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Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

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Version Superseded: 01/10/2009

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Part IU.K. Significant increase in company capital

GeneralU.K.

1The provisions referred to in section 768B(2) for determining whether there is a significant increase in the amount of a company’s capital after a change in the ownership of the company are as follows.

The basic ruleU.K.

2There is a significant increase in the amount of a company’s capital if amount B—

(a)exceeds amount A by at least £1 million; or

(b)is at least twice amount A.

Amount AU.K.

3(1)Amount A is the lower of—

(a)the amount of the company’s capital immediately before the change in the ownership; and

(b)the highest 60 day minimum amount for the pre-change year, found in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) below.

(2)Find the daily amounts of the company’s capital over the pre-change year.

(3)Take the highest of the daily amounts.

(4)Find out whether there was in the pre-change year a period of 60 days or more in which there was no daily amount lower than the amount taken.

(5)If there was, the amount taken is the highest 60 day minimum amount for the pre-change year.

(6)If there was not, take the next highest of the daily amounts and repeat the process in sub-paragraph (4) above; and so on, until the highest 60 day minimum amount for the pre-change year is found.

(7)In this Part of this Schedule “the pre-change year” means the period of one year ending immediately before the change in the ownership of the company in question.

Amount BU.K.

4(1)Amount B is the highest 60 day minimum amount for the post-change period (finding that amount for that period in the same way as the highest 60 day minimum amount for the pre-change year is found).

(2)In this paragraph “the post-change period” means the period of three years beginning with the change in the ownership of the company in question.

Capital and amounts of capitalU.K.

5(1)The capital of a company consists of the aggregate of—

(a)the amount of the paid up share capital of the company;

(b)the amount outstanding of any debts incurred by the company which are of a description mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 417(7); and

(c)the amount outstanding of any redeemable loan capital issued by the company.

(2)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above—

(a)the amount of the paid up share capital includes any amount in the share premium account of the company (construing “share premium account” in the same way as in section 130 of the M1Companies Act 1985); and

(b)the amount outstanding of any debts includes any interest due on the debts.

(3)Amounts of capital shall be expressed in sterling and rounded up to the nearest pound.

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