Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

[F1 807A Disposals and acquisitions of company loan relationships with or without interest. U.K.

(1) This Part shall have effect for the purposes of corporation tax in relation to any company as if tax falling within subsection (2) below were to be disregarded.

(2) [F2 Subject to subsection (2A) below,] tax falls within this subsection in relation to a company to the extent that it is—

(a) tax under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom; and

(b) is attributable, on a just and reasonable apportionment,

[F3 (i)] to interest accruing under a loan relationship at a time when the company is not a party to the relationship [F4 ; or

(ii) to so much of a relevant qualifying payment as, on such an apportionment, is attributable to a time when the company is not a party to the interest rate or currency contract concerned].

[F5 (2A) Tax attributable to interest accruing to a company under a loan relationship does not fall within subsection (2) above if—

(a) at the time when the interest accrues, that company has ceased to be a party to that relationship by reason of having made the initial transfer under or in accordance with any repo or stock-lending arrangements relating to that relationship; and

(b) that time falls during the period for which those arrangements have effect.]

(3) Subject to subsections (1), (4) and (5) of this section, where—

(a) any non-trading credit relating to an amount of interest under a loan relationship is brought into account for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships) in the case of any company,

(b) that amount falls, as a result of any related transaction [F6 other than the initial transfer under or in accordance with any repo or stock-lending arrangements relating to that relationship], to be paid to a person other than the company, and

(c) had the company been entitled, at the time of that transaction, to receive a payment of an amount of interest equal to the amount of interest to which the non-trading credit relates, the company would have been liable in respect of the amount of interest received to an amount of tax under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom,

credit for that amount of tax shall be allowable under section 790(4) as if that amount of tax were an amount of tax paid under the law of that territory in respect of the amount of interest to which the non-trading credit relates.

(4) Subsection (3) above does not apply in the case of a credit brought into account in accordance with paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1996 (the I minus E basis).

(5) The Treasury may by regulations provide for subsection (3) above to apply—

(a) in the case of trading credits, as well as in the case of non-trading credits;

(b) in the case of any credit (“an insurance credit”) in the case of which, by virtue of subsection (4) above, it would not otherwise apply.

(6) Regulations under subsection (5) above may—

(a) provide for subsection (3) above to apply in the case of a trading credit or an insurance credit only if the circumstances are such as may be described in the regulations;

(b) provide for subsection (3) above to apply, in cases where it applies by virtue of any such regulations, subject to such exceptions, adaptations or other modifications as may be specified in the regulations;

(c) make different provision for different cases; and

(d) contain such incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision as the Treasury think fit.

[F7 (6A) In this section “repo or stock-lending arrangements” has the same meaning as in paragraph 15 of Schedule 9 to the M1 Finance Act 1996 (repo transactions and stock-lending); and, in relation to any such arrangements—

(a) a reference to the initial transfer is a reference to the transfer mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(a) of that paragraph; and

(b) a reference to the period for which the arrangements have effect is a reference to the period from the making of the initial transfer until whichever is the earlier of the following—

(i) the discharge of the obligations arising by virtue of the entitlement or requirement mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(b) of that paragraph; and

(ii) the time when it becomes apparent that the discharge mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) above will not take place.]

(7) In this section—

• “related transaction” has the same meaning as in section 84 of the Finance Act 1996;

• [F8 “relevant qualifying payment” means a qualifying payment, for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the M2 Finance Act 1994, falling within section 153(1)(a) or (b) of that Act;] and

• “trading credit” means any credit falling to be brought into account for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships) in accordance with section 82(2) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 807A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 46 (with Sch. 15)

F2 Words in s. 807A(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 91(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), s. 91(2)

F3 Words in s. 807A(2)(b) renumbered as s. 807A(2)(b)(i) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 30 para. 24(4) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 30 para. 24(2)

F4 S. 807A(2)(b)(ii) and preceding word inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 30 para. 24(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 30 para. 24(2)

F5 S. 807A(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 91(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), s. 91(3)

F6 Words in s. 807A(3)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 91(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), s. 91(4)

F7 S. 807A(6A) inserted (19.3.1997) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), s. 91(5)

F8 S. 807A(7): definition of "relevant qualifying payment" inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 30 para. 24(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 30 para. 24(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 1996 c. 8.

M2 1994 c. 9.