); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F8 Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(3A)(b) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 6 of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 16 para. 2(6)(a) (with Sch. 16 paras. 7, 8)

F9 Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(4)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 17(7); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F10 Sch. 24 para. 1(4)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 17(8); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F11 Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 17(9); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F12 Words in Sch. 24 para. 1(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 153(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 153(1)(a)

F13 Sch. 24 para. 1(6) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 182 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 36 para. 3(3)

F14 Sch. 24 para. 1(6) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 6 of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 16 para. 2(6)(b) (with Sch. 16 paras. 7, 8)

2 (1) The company shall be assumed to have become resident in the United Kingdom (and, accordingly, within the charge to corporation tax) at the beginning of the first accounting period— U.K.

[F15 (a) in respect of which [F16 an apportionment under section 747(3) falls to be made], F17 . . .

(b) F17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and] that United Kingdom residence shall be assumed to continue throughout subsequent accounting periods of the company (whether or not [F18 an apportionment falls to be made] in respect of all or any of them) until the company ceases to be controlled by persons resident in the United Kingdom.

(2) Except in so far as the following provisions of this Schedule otherwise provide, for the purposes of calculating a company’s chargeable profits or corresponding United Kingdom tax for any accounting period which is not the first such period referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above (and, in particular, for the purpose of applying any relief which is relevant to two or more accounting periods), it shall be assumed that a calculation of chargeable profits or, as the case may be, corresponding United Kingdom tax has been made for every previous accounting period throughout which the company was, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above, assumed to have been resident in the United Kingdom.

Textual Amendments

F15 Words in Sch. 24 para. 2(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 182 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 36 para. 3(4)

F16 Words in Sch. 24 para. 2(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 18(a); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F17 Sch. 24 para. 2(1)(b) and preceding word omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 6 of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 16 para. 2(6)(c) (with Sch. 16 paras. 7, 8)

F18 Words in Sch. 24 para. 2(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 18(b); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

3 U.K. The company shall be assumed not to be a close company.

4 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, where any relief under the Corporation Tax Acts is dependent upon the making of a claim or election, the company shall be assumed to have made that claim or election which would give the maximum amount of relief and to have made that claim or election within any time limit applicable to it [F19 , except that the company shall be assumed not to have made an election under section 18A of CTA 2009.] U.K.

[F20 (1A) Sub-paragraph (2) below applies to any accounting period of the company—

(a) in respect of which [F21 an apportionment under section 747(3) falls to be made]; F22 . . .

(b) F22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(2) [F23 Where this sub-paragraph applies to an accounting period of the company, then] if, by notice [F24 given to an officer of the Board] at any time not later than the expiry of [F25 the period of twenty months following the end of the accounting period] or within such longer period as the Board may in any particular case allow, the United Kingdom resident company which has or, as the case may be, any two or more United Kingdom resident companies which together have, a majority interest in the company so request, the company shall be assumed—

(a) not to have made any claim or election specified in the notice; or

(b) to have made a claim or election so specified, being different from one assumed by sub-paragraph (1) above but being one which (subject to compliance with any time limit) could have been made in the case of a company within the charge to corporation tax; or

(c) to have disclaimed or required the postponement, in whole or in part, of an allowance if (subject to compliance with any time limit) a company within the charge to corporation tax could have disclaimed the allowance or, as the case may be, required such a postponement.

[F26 (2A) F27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F28 (2B) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) an election under section 9A of CTA 2010 (designated currency of a UK resident investment company) is not to be regarded as an election upon which relief under the Corporation Tax Acts is dependent, and sub-paragraph (2)(b) does not apply in relation to such an election.

(2C) But if, by notice given to an officer of the Board, the United Kingdom resident company which has or, as the case may be, any two or more United Kingdom resident companies which together have, a majority interest in the company so request, the company shall be assumed (subject to section 9A(2) of CTA 2010) to have made an election under section 9A of that Act in the form specified in the notice (and accordingly that section and section 9B of that Act apply to determine the effect (if any) of that election).]

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, a United Kingdom resident company has, or two or more United Kingdom resident companies together have, a majority interest in the company if on the apportionment of the company’s chargeable profits for the relevant accounting period under section 747(3) more than half of the amount of those profits—

(a) which are apportioned to all United Kingdom resident companies, and

(b) which give rise to [F29 any liability] on any such companies under subsection (4)(a) of that section,

are apportioned to the United Kingdom resident company or companies concerned.

[F30 (3A) F31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(4) In sub-paragraph (3) above “the relevant accounting period” means the accounting period or, as the case may be, the first accounting period in which the relief in question is or would be available in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) above.

Textual Amendments

F19 Words in Sch. 24 para. 4(1) inserted (19.7.2011) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 13 paras. 12, 31

F20 Sch. 24 para. 4(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 182 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 36 para. 3(5)

F21 Words in Sch. 24 para. 4(1A)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 19(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F22 Sch. 24 para. 4(1A)(b) and preceding word omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 6 of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 16 para. 2(6)(d) (with Sch. 16 paras. 7, 8)

F23 Words in Sch. 24 para. 4(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 182 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 36 para. 3(6)(a)

F24 Words in Sch. 24 para. 4(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 19(3)(a); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F25 Words in Sch. 24 para. 4(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 19(3)(b); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F26 Sch. 24 para. 4(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 182 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 36 para. 3(7)

F27 Sch. 24 para. 4(2A) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the repealing Act by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 19(4), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(27), Note; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F28 Sch. 24 para. 4(2B)(2C) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 8 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 5

F29 Words in Sch. 24 para. 4(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 19(5); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F30 Sch. 24 para. 4(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 182 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 36 para. 3(8)

F31 Sch. 24 para. 4(3A) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 6 of the repealing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 16 para. 2(6)(e) (with Sch. 16 paras. 7, 8)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 24 para. 4(1) excluded (with effect in accordance with Sch. 29 Pt. 14 of the affecting Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), Sch. 29 para. 116(3)

C2 Sch. 24 para. 4(1) restricted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 870(4)(5) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

C3 Sch. 24 para. 4(2) modified (29.5.2001 with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the modifying S.I.) by The General Insurance Reserves (Tax) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1757), reg. 8(3)

C4 Sch. 24 para. 4(3)(4) applied (with modifications) (23.3.1995) by The Exchange Gains and Losses (Alternative Method of Calculation of Gain or Loss) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/3227), regs. 1(2), 6

[F32 4A U.K. F33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F32 Sch. 24 para. 4A inserted (27.7.1993 with effect as mentioned in s. 96(2) of the amending act in relation to any accounting period on or after such day as may be appointed under s. 165(7)(b) of the amending Act) by 1993 c. 34, ss. 96(1)(2), 165(7)(b)

F33 Sch. 24 para. 4A deemed never to have been inserted, by virtue of Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 25 para. 6(3), Sch. 29 Pt. 8(18), Note