Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8)

[F1 Part 10] U.K. [F1 Corporate interest restriction]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 10: the existing Pt. 10 renumbered as Pt. 11 (except for ss. 375, 376 which are repealed), the existing ss. 372-374, 377-382 renumbered as ss. 499-507 and a new Pt. 10 (ss. 372-498) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)-(3) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 1, 10(1)(2)(a)(3) (with Sch. 5 paras. 27, 32-34)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 937NA (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 7)

C2 Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 938V(d) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 9)

C3 Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 938N(e) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 8)

[F1 CHAPTER 2] U.K. [F1 Disallowance and reactivation of tax-interest expense amounts]

[F1 378 Disallowed tax-interest expense amounts carried forward U.K.

(1) For the purposes of this Part a tax-interest expense amount of a company is “disallowed” in an accounting period if the company is required to leave it out of account in that accounting period under section 375 or 376.

(2) A tax-interest expense amount of a company that is disallowed in an accounting period is (subject to the remaining provisions of this section) carried forward to subsequent accounting periods.

(3) Where—

(a) a tax-interest expense amount of a company would (apart from this Part) be brought into account in calculating the profits or losses of a trade carried on by the company in an accounting period,

(b) the tax-interest expense amount is disallowed in that accounting period, and

(c) in a subsequent accounting period (“the later accounting period”) the company ceases to carry on the trade, or the scale of the activities in the trade becomes small or negligible,

the tax-interest expense amount is not carried forward to F2 ... accounting periods after the later accounting period.

(4) Where—

(a) a tax-interest expense amount of a company would (apart from this Part) be brought into account in calculating the profits or losses of a trade carried on by the company in an accounting period,

(b) the tax-interest expense amount is disallowed in that accounting period, and

(c) in a subsequent accounting period (“the later accounting period”) the trade is uncommercial and non-statutory,

the tax-interest expense amount is not carried forward to the later accounting period or accounting periods after the later accounting period.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), a trade is “uncommercial and non-statutory” in an accounting period if, were the company to have made a loss in the trade in the period, relief for the loss under section 37 of CTA 2010 (relief for trade losses against total profits) would have been unavailable by virtue of section 44 of that Act (trade must be commercial or carried on for statutory functions).

(6) Where—

(a) a tax-interest expense amount of a company would (apart from this Part) be brought into account in calculating the profits or losses of an investment business carried on by the company in an accounting period,

(b) the tax-interest expense amount is disallowed in that accounting period, and

(c) in a subsequent accounting period (“the later accounting period”) the company ceases to carry on the investment business, or the scale of the activities in the investment business becomes small or negligible,

the tax-interest expense amount is not carried forward to F3 ... accounting periods after the later accounting period.

(7) Where a tax-interest expense amount—

(a) is disallowed in an accounting period,

(b) is carried forward to a subsequent accounting period (“the later accounting period”), and

(c) is brought into account in the later accounting period in accordance with section 379,

it is not carried forward to accounting periods after the later accounting period.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 378(3) omitted (retrospectively) by virtue of Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 8 paras. 18, 23(1)

F3 Words in s. 378(6) omitted (retrospectively) by virtue of Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 8 paras. 18, 23(1)