Corporation Tax Act 2010

[F1Changes in equity share: activation of allowanceU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 8 Ch. 9 inserted (26.3.2015) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), Sch. 13 para. 2

356JJActivation of allowance: reference periodsU.K.

(1)The amount (if any) of activated allowance that a company has for a cluster area for a reference period is the smaller of the following—

(a)the company's relevant income from the cluster area for the reference period;

(b)the total amount of unactivated allowance that is attributable to the reference period and the cluster area (see section 356JJA).

(2)The company's relevant income from the cluster area for the reference period is so much of the company's relevant income from the cluster area for the accounting period (see section 356JH(3)) as arises in the reference period.

356JJAUnactivated amounts attributable to a reference periodU.K.

(1)For the purposes of section 356JJ(1)(b), the total amount of unactivated allowance attributable to a reference period and a cluster area is—

where—

P is the amount of allowance generated by the company in the reference period in the cluster area (including any amount treated under section 356JKB(1) as generated by the company in that area in that reference period);

Q is the amount given by subsection (2) or (3).

(2)Where the reference period is not immediately preceded by another reference period but is preceded by an accounting period of the company, Q is equal to the amount (if any) that is to be carried forward from that preceding accounting period under section 356JHB(1).

(3)Where the reference period is immediately preceded by another reference period, Q is equal to the amount (if any) carried forward under section 356JJB(1).

356JJBCarry-forward of unactivated allowance from a reference periodU.K.

(1)If, in the case of a reference period (“RP1”) of a company, the amount given by subsection (2) is greater than zero, that amount is treated as cluster area allowance held by the company for the cluster area concerned for the next period.

(2)The amount is—

where—

U is the total amount of unactivated allowance attributable to the reference period and the cluster area (see section 356JJA);

A is the amount of activated allowance that the company has for the cluster area for the reference period (see section 356JJ);

T is the sum of any amounts transferred by the company under section 356JK in connection with a disposal or disposals made on the day following the end of the reference period.

(3)If RP1 is immediately followed by another reference period of the company (belonging to the same cluster area), “the next period” means that reference period.

(4)If subsection (3) does not apply, “the next period” means the next accounting period of the company.]