Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

Valid from 19/07/2011

[F1Business activitiesU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 25 Pts. 2A, 2B (paras. 12B-12N) 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

12D(1)The requirement of this paragraph is that—U.K.

(a)C's business does not, at any time during the accounting period, include to a substantial extent non-exempt activities, or

(b)if C is wholly engaged in business falling within paragraph 11(1)(c) (banking etc), C's business does not, at any time during the accounting period, include to a substantial extent non-exempt activities which do not constitute investment business.

(2)For this purpose—

  • non-exempt activities” means—

    (a)

    the holding or managing of shares or securities,

    (b)

    the holding of intellectual property,

    (c)

    dealing in securities, other than in the capacity of a broker,

    (d)

    the leasing of any description of property or rights,

    (e)

    the investment in any manner of funds which would otherwise be available, directly or indirectly, for investment by or on behalf of any person (whether resident in the United Kingdom or not) who has, or is connected or associated with a person who has, control, either alone or together with other persons, of C, and

    (f)

    if C is not a member of an insurance group throughout the accounting period, the effecting or carrying out of contracts of insurance between C and persons related to C;

  • investment business” means activities within paragraphs (a) to (d) of paragraph 9(1).

(3)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(f), a person is “related” to C if—

(a)the person is connected or associated with C,

(b)the person has a 25 per cent assessable interest in C in the case of the accounting period in question (within the meaning of paragraph 6(4C)), or

(c)if C is a controlled foreign company in that accounting period by virtue of subsection (1A) of section 747, the person is connected or associated with either or both of the two persons mentioned in that subsection.

(4)In sub-paragraph (2)—

  • broker” includes any person offering to sell securities to, or purchase securities from, members of the public generally;

  • contract of insurance” has the meaning given by Article 3(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001;

  • insurance group” has the meaning given by paragraph 11A(4);

  • intellectual property” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 9(1A);

  • member of an insurance group” has the meaning given by paragraph 11A(6).]