Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

6A (1) Paragraph 6(2)(a) above does not affect the credits to be brought into account by the disadvantaged person in respect of—

(a) closing trading stock, or

(b) closing work in progress in a trade,

for accounting periods ending on or after the last day of the relevant accounting period of the advantaged person.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above, the relevant accounting period of the advantaged person is the accounting period in which the actual provision was made or imposed.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph “trading stock”, in relation to any trade, has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of section 100 (valuation of trading stock at discontinuance of trade) (see subsection (2) of that section).