PART XVII TAX AVOIDANCE

CHAPTER VI MISCELLANEOUS

Change in ownership of company

768D Change in ownership of company carrying on property business.
(1) This section applies where there is a change in the ownership of a company carrying on a Schedule A business and—
(a) in the case of a company with investment business, either—
(i) paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 768B(1) applies, or
(ii) section 768C applies;
Words in s. 768D(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with ss. 42-44 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 6 para. 5(2)(a)
(b) in the case of a company which is not a company with investment business, paragraph (a) or (b) of section 768(1) applies.
Words in s. 768D(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with ss. 42-44 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 6 para. 5(2)(b)
(2) Where this section applies the following provisions have effect to prevent relief being given under section 392A by setting a Schedule A loss incurred by the company before the change of ownership against profits arising after the change.
(3) The accounting period in which the change of ownership occurs is treated for that purpose as two separate accounting periods, the first ending with the change and the second consisting of the remainder of the period.
(4) The profits or losses of the period in which the change occurs are apportioned to those two periods—
(a) in the case of a company with investment business—
(i) where paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 768B(1) applies, in accordance with Parts II and III of Schedule 28A, or
(ii) where section 768C applies, in accordance with Parts V and VI of that Schedule, and
Words in s. 768D(4)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with ss. 42-44 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 6 para. 5(3)(a)
(b) in the case of a company which is not a company with investment business, according to the length of the periods,
Words in s. 768D(4)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with ss. 42-44 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 6 para. 5(3)(b)
unless in any case the specified method of apportionment would work unjustly or unreasonably in which case such other method shall be used as appears just and reasonable.
(5) Relief under section 392A(1) against total profits of the same accounting period is available only in relation to each of those periods considered separately.
(6) A loss made in any accounting period beginning before the change of ownership may not be set off under section 392A(2) against, or deducted by virtue of section 392A(3) from—
(a) in the case of—
(i) a company with investment business where paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 768B(1) applies, or
Words in s. 768D(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with ss. 42-44 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 6 para. 5(4)
(ii) a company which is not a company with investment business,
profits of an accounting period ending after the change of ownership;
(b) in the case of a company with investment business where section 768C applies, from so much of those profits as represents the relevant gain within the meaning of that section.
(7) Subsections (8) and (9) of section 768 (time limits for assessment; information powers) apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.
(8) In this section—
(a) any reference to a case where paragraph (a) or (b) of section 768(1) applies includes the case where that paragraph would apply if the reference there to a trade carried on by the company were to a Schedule A business carried on by it;
(b) “company with investment business” has the same meaning as in Part 4.
S. 768D(8)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with ss. 42-44 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 6 para. 5(5)
(9) The provisions of this section apply in relation to an overseas property business as they apply in relation to a Schedule A business.
S. 768D inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 31 (with Sch. 5 para. 73)
Ss. 768, 768D modified (8.6.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 60(2), Sch. 10 para. 11; S.I. 2005/1444, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
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.
Ss. 768-768E modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 13 para. 30