Part 8 Oil activities

Chapter 6 Supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades

330A Decommissioning expenditure taken into account in calculating ring fence profits
(1) This section applies where—
(a) any decommissioning expenditure is taken into account in calculating the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 330 or the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection, and
(b) if that expenditure were not so taken into account, the amount of the adjusted ring fence profits of the company for the accounting period would be greater than nil.
(2) In calculating for the purposes of section 330(1) the amount of the adjusted ring fence profits of the company for the accounting period, there is to be added an amount equal to the appropriate fraction of the used-up amount of that expenditure.
(3) For the purposes of this section—
“the appropriate fraction” is
where SC is the percentage specified in section 330(1) for the accounting period, and
“the used-up amount”, in relation to any expenditure, is the difference between—
(a) the adjusted ring fence profits of the company for the accounting period determined in the absence of this section (which may be nil), and
(b) what the adjusted ring fence profits of the company for that accounting period would be if that expenditure were not taken into account as mentioned in subsection (1).
(4) In determining for the purposes of this section whether, and to what extent, any losses which have been taken into account as mentioned in subsection (1) are attributable to decommissioning expenditure—
(a) assume that any amounts of any other expenditure which could be taken into account in calculating those losses are taken into account before any amounts of decommissioning expenditure, and
(b) where any losses have been surrendered in accordance with Part 5, the company must specify, in accordance with a basis determined jointly by the company, the surrendering company (if different) and any other claimant company, whether any of those losses is attributable to decommissioning expenditure.
(5) But if paragraph (a) of subsection (4) would work unfavourably in the company's case, the company may elect for that paragraph not to apply in relation to it and for any amounts of expenditure which could be taken into account in calculating those losses instead to be taken into account in the order specified in the election.
(6) In determining for the purposes of this section the used-up amount of decommissioning expenditure, assume that any other amounts that could be deducted in calculating the adjusted ring fence profits of the company for the accounting period have already been so deducted.
(7) But if subsection (6) would work unfavourably in the company's case, the company may elect for that subsection not to apply in relation to it and for any amounts that could be deducted in calculating those adjusted ring fence profits instead to be deducted in the order specified in the election.
(8) For the purposes of this section, any deduction made under section 330B is to be disregarded.
(9) This section does not apply in relation to any accounting period for which the percentage specified in section 330(1) is less than or equal to 20% (including any accounting period beginning before 24 March 2011 and ending on or after that date).
(10) In this section—
“claimant company” and “surrendering company” are to be read in accordance with Part 5 (see section 188), and
“decommissioning expenditure” has the meaning given by section 330C.
Ss. 330A 330B excluded (with application in accordance with s. 48(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 48(5)(6)
Ss. 330A-330C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 21 para. 6 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 21 para. 3