Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1)

SCHEDULES

Section 754(5).

SCHEDULE 26 U.K. RELIEFS AGAINST LIABILITY FOR TAX IN RESPECT OF CHARGEABLE PROFITS

Trading losses and group relief etc. M1 U.K.

Marginal Citations

M1 Source—1984 Sch.18.

1 (1) In any case where—

(a) an amount of chargeable profits is apportioned to a company resident in the United Kingdom, and

(b) the company is entitled, or would on the making of a claim be entitled, in computing its profits for the appropriate accounting period, to a deduction in respect of any relevant allowance, F1 . . .

(c) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

then, on the making of a claim, a sum equal to corporation tax at the appropriate rate on so much of the relevant allowance F2 . . . as is specified in the claim shall be set off against the company’s liability to tax under section 747(4)(a) in respect of the chargeable profits apportioned to it.

(2) In this paragraph—

(a) “the appropriate accounting period” means the accounting period for which, by virtue of section 754(2), the company is [F3 chargeable to tax by virtue of this Chapter] in respect of the chargeable profits concerned; and

(b) “the appropriate rate” means the rate of corporation tax applicable to profits of the appropriate accounting period or, if there is more than one such rate, the average rate over the whole accounting period.

(3) In this paragraph “relevant allowance” means—

(a) any loss to which [F4 section 392A(1) or 393A(1)] applies;

(b) any charge on income to which section 338(1) applies;

(c) any expenses of management to which section 75(1) applies;

(d) so much of any allowance to which section 74 of the 1968 Act applies as falls within subsection (3) of that section; F5 . . .

(e) any amount available to the company by way of group relief; [F6 and

(f) any non-trading deficit on its loan relationships.]

(4) F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) Where, by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) above, a sum is set off against a liability to tax, so much of the relevant allowance as gives rise to the amount set off shall be regarded for the purposes of the Tax Acts as having been allowed as a deduction against the company’s profits in accordance with the appropriate provisions of those Acts.

(6) F7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 26 para. 1(1)(c) and preceding word repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 34(2)(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(27), Note; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F2 Words in Sch. 26 para. 1(1) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 34(2)(b), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(27), Note; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F3 Words in Sch. 26 para. 1(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 34(3); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F4 Words in Sch. 26 para. 1(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 46 (with Sch. 5 para. 73)

F5 Word at the end of Sch. 26 para. 1(3)(d) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 41 Pt. 5(3), Note (with Sch. 15)

F6 Sch. 26 para. 1(3)(f) and preceding word inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 53 (with Sch. 15)

F7 Sch. 26 para. 1(4)(6) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 34(4)(5), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(27), Note; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

Advance corporation tax U.K.

2 U.K. F8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 26 para. 2 repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 44(3) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 44(2), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2), Note (with Sch. 3 para. 44(4))

Gains on disposal of shares in controlled foreign companies U.K.

3 (1) This paragraph applies in any case where—

[F9 (a) an accounting period of a controlled foreign company (“the apportionment period”) is one in respect of which an apportionment under section 747(3) falls to be made; and]

(b) the company’s chargeable profits for [F10 the apportionment period] have been apportioned among the persons in subsection (3) of that section; and

(c) a company resident in the United Kingdom (“the claimant company”) disposes of—

(i) shares in the controlled foreign company, or

(ii) shares in another company which, in whole or in part, give rise to the claimant company’s interest in the controlled foreign company,

being, in either case, shares acquired before the end of [F10 the apportionment period]; and

(d) by virtue of the apportionment referred to in paragraph (b) above, a sum is, under section 747(4)(a), [F11 chargeable on] the claimant company as if it were an amount of corporation tax; and

(e) the claimant company makes a claim for relief under this paragraph;

and in this paragraph the disposal mentioned in paragraph (c) above is referred to as “the relevant disposal”.

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, in the computation under Chapter [F12 III of Part II of the 1992] Act of the gain accruing on the relevant disposal, the appropriate fraction of the sum referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above shall be allowable as a deduction; but to the extent that any sum has been allowed as a deduction under this sub-paragraph it shall not again be allowed as a deduction on any claim under this paragraph (whether made by the claimant company or another company).

(3) In relation to the relevant disposal, the appropriate fraction is—

where—

• A is the average market value in [F13 the apportionment period] of the shares disposed of, and

• B is the average market value in that period of the interest in the controlled foreign company which, in the case of the claimant company, was taken into account in the apportionment referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above.

(4) Where, before the relevant disposal—

(a) a dividend is paid by the controlled foreign company, and

(b) the profits out of which the dividend is paid are those from which the chargeable profits referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above are derived, and

(c) at least one of the two conditions in sub-paragraph (5) below is fulfilled,

this paragraph does not apply in relation to a sum [F14 chargeable under section 747(4)(a)] in respect of so much of the chargeable profits as corresponds to the profits which the dividend represents.

(5) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (4) above are—

(a) that the effect of the payment of the dividend is such that the value of the shares disposed of by the relevant disposal is less after the payment than it was before it; and

(b) that, in respect of a dividend paid or payable on the shares disposed of by the relevant disposal, the claimant company is, by virtue of paragraph 4(2) below, entitled under Part XVIII to relief (by way of underlying tax) by reference to sums which include the sum referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(d) above.

(6) A claim for relief under this paragraph shall be made before the expiry of the period of three months beginning—

(a) at the end of the accounting period in which the relevant disposal occurs; or

(b) if it is later, on the date on which the assessment to tax for which the claimant company is liable by virtue of section 747(4)(a) becomes final and conclusive.

[F15 (6A) Nothing in—

(a) paragraph 10 of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (claims or elections in company tax returns), or

(b) Schedule 1A to the Management Act (claims or elections not included in returns),

shall apply, whether by virtue of section 754 or otherwise, to a claim under sub-paragraph (6) above.]

(7) In identifying for the purposes of this paragraph shares in a company with shares of the same class which are disposed of by the relevant disposal, shares acquired at an earlier time shall be deemed to be disposed of before shares acquired at a later time.

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 26 para. 3(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. 35(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F10 Words in Sch. 26 para. 3(1)(b)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 35(3); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F11 Words in Sch. 26 para. 3(1)(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 35(4); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F12 Words in Sch. 26 para. 3 substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 14(62) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3))

F13 Words in Sch. 26 para. 3(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 35(5); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F14 Words in Sch. 26 para. 3(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 35(6); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F15 Sch. 26 para. 3(6A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 35(7); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

Dividends from the controlled foreign company U.K.

4 (1) This paragraph applies in any case where—

[F16 (a) an accounting period of a controlled foreign company is one in respect of which an apportionment under subsection (3) of section 747 falls to be made; and]

(b) the company’s chargeable profits for that period have been apportioned among the persons referred to in [F17 that subsection], and

(c) the controlled foreign company pays a dividend in whole or in part out of the total profits from which (in accordance with subsection (6)(a) of that section) those chargeable profits are derived.

(2) Subject to paragraphs 5 and 6 below, where this paragraph applies, the aggregate of the sums [F18 chargeable on] companies resident in the United Kingdom in accordance with section 747(4)(a) in respect of the chargeable profits referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above shall be treated for the purposes of Part XVIII as if it were an amount of tax paid in respect of the profits concerned under the law of the territory in which the controlled foreign company was resident and, accordingly, as underlying tax for the purposes of Chapter II of that Part.

(3) In the following provisions of this paragraph and in paragraphs 5 and 6 below, the aggregate of the sums which, under sub-paragraph (2) above, fall to be treated as underlying tax is referred to as the “gross attributed tax”.

(4) If, in the case of a person who receives the dividend, section 796 or section 797 has the effect of reducing the amount which (apart from that section) would have been the amount of the credit for foreign tax which is to be allowed to that person, then, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5) below, the amount of that reduction shall be determined and so much of it as does not exceed the amount of the foreign tax, exclusive of underlying tax, for which credit is to be allowed in respect of the dividend is in that sub-paragraph referred to as “the wasted relief”.

(5) Except for the purpose of determining the amount of the wasted relief, the gross attributed tax shall be treated as reduced by the aggregate of the wasted relief arising in the case of all the persons falling within sub-paragraph (4) above and, on the making of a claim by any of the companies referred to in sub-paragraph (2) above—

(a) the amount of tax [F18 chargeable on] the company in accordance with section 747(4)(a) in respect of the chargeable profits referred to in sub-paragraph (1) (b) above shall, where appropriate, be reduced; and

(b) all such adjustments (whether by repayment of tax or otherwise) shall be made as are appropriate to give effect to any reduction under paragraph (a) above.

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 26 para. 4(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. 36(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F17 Words in Sch. 26 para. 4(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 36(3); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F18 Words in Sch. 26 para. 4(2)(5)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 37 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 17 para. 36(4)(5); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

5 (1) In so far as any provision of—

(a) arrangements having effect by virtue of section 788, or

(b) section 790,

makes relief which is related to foreign dividends received by a company resident in the United Kingdom conditional upon that company either having a particular degree of control of the company paying the dividend or being a subsidiary of another company which has that degree of control, that condition shall be treated as fulfilled in considering whether any such company is by virtue of paragraph 4(2) above entitled to relief under Part XVIII in respect of any of the gross attributed tax.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 4(2) above, in section 795(2)(b) the expression “underlying tax” does not include gross attributed tax.

(3) In a case where the controlled foreign company pays a dividend otherwise than out of specified profits and, on the apportionment referred to in paragraph 4(1) above, less than the whole of the chargeable profits of the controlled foreign company concerned is apportioned to companies which are resident in the United Kingdom and liable for tax thereon as mentioned in section 747(4)(a)—

(a) the gross attributed tax shall be regarded as attributable to a corresponding proportion of the profits in question, and in this sub-paragraph the profits making up that proportion are referred to as “taxed profits”;

(b) so much of the dividend as is received by, or by a successor in title of, any such company shall be regarded as paid primarily out of taxed profits; and

(c) so much of the dividend as is received by any other person shall be regarded as paid primarily out of profits which are not taxed profits.

(4) The reference in sub-paragraph (3)(b) above to a successor in title of a company resident in the United Kingdom is a reference to a person who is such a successor in respect of the whole or any part of that interest in the controlled foreign company by virtue of which an amount of its chargeable profits was apportioned to that company.

6 (1) In any case where—

(a) on a claim for relief under paragraph 3 above, the whole or any part of any sum has been allowed as a deduction on a disposal of shares in any company; and

(b) that sum forms part of the gross attributed tax in relation to a dividend paid by that company; and

(c) a person receiving the dividend in respect of the shares referred to in paragraph (a) above (“the primary dividend”) or any other relevant dividend is, by virtue of paragraph 4(2) above, entitled under Part XVIII to relief (by way of underlying tax) by reference to the whole or any part of the gross attributed tax;

the amount which, apart from this paragraph, would be available by way of any such relief to the person referred to in paragraph (c) above shall be reduced or, as the case may be, extinguished by deducting therefrom the amount allowed by way of relief as mentioned in paragraph (a) above.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c) above, in relation to the primary dividend, another dividend is a relevant dividend if—

(a) it is a dividend in respect of shares in a company which is resident outside the United Kingdom; and

(b) it represents profits which, directly or indirectly, consist of or include the primary dividend.