Corporation Tax Act 2010

466 Overview of Part U.K.

(1) This Part makes provision about some gifts and payments made to charitable companies, including provision applying the charge to corporation tax on income and conferring exemptions (see sections 471 to 474).

(2) This Part also provides for some of the income of charitable companies and others to be exempt from corporation tax (see sections 475 to 477 and Chapter 3).

(3) In the case of a charitable company which has a non-exempt amount for an accounting period (see section 493), the exemptions under this Part are subject to restrictions (see section 492).

(4) The non-exempt amount for an accounting period depends on the charitable company's attributable income and gains for the period and its non-charitable expenditure for the period (see sections 493 and 496 to 517).

(5) See also Schedule 19 to FA 2008, which contains provision for transitional payments to charitable companies and certain other bodies in respect of gifts made in the tax years 2008-09 to 2010-11.