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(1)M1 Corporation tax shall be charged on profits of companies, and the Corporation Tax Acts shall apply, for any financial year for which Parliament so determines, and where an Act charges corporation tax for any financial year the Corporation Tax Acts apply, without any express provision, for that year accordingly.
(2)The provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating to the charge of income tax shall not apply to income of a company (not arising to it in a fiduciary or representative capacity) if—
(a)the company is resident in the United Kingdom, or
(b)the income is, in the case of a company not so resident, within the chargeable profits of the company as defined for the purposes of corporation tax by section 11(2).
(3)A company shall not be chargeable to capital gains tax in respect of gains accruing to it so that it is chargeable in respect of them to corporation tax or would be so chargeable but for an exemption from corporation tax.
(4)In this section, sections 7 to 12, 114, 115 (but subject to subsection (7)), 242, 243, 247 and 248, Part VIII, Chapter IV of Part X and Part XI, except in so far as the context otherwise requires—
(a)“profits” means income and chargeable gains; and
(b)“trade” includes “vocation”, and also includes an office or employment or the occupation of woodlands in any context in which the expression is applied to that in the Income Tax Acts.
(5)Part VIII contains general provisions relating to the taxation of profits of companies.
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C1S. 6 applied (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. 1(2), 289 (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3)).
C2Table K Vol.1.See—Trustee Savings Bank Act 1985 (c.58) s.5and Sch.2 para.6(2).1990(C) s.92—balancing charge on a person liable to corporation tax in respect of dwelling houses let on assured tenancies to be made under Sch.A.
C3 See 1988(F) s.148and Sch.14 Part Vfor repeals which will take place from 6April 1993.
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M1Source—1970 s.238
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