Corporation Tax Act 2009

1262 Allocation of firm’s profits or losses between partners

(1) For any accounting period of a firm a partner’s share of a profit or loss of a trade carried on by the firm is determined for corporation tax purposes in accordance with the firm’s profit-sharing arrangements during that period.

This is subject to sections 1263 and 1264.

(2) If a firm pays charges on income, a partner’s share of the charges is determined for corporation tax purposes in accordance with the firm’s profit-sharing arrangements during the accounting period of the firm in which the charges are paid.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) a charge on income which arises from a disposal such as is mentioned in section 587B(1) of ICTA (gifts of shares, securities and real property to charities etc) is taken to be paid when the disposal is made.

(4) In this section and sections 1263 and 1264 “profit-sharing arrangements” means the rights of the partners to share in the profits of the trade and the liabilities of the partners to share in the losses of the trade.