Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4)

[F1 PART 5A U.K. Group relief for carried-forward losses

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 5A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 190 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 23

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 5A excluded (14.7.2022) by Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022 (c. 40), s. 1(5)(e) (with ss. 15(1), 16(1))

CHAPTER 2 U.K. Surrender of company's carried-forward losses etc

188BI Restriction on surrender of losses made when non-UK resident U.K.

(1) This section applies in relation to a loss or other amount carried forward to the surrender period if during the loss-making period the surrendering company was a non-UK resident [F2 company within the charge to corporation tax].

F3 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) F4 ... The surrendering company may surrender the loss or other amount under this Chapter only so far as conditions A, B and C are met in relation to the loss or amount.

(4) Condition A is that the loss or other amount is attributable to activities of the surrendering company in respect of which it is within the charge to corporation tax for the loss-making period.

(5) Condition B is that the loss or other amount is not attributable to activities of the surrendering company that are double taxation exempt for the loss-making period (within the meaning given by section 186).

(6) Condition C is that—

(a) the loss or other amount does not correspond to, and is not represented in, an amount with subsection (7), and

(b) no amount brought into account in calculating the loss or other amount corresponds to, or is represented in, an amount within subsection (7).

(7) An amount is within this subsection if, for the purposes of non-UK tax chargeable under the law of a territory, the amount is or at any time has been (in any period) deductible from or otherwise allowable against non-UK profits of any person.

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F6 (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10) But an amount is not to be taken to be within subsection (7) F7 ... by reason only that it is—

(a) an amount of profits brought into account for the purpose of being excluded from non-UK profits of the person, or

(b) an amount brought into account in calculating an amount of profits brought into account as mentioned in paragraph (a).

(11) Subsection (12) applies for the purposes of subsection (7) if, in order to determine if an amount is or at any time has been deductible or otherwise allowable for the purposes of non-UK tax chargeable under the law of a territory, it is necessary under that law to know if the amount (or a corresponding amount) is or at any time has been deductible or otherwise allowable for tax purposes in the United Kingdom.

(12) The amount is to be treated as deductible or otherwise allowable for the purposes of the non-UK tax chargeable under the law of the territory concerned.

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Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 188BI(1) substituted (6.4.2020) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 5 paras. 31, 35 (with Sch. 5 para. 36)

F3 S. 188BI(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 6 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 24(4)(a)

F4 Words in s. 188BI(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 6 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 24(4)(b)

F5 S. 188BI(8) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 6 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 24(4)(a)

F6 S. 188BI(9) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 6 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 24(4)(a)

F7 Words in s. 188BI(10) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 6 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 24(4)(c)

F8 S. 188BI(13) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 6 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 24(4)(a)

F9 S. 188BI(14) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 6 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 24(4)(a)