Corporation Tax Act 2010

95 Meaning of “carry-forward losses” U.K.

(1) A company's carry-forward losses as at the end of an accounting period are as follows.

• Type 1

  Losses of the company to be carried forward under section 45, 62 or 66 to the next accounting period. These include losses to be treated as expenses of management of the company under section 63 for the next accounting period.

• Type 2

  Any excess of the company to be carried forward for deduction to the next accounting period under section 1223(3) of CTA 2009.

• Type 3

  Any excess of the company to be carried forward for deduction to the next accounting period under section 260(2) of CAA 2001.

• Type 4

  Any qualifying charitable donations made by the company so far as they exceed the company's profits of the accounting period and are available for surrender for the next accounting period under Part 5 (group relief).

• Type 5

  Allowable losses of the company available under section 8 of TCGA 1992 so far as not allowed for the accounting period or any previous accounting period.

(2) For the purposes of section 92(2) an amount is excluded from a company's carry-forward losses if, before the day of the write-off, a claim is made in relation to the amount under section 37 or Part 5 (group relief) of this Act or section 260(3) of CAA 2001.

(3) But, for the purposes of section 92(3), any such claim made on or after that day is to be disregarded in determining the company's carry-forward losses as at the end of any accounting period.

(4) The set off of an amount against a company's carry-forward losses as at the end of any accounting period is to be done—

• first, against those within Types 1 to 4, and

• second, against those within Type 5.