Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 27 applied (with modifications) (22.10.2004 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the affecting S.I.) by The Offshore Funds Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2572), regs. 1(1), 4
Marginal Citations
M1Source—[1984 Sch.19; 1986 s.50; 1987 (No.2) s.66]
4(1)To the extent that the income of an offshore fund for any account period includes profits from dealing in commodities, one half of those profits shall be left out of account in determining for the purposes of paragraphs 1(1)(b) and 5 below—
(a)the income of the fund for that period; and
(b)the fund’s United Kingdom equivalent profits for that period;
but in any account period in which an offshore fund incurs a loss in dealing in commodities the amount of that loss shall not be varied by virtue of this paragraph.
(2)In this paragraph “dealing in commodities” shall be construed as follows—
(a)“commodities” does not include currency, securities, debts or other assets of a financial nature but, subject to that, means tangible assets which are dealt with on a commodity exchange in any part of the world; and
(b)“dealing” includes dealing by way of futures contracts and traded options.
(3)Where the income of an offshore fund for any account period consists of profits from dealing in commodities and other income, then—
(a)in determining whether the condition in paragraph 1(1)(b) above is fulfilled with respect to that account period, the expenditure of the fund shall be apportioned in such manner as is just and reasonable between the profits from dealing in commodities and the other income; and
(b)in determining whether, and to what extent, any expenditure is deductible under [F1section 1219 of CTA 2009] in computing the fund’s United Kingdom equivalent profits for that period, so much of the business of the fund as does not consist of dealing in commodities shall be treated as a business carried on by a separate company.
(4)Where there is a disposal to which paragraph 2(1) above applies, then, to the extent that any amount which was or would be credited to the equalisation account in respect of accrued income, as mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) or (4) of that paragraph, represents profits from dealing in commodities, one half of that accrued income shall be left out of account in determining under those sub-paragraphs the part of the consideration for the disposal which represents income accrued to the date of the disposal.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 27 para. 4(3)(b) 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. 289(5) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)