PART X LOSS RELIEF AND GROUP RELIEF
C1C2C3C4C5C6CHAPTER IV GROUP RELIEF
Pt. 10 Ch. 4 modified (27.7.1999) by Commonwealth Development Corporation Act 1999 (c. 20), Sch. 3 paras. 1, 5(1)
Pt. 10 Ch. 4: The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), reg. 35 to be construed as one with this Chapter (6.4.2006) by virtue of regs. 1, 35(2) of that affecting S.I.
Pt. 10 Ch. 4 modified (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 136(1)(2)(c)
Pt. 10 Ch. 4 modified (12.12.2006 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the modifying S.I.) by The Taxation of Securitisation Companies Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3296), regs. 1(1), 17
Pt. 10 Ch. 4 modified (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the modifying Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 39(3) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)
405 Claims relating to losses etc. of members of both group and consortium.
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M1For the purposes of a consortium claim in respect of the loss or other amount of any relevant accounting period of a group/consortium company, that loss or other amount shall be treated as reduced (or, as the case may be, extinguished) by first deducting therefrom the potential relief attributable to group claims.
2
Subject to subsection (3) below, in relation to the loss or other amount of a relevant accounting period of a group/consortium company, the potential relief attributable to group claims is the aggregate amount of group relief that would be claimed if every company which, as a member of the same group of companies as the group/consortium company, could make a group claim in respect of that loss or other amount made such a claim for an amount which, when set against the claimant company’s total profits for its corresponding accounting period, would equal those profits.
3
Where for any accounting period another member of the group of companies of which the group/consortium company is a member has a loss or other amount available for relief and one or more group claims is or are in fact made in respect of that loss or other amount, account shall be taken of the relief so claimed before determining (in relation to the loss or other amount of the group/consortium company) the potential relief attributable to group claims under subsection (2) above.
4
M2In any case where—
a
a consortium claim is made by a group/consortium company in respect of a loss or other amount of an accounting period of a member of the consortium, and
b
the corresponding accounting period of the group/consortium company is a relevant accounting period,
the total profits of the corresponding accounting period of the group/consortium company against F1which an amount may by virtue of that claim be set off by way of group relief shall be treated as reduced (or as the case may be extinguished) by deducting therefrom the potential relief available to the group/consortium company by way of group claims.
5
Subject to subsection (6) below, in relation to a relevant accounting period of a group/consortium company, the potential relief available to the company by way of group claims is the maximum amount of group relief that could be claimed by the company for that accounting period on group claims relating to the losses or other amounts available for relief of other members of the group of companies of which the group/consortium company is a member.
6
Where another member of the group of companies of which the group/consortium company is a member in fact makes one or more group claims in respect of losses or other amounts of other members of the group, account shall be taken of the relief already claimed by that company in determining the potential relief available to the group/consortium company by way of group claims under subsection (5) above.
See—1988 s.434A—limitations on group relief for life assurance company.1989 s.102—surrender of company tax refund etc. within group (from a day to be appointed not earlier than 31March 1992).