(1)An election under section 1092 must specify the accounting period in respect of which it is made.
(2)The election must be made by notice in writing to an officer of Revenue and Customs.
(3)The notice must be given before the end of the period of two years beginning immediately after the end of the accounting period to which the election relates.
(1)This section applies if under section 1092 a company is treated as making a trading loss in an accounting period.
(2)The trading loss may not be set off against profits of a preceding accounting period under section 393A(1)(b) of ICTA unless the company is entitled to relief under section 1092 for the earlier period.
(3)Subsection (4) applies if—
(a)the company begins, in the accounting period or a later period, to carry on a trade, and
(b)the trade is derived from the research and development in relation to which the relief mentioned in subsection (1) was obtained.
(4)In that case, so far as—
(a)the company has not obtained relief in respect of the trading loss under any other provision, and
(b)the loss has not been surrendered under section 403(1) of ICTA (surrender of relief to group or consortium members),
the trading loss is to be treated as if it were a loss of that trade brought forward under section 393 of ICTA (relief of trading losses against future trading profits).
(5)Subsection (4) is subject to section 1111 (restriction on losses carried forward where tax credit claimed).