795Recovery of charge from another group company or controlling directorU.K.
(1)This section applies if—
(a)a company (“A”) is liable to a degrouping charge,
(b)an amount of corporation tax has been assessed on A for the relevant accounting period, and
(c)the whole or part of that amount is unpaid at the end of the period of 6 months after the time when it became payable.
(2)An officer of Revenue and Customs may serve a notice on the persons to whom this subsection applies (see subsections (3) and (4)) requiring them to pay the lesser of—
(a)the amount of corporation tax referable to the degrouping charge (see section 796(2)), or
(b)the amount that remains unpaid of the corporation tax payable for the relevant accounting period by A.
(3)If A was a member of a group at the relevant time, subsection (2) applies to—
(a)a company that was at that time the principal company of the group, and
(b)any other company that at any time in the period of 12 months ending with the relevant time—
(i)was a member of that group, and
(ii)owned the relevant asset or any part of it.
(4)If at the relevant time A is not UK resident but carries on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment, subsection (2) applies to any person who is a controlling director—
(a)of A,
(b)of a company that has control of A,
(c)of a company that had control of A within the period of 12 months ending with the relevant time,
or was such a controlling director during that period.
(5)Section 796 applies for the interpretation of this section and in that section references to “A” must be read in accordance with this section.