SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Relief from corporation tax for losses and other amounts

PART 3Commencement and transitional provision

Commencement

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1

The amendments made by paragraphs 2 and 3 have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2017.

2

Where a company has an accounting period beginning before 1 April 2017 and ending on or after that date (“the straddling period”)—

a

so much of the straddling period as falls before 1 April 2017, and so much of that period as falls on or after that date, are treated as separate accounting periods, and

b

where it is necessary to apportion an amount for the straddling period to the two separate accounting periods, it is to be apportioned—

i

in accordance with section 1172 of CTA 2010 (time basis), or

ii

if that method would produce a result that is unjust or unreasonable, on a just and reasonable basis.