Summary
1.This section sets the small profits rate of corporation tax (CT) for the financial year beginning 1 April 2014 at 20% for all profits apart from “ring fence profits” of North Sea oil companies, where the rate is set at 19%. Additionally, it sets the fraction used in calculating marginal relief from the main rate at 1/400 for all profits apart from “ring fence profits”, where the fraction is set at 11/400.