Part II Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax

Chapter II Exchange Gains and Losses

Non-trading gains and losses

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(1)

Section 131(4) above shall apply before section 393A(1) of the Taxes Act 1988 in relation to profits of the accounting period first mentioned in section 131(4) above.

(2)

Relief shall not be given under section 131(4) above against any ring fence profits of the company; and in this subsection “ring fence profits” has the same meaning as in Chapter V of Part XII of the Taxes Act 1988.

(3)

Where the company incurs a loss in a trade in the accounting period first mentioned in subsection (7) of section 131 above, that subsection shall apply after section 393A(1) of the Taxes Act 1988 in relation to exchange profits of a particular accounting period.

(4)

Relief shall not be given by virtue of section 131(7) above so as to interfere with—

(a)

any relief under section 338 of the Taxes Act 1988 (charges on income) in respect of payments made wholly and exclusively for the purposes of a trade, or

(b)

where the company is an investment company for the purposes of Part IV of the Taxes Act 1988, any relief under that section in respect of payments made wholly and exclusively for the purposes of its business.

(5)

The reference in subsection (3) above to exchange profits of an accounting period shall be construed in accordance with section 131(10) above.