Part 13... expenditure on research and development

Chapter 2Relief for loss-making, R&D-intensive SMEs

Tax credit: entitlement and payment

1055Meaning of “Chapter 2 surrenderable loss”

(1)

For the purposes of this Chapter a company has a “Chapter 2 surrenderable loss” if in an accounting period—

(a)

it obtains an additional deduction under section 1044 in calculating the profits of a trade and it makes a trading loss in that period in the trade, or

(b)

it is treated as making a trading loss under section 1045.

(2)

If relief is obtained under section 1044 the amount of the Chapter 2 surrenderable loss is—

(a)

so much of the trading loss as is unrelieved, or

(b)

if less, F1186% of the qualifying Chapter 2 expenditure in respect of which the relief was obtained.

(3)

If relief is obtained under section 1045 the amount of the Chapter 2 surrenderable loss is so much of the trading loss as is unrelieved.