1175[F1Connected sub-contractors]U.K.
(1)This section applies if—
(a)a company makes a sub-contractor payment,
(b)the company and the sub-contractor are connected, and
(c)in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, the whole of the sub-contractor payment and all of the sub-contractor's relevant expenditure have been brought into account in determining the sub-contractor's profit or loss for a relevant period.
[F2(1A)In this section, a “sub-contractor payment” means a payment made by the company to the sub-contractor in respect of relevant land remediation contracted out by the company to the sub-contractor.]
(2)The amount of the sub-contractor payment which is “qualifying expenditure on [F3connected sub-contracted land remediation” for the purposes of section 1144(5)] is—
(a)the entire payment, or
(b)if less, an amount equal to the sub-contractor's relevant expenditure.
(3)“Relevant expenditure” of the sub-contractor means expenditure that—
(a)is incurred by the sub-contractor in carrying on [F4or arranging for carrying on], on behalf of the company, the activities to which the sub-contractor payment relates,
(b)is not of a capital nature,
(c)is [F5in respect of] staffing costs or materials, and
(d)is not subsidised.
(4)“Relevant period” means a period—
(a)for which accounts are drawn up for the sub-contractor, and
(b)that ends not more than 12 months after the end of the company's period of account in which the sub-contractor payment is, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, brought into account in determining the company's profit or loss.
(5)In the following sections, which apply for the purpose of determining whether a sub-contractor's expenditure meets the requirements of subsection (3)(c) and (d)—
(a)section 1170 (staffing costs), and
(b)section 1177 (subsidised expenditure),
references to a company are to be read as references to the sub-contractor.
(6)Any apportionment of expenditure of the company or the sub-contractor necessary for the purposes of this section is to be made on a just and reasonable basis.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1175 heading substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 paras. 27, 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 7 para. 19(5)
F2S. 1175(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 paras. 27, 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 7 para. 19(2)
F3Words in s. 1175(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 paras. 27, 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 7 para. 19(3)
F4Words in s. 1175(3)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 paras. 27, 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 7 para. 19(4)(a)
F5Words in s. 1175(3)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 paras. 27, 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 7 para. 19(4)(b)