Income Tax Act 2007

335 Form and amount of CITR U.K.

(1) If the investor is eligible for CITR in respect of the investment, the investor may make a claim in respect of the investment for any one or more of the relevant tax years.

(2) If the investor makes a claim for a relevant tax year, the investor is entitled to a tax reduction for that year of 5% of the invested amount in respect of the investment for the year.

(3) For [F1 the purposes of this section and section 335A] the “relevant” tax years are—

(a) the tax year in which the investment date falls, and

(b) each of the 4 subsequent tax years.

(4) The tax reduction is given effect at Step 6 of the calculation in section 23.

(5) The investor is entitled to make a claim for CITR for a relevant tax year if—

(a) the investor considers that the conditions for the CITR are for the time being met, and

(b) the investor has received a tax relief certificate (see section 348) relating to the investment from the CDFI,

but no claim may be made before the end of the tax year to which it relates.

(6) Subsection (5) is subject to the following provisions—

(a) section 354 (loans: no claim after disposal or excessive repayments or receipts of value),

(b) section 355 (securities or shares: no claim after disposal or excessive receipts of value), and

(c) section 356 (no claim after loss of accreditation by CDFI).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 335(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 27 para. 6 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 27 para. 2