PART 2Insurance companies carrying on long-term business

CHAPTER 7Trading apportionment rules

C1114Application of Chapter

1

This Chapter applies in the case of an insurance company which, as a result of section 66, has—

a

a business consisting of basic life assurance and general annuity business, and

b

a non-BLAGAB long-term business.

2

The rules contained in this Chapter determine—

a

how to allocate between those two businesses the profits or loss of the long-term business calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, and

b

how to allocate the tax adjustments in making the calculations mentioned in subsection (5)(a) and (b).

3

The amount of the profits or loss mentioned in subsection (2)(a) is referred to in this Chapter as the “accounting profit or loss”.

4

For the purposes of this Chapter “the tax adjustments” means the adjustments required or authorised by law in calculating for corporation tax purposes the profits of the long-term business (applying the same rules as apply to the calculation for those purposes of the profits of non-BLAGAB long-term business).

5

The rules contained in this Chapter have effect for the purpose of—

a

calculating the BLAGAB trade profit or loss of the company, and

b

calculating for corporation tax purposes the profits of the non-BLAGAB long-term business carried on by the company.