F1PART 9AControlled foreign companies

Chapter 3The CFC charge gateway: determining which (if any) of Chapters 4 to 8 applies

371CDIncidental non-trading finance profits: the further 5% rule

(1)

This section applies in relation to a CFC's accounting period if—

(a)

the requirements of section 371CC(1)(a) and (b) are both met, but

(b)

the CFC's non-trading finance profits (as added to under section 371CC(5) if applicable) are more than 5% of the relevant amount for the purposes of section 371CC(2).

(2)

Chapter 5 does not apply for the accounting period if the CFC's adjusted non-trading finance profits are no more than 5% of the total of the CFC's exempt distribution income (as defined in section 371CC(9)).

(3)

The CFC's “adjusted non-trading finance profits” are its non-trading finance profits excluding any profits falling within section 371CB(3) or (4).

(4)

Subsection (5) applies if any CFC subsidiary's relevant non-trading finance profits are added under section 371CC(5) to the CFC's non-trading finance profits for the purposes of section 371CC(2).

(5)

The CFC subsidiary's relevant non-trading finance profits are also to be added to the CFC's adjusted non-trading finance profits for the purposes of subsection (2) above.