[F1Part 10]U.K.[F1Corporate interest restriction]

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 10: the existing Pt. 10 renumbered as Pt. 11 (except for ss. 375, 376 which are repealed), the existing ss. 372-374, 377-382 renumbered as ss. 499-507 and a new Pt. 10 (ss. 372-498) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)-(3) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 1, 10(1)(2)(a)(3) (with Sch. 5 paras. 27, 32-34)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 937NA (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 7)

C2Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 938V(d) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 9)

C3Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 938N(e) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 8)

[F1CHAPTER 2]U.K.[F1Disallowance and reactivation of tax-interest expense amounts]

[F1377Disallowance of deductions: identification of the tax-interest amounts to be left out of accountU.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)a company is required to leave tax-interest expense amounts out of account in an accounting period under section 375 or 376, and

(b)the total of the tax-interest expense amounts that, apart from that provision, would be brought into account in the accounting period exceeds the total of the tax-interest expense amounts that are required by that provision to be left out of account in that period.

(2)Tax-interest expense amounts must (subject to the following provisions of this section) be left out of account in the following order.

  • First, leave out of account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition A in section 382 and would (if brought into account) be brought into account under Part 5 of CTA 2009 (non-trading debits in respect of loan relationships).

  • Second, leave out of account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition B in section 382 and would (if brought into account) be brought into account under Part 5 of CTA 2009 as a result of section 574 of that Act (non-trading debits in respect of derivative contracts).

  • Third, leave out of account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition A in section 382 and would (if brought into account) be brought into account under Part 3 of CTA 2009 as a result of section 297 of that Act (debits in respect of loan relationships treated as expenses of trade).

  • Fourth, leave out of account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition B in section 382 and would (if brought into account) be brought into account under Part 3 of CTA 2009 as a result of section 573 of that Act (debits in respect of derivative contracts treated as expenses of trade).

  • Fifth, leave out of account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition C in section 382 and do not also meet condition A or B in that section (finance leases, debt factoring and service concession arrangements).

(3)The company may—

(a)elect that subsection (2) is not to apply to the accounting period, or

(b)revoke an election previously made.

(4)An election under this section must specify the particular tax-interest expense amounts that are to be left out of account.]