[F185AComputation in accordance with generally accepted accounting practiceU.K.
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the amounts to be brought into account by a company for any period for the purposes of this Chapter are those that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, are recognised in determining the company’s profit or loss for the period.
(2)If a company does not draw up accounts in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice (“correct accounts”)—
(a)the provisions of this Chapter apply as if correct accounts had been drawn up, and
(b)the amounts referred to in this Chapter as being recognised for accounting purposes are those that would have been recognised if correct accounts had been drawn up.
(3)If a company draws up accounts that rely to any extent on amounts derived from an earlier period of account for which the company did not draw up correct accounts, the amounts referred to in this Chapter as being recognised for accounting purposes in the later period are those that would have been recognised if correct accounts had been drawn up for the earlier period.
(4)The provisions of subsections (2) and (3) apply where the company does not draw up accounts at all as well as where it draws up accounts that are not correct.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 85A, 85B substituted for ss. 85, 86 (with effect in accordance with s. 52(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 10 para. 3