Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 25 para. 5
18(1)Where a company is entitled to a first-year tax credit for a chargeable period and makes a claim for payment of the credit, HMRC must pay to the company the amount of the credit.U.K.
(2)An amount payable in respect of—
(a)a first-year tax credit, or
(b)interest on a first-year tax credit under section 826 of ICTA,
may be applied in discharging any liability of the company's to pay corporation tax.
(3)To the extent that it is so applied, HMRC's obligation under sub-paragraph (1) is discharged.
(4)Where HMRC enquires into the company's company tax return for the chargeable period, no payment in respect of a first-year tax credit for that chargeable period need be made before HMRC's enquiries are completed (see paragraph 32 of Schedule 18 to FA 1998).
(5)In those circumstances HMRC may make a payment on a provisional basis of such amount as it thinks fit.
(6)No payment need be made in respect of a first-year tax credit for a chargeable period before the company has paid to HMRC any amount that it is required to pay for payment periods (within the meaning of paragraph 17(2)) ending in that chargeable period—
(a)under the PAYE regulations, or
(b)in respect of Class 1 national insurance contributions.]