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1(1)A person who has made a loss in a trade in the tax year 2008-09 or 2009-10 may make a claim for relief under this paragraph if—U.K.

(a)relief is available to the person under section 64 of ITA 2007 (trade loss relief against general income) in relation to an amount of the loss (“the section 64 amount”), and

(b)condition A or B is met.

(2)Condition A is that the person makes a claim under that section for relief in respect of the section 64 amount—

(a)where it is a loss made in the tax year 2008-09, for either or both of the tax years 2007-08 and 2008-09, or

(b)where it is a loss made in the tax year 2009-10, for either or both of the tax years 2008-09 and 2009-10.

(3)Condition B is that—

(a)where it is a loss made in the tax year 2008-09, for the tax years 2007-08 and 2008-09, or

(b)where it is a loss made in the tax year 2009-10, for the tax years 2008-09 and 2009-10,

the person's total income is nil or does not include any income from which a deduction could be made in pursuance of a claim under that section for relief in respect of the section 64 amount.

(4)The amount of the loss that may be relieved under this paragraph (“the deductible amount”) is—

(a)in a case where condition A is met, so much of the section 64 amount as cannot be relieved pursuant to the claim under section 64 of ITA 2007, and

(b)in a case where condition B is met, the whole of the section 64 amount,

(but see sub-paragraph (12)).

(5)A claim for relief under this paragraph is for the deductible amount to be deducted (in accordance with sub-paragraph (6) and with whichever is applicable of sub-paragraphs (7), (8), (9) and (10))—

(a)where it is a loss made in the tax year 2008-09, in either or both of the following ways—

(i)in computing the person's total income for either or both of the tax years 2005-06 and 2006-07 in accordance with section 835 of ICTA, and

(ii)in calculating the person's net income for the tax year 2007-08 in accordance with Step 2 of the calculation in section 23 of ITA 2007 (which applies as if this paragraph were a provision listed in section 24 of that Act), or

(b)where it is a loss made in the tax year 2009-10, in either or both of the following ways—

(i)in computing the person's total income for the tax year 2006-07 in accordance with section 835 of ICTA, and

(ii)in calculating the person's net income for either or both of the tax years 2007-08 and 2008-09 in accordance with Step 2 of the calculation in section 23 of ITA 2007 (which applies as if this paragraph were a provision listed in section 24 of that Act).

(6)A deduction is to be made only from profits of the trade (and accordingly, in relation to the tax years 2007-08 and 2008-09, subsection (2) of section 25 of ITA 2007 has effect as if this sub-paragraph were included in subsection (3) of that section).

(7)This sub-paragraph explains how the deductions are to be made in a case where the loss is made in the tax year 2008-09 and the person makes a claim under section 64 of ITA 2007 for relief in respect of the section 64 amount for the tax year 2007-08.

Step 1

Deduct the deductible amount from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2006-07.

Step 2

Deduct from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2005-06 so much of the deductible amount as has not been deducted under Step 1.

(8)This sub-paragraph explains how the deductions are to be made in any other case where the loss is made in the tax year 2008-09.

Step 1

Deduct the deductible amount from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2007-08.

Step 2

Deduct from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2006-07 so much of the deductible amount as has not been deducted under Step 1.

Step 3

Deduct from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2005-06 so much of the deductible amount as has not been deducted under Step 1 or 2.

(9)This sub-paragraph explains how the deductions are to be made in a case where the loss is made in the tax year 2009-10 and the person makes a claim under section 64 of ITA 2007 for relief in respect of the section 64 amount for the tax year 2008-09.

Step 1

Deduct the deductible amount from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2007-08.

Step 2

Deduct from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2006-07 so much of the deductible amount as has not been deducted under Step 1.

(10)This sub-paragraph explains how the deductions are to be made in any other case where the loss is made in the tax year 2009-10.

Step 1

Deduct the deductible amount from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2008-09.

Step 2

Deduct from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2007-08 so much of the deductible amount as has not been deducted under Step 1.

Step 3

Deduct from the profits of the trade for the tax year 2006-07 so much of the deductible amount as has not been deducted under Step 1 or 2.

(11)The provision made by the preceding provisions means that the following sections of ITA 2007 apply in relation to relief under this paragraph as in relation to relief under section 64 of that Act—

(a)section 66 to 70 (restrictions on relief under section 64),

(b)sections [F174ZA] to 74D (general restrictions on relief),

(c)sections 75 to 79 (restrictions on relief under section 64 and early trade losses relief in relation to capital allowances),[F2and]

(d)section 80 (restrictions on those reliefs in relation to ring fence income), F3...

F3(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(12)The total amount that may be deducted in accordance with sub-paragraph (7), or in accordance with Steps 2 and 3 in sub-paragraph (8), is limited to £50,000; and the total amount that may be deducted in accordance with sub-paragraph (9), or in accordance with Steps 2 and 3 in sub-paragraph (10), is also limited to £50,000.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in Sch. 6 para. 1(11)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 11 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 3 para. 10(a)

F2Word in Sch. 6 para. 1(11)(c) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 11 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 3 para. 10(b)

F3Sch. 6 para. 1(11)(e) and word omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 11 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 3 para. 10(c)

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