http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/4/section/95Corporation Tax Act 2010An Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to corporation tax and certain enactments relating to company distributions; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-05-20Expert Participation2026-03-18 Corporation Tax Act 2010s. 658(1)(d)(e)Finance Act 2010Sch. 6 para. 31Sch. 6 para. 35Corporation Tax Act 2010s. 357CHAFinance Act 2024Sch. 2 para. 14(7)Sch. 2 para. 16(2) Part 4Chapter 7951A company's carry-forward losses as at the end of an accounting period are as follows.Type 1Losses of the company to be carried forward under section 45, 45A, 45B, 62 or 66 to the next accounting period. These include losses to be treated as expenses of management of the company under section 63 for the next accounting period.Type 2Any excess of the company to be carried forward for deduction to the next accounting period under section 1223(3) of CTA 2009.Type 3Any excess of the company to be carried forward for deduction to the next accounting period under section 260(2) of CAA 2001.Type 4Any qualifying charitable donations made by the company so far as they exceed the company's profits of the accounting period and are available for surrender for the next accounting period under Part 5 (group relief).Type 5Allowable losses of the company available under section 8 of TCGA 1992 so far as not allowed for the accounting period or any previous accounting period.2For the purposes of section 92(2) an amount is excluded from a company's carry-forward losses if, before the day of the write-off, a claim is made in relation to the amount under section 37 or Part 5 (group relief) or Part 5A (group relief for carried forward losses) of this Act or section 260(3) of CAA 2001.3But, for the purposes of section 92(3), any such claim made on or after that day is to be disregarded in determining the company's carry-forward losses as at the end of any accounting period.4The set off of an amount against a company's carry-forward losses as at the end of any accounting period is to be done—first, against those within Types 1 to 4, andsecond, against those within Type 5.Words in s. 95(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 190 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 156(2)Words in s. 95(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 190 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 4 para. 156(3)Pt. 4 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Risk Transformation (Tax) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1271), regs. 1(1), 10Pt. 4 excluded (14.7.2022) by Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022 (c. 40), s. 1(5)(e) (with ss. 15(1), 16(1))