SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Film tax relief: further provisions

Part 1Entitlement to film tax relief

Artificially inflated claims for deduction or film tax credit

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(1)

To the extent that a transaction is attributable to arrangements entered into wholly or mainly for a disqualifying purpose, it shall be disregarded in determining for any period—

(a)

any additional deduction to which a company is entitled under this Part of this Schedule, and

(b)

any film tax credit to which a company is entitled.

(2)

Arrangements are entered into wholly or mainly for a disqualifying purpose if their main object, or one of their main objects, is to enable a company to obtain—

(a)

an additional deduction under this Part of this Schedule to which it would not otherwise be entitled or of a greater amount than that to which it would otherwise be entitled, or

(b)

a film tax credit to which it would not otherwise be entitled or of a greater amount than that to which it would otherwise be entitled.

(3)

In this paragraph “arrangements” includes any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable.