Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

[768A F1 Change in ownership: disallowance of carry back of trading losses. U.K.

(1) In any case where—

(a) within any period of three years there is both a change in the ownership of a company and (either earlier or later in that period, or at the same time) a major change in the nature or conduct of a trade carried on by the company, or

(b) at any time after the scale of the activities in a trade carried on by a company has become small or negligible, and before any considerable revival of the trade, there is a change in the ownership of the company,

no relief shall be given under section 393A(1) [F2 or 393B(3)] by setting a loss incurred by the company in an accounting period ending after the change in ownership against any profits of an accounting period beginning before the change in ownership.

(2) Subsections (2) to (4), (8) and (9) of section 768 shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.

(3) This section applies in relation to changes in ownership occurring on or after 14th June 1991.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 768A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 73(3)(4)(5), Sch. 15 para. 20(1)

F2 Words in s. 768A(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 111(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 35 para. 6

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Ss. 767A-768E: The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), reg. 36 to be construed as one (6.4.2006) with these sections, by virtue of that reg.

C2 Ss. 768-768E modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 13 para. 30