Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4)

Part 3 U.K. Trading income

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 3 modified (1.1.2010) by Northern Rock plc (Tax Consequences) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3227), regs. 1, 4(1)

Chapter 15 U.K. Post-cessation receipts

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Pt. 3 Ch. 15 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 2(3)(b)

Meaning of “post-cessation receipts” U.K.

190 Basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt” U.K.

(1) In this Part “post-cessation receipt” means a sum—

(a) which is received after a person permanently ceases to carry on a trade, and

(b) which arises from the carrying on of the trade before the cessation.

(2) In this Chapter, except in sections 194 and 195, references to a person permanently ceasing to carry on a trade include—

(a) in the case of a company, the occurrence of an event treated under section 18 of ITTOIA 2005 (companies beginning or ceasing to be within charge to income tax) as the company permanently ceasing to carry on the trade, and

(b) in the case of a trade carried on by a person in partnership, the occurrence of an event treated under section 246(4) of ITTOIA 2005 (basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt”) as the person permanently ceasing to carry on the trade.

191 Other rules about what counts as post-cessation receipts U.K.

(1) The following provisions treat certain amounts as post-cessation receipts for the purposes of this Part—

• section 82(6) (contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies),

• section 101(3) (distribution of assets of mutual concerns),

• section 108(3) (receipt of benefits by donor or connected person),

• section 192 (debts paid after cessation),

• section 193 (debts released after cessation), as qualified, where appropriate, by section 56(4) (car F1 ... hire),

• section 194 (transfer of rights if transferee does not carry on trade), and

• section 1277 (income charged on withdrawal of relief after source ceases: unremittable income).

(2) Section 95 (acquisition of trade: receipts from transferor's trade) and section 194 (transfer of rights if transferee does not carry on trade) treat certain amounts as not being post-cessation receipts for the purposes of this Part.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 191(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 paras. 65-67 of the commencing Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 11 para. 51