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Corporation Tax Act 2009

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Counselling and retraining expenses

1237Counselling and other outplacement services

(1)This section applies if—

(a)a company with investment business (“the employer”) incurs counselling expenses,

(b)the expenses are incurred in relation to a person (“the employee”) who holds or has held an office or employment under the employer, and

(c)the relevant conditions are met.

(2)The expenses are treated for the purposes of Chapter 2 as expenses of management.

(3)In this section “counselling expenses” means expenses incurred—

(a)in the provision of services to the employee in connection with the cessation of the office or employment,

(b)in the payment or reimbursement of fees for such provision, or

(c)in the payment or reimbursement of travelling expenses in connection with such provision.

(4)In this section “the relevant conditions” means—

(a)conditions A to D for the purposes of section 310 of ITEPA 2003 (employment income exemptions: counselling and other outplacement services), and

(b)in the case of travel expenses, condition E for those purposes.

1238Retraining courses

(1)This section applies if—

(a)a company with investment business (“the employer”) incurs retraining course expenses,

(b)they are incurred in relation to a person (“the employee”) who holds or has held an office or employment under the employer, and

(c)the relevant conditions are met.

(2)The expenses are treated for the purposes of Chapter 2 as expenses of management.

(3)In this section—

  • “retraining course expenses” means expenses incurred in the payment or reimbursement of retraining course expenses within the meaning given by section 311(2) of ITEPA 2003, and

  • “the relevant conditions” means—

    (a)

    the conditions in subsections (3) and (4) of section 311 of ITEPA 2003 (employment income exemptions: retraining courses), and

    (b)

    in the case of travel expenses, the conditions in subsection (5) of that section.

(4)If—

(a)an employer’s liability to corporation tax for an accounting period is determined on the assumption that a deduction for expenditure is allowed by virtue of this section, and

(b)the deduction would not otherwise have been allowed,

subsections (2) to (6) of section 75 (retraining courses: recovery of tax) apply.

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