Finance Act 1993

[F1 92B Company operating in currency other than sterling and preparing accounts in another currency U.K.

(1) This section applies if, for a period of account, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice—

(a) a company resident in the United Kingdom prepares its accounts in one currency,

(b) in those accounts it identifies another currency as its functional currency, and

(c) that currency is not sterling.

(2) Profits or losses of the company for the period that fall to be computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice for corporation tax purposes must be computed in sterling by—

(a) computing those profits or losses in the functional currency as if the company prepared its accounts in that currency, and

(b) taking the sterling equivalent of those profits or losses.

(3) Where this section applies, it shall be assumed that any sterling amount mentioned in the Corporation Tax Acts is its equivalent expressed in the functional currency of the company.]

[F2 (4) Where, for the purposes of computing the profits or losses of the company arising in an accounting period, an amount expressed in sterling is required by subsection (3) to be translated into its equivalent expressed in another currency, it must be translated by reference to the appropriate exchange rate.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 92-92E substituted for ss. 92-94AB (with effect in accordance with s. 52(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 10 para. 77

F2 S. 92B(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 18 para. 3 (with Sch. 18 paras. 8-13)