(1)The Taxes Act 1988 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In section 7(2) (set off against corporation tax of income tax deducted from payments received by resident companies) the words from “and accordingly” to the end shall be omitted.
(3)The following subsections shall be inserted after section 7(5)—
“(6)A claim for the purposes of subsection (5) above, so far as relating to subsection (2) above and section 11(3), shall be made by being included in a return under section 11 of the Management Act (corporation tax return) for the period to which the claim relates.
(7)In subsection (6) above the reference to a claim being included in a return includes a reference to a claim being included by virtue of an amendment of the return.”
(4)In section 11(3) (set off against corporation tax of income tax deducted from payments received by non-resident companies) the words from “and accordingly” to the end shall be omitted.
(5)This section applies in relation to income tax falling to be set off against corporation tax for accounting periods ending after the day appointed for the purposes of section 10 of the Taxes Act 1988 (pay and file).