(1)CTA 2009 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 104A (R&D expenditure credits), after subsection (7) insert—
“(7A)Section 104WA contains provision about ineligible companies.”
(3)After section 104W insert—
(1)No claim for an R&D expenditure credit may be made in respect of expenditure incurred by an ineligible company.
(2)In this section, “ineligible company” means a company that is—
(a)an institution of higher education (as defined by section 1142(1)(b)),
(b)a charity, or
(c)a company of a description prescribed by the Treasury by regulations.”
(4)In section 1310(4) (orders and regulations subject to affirmative procedure), before paragraph (zza) insert—
“(zzza)section 104WA (ineligible companies for the purposes of R&D expenditure credits),”.
(5)The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to expenditure incurred on or after 1 August 2015.
Schedule 7 contains provisions relating to loan relationships and derivative contracts.
(1)Part 8 of CTA 2009 (intangible fixed assets) is amended as follows.
(2)In section 715 (application of Part 8 to goodwill), in subsection (2), at the end insert “ (see, in particular, section 816A (restrictions on goodwill and certain other assets)) ”.
(3)In section 746 (“non-trading credits” and “non-trading debits”), in subsection (2), for paragraph (ba) substitute—
“(ba)section 816A (restrictions on goodwill and certain other assets), and”.
(4)In section 800 (introduction to Chapter 10: excluded assets), in subsection (2)(c)—
(a)for “section 814 or 815” substitute “ any of sections 814 to 816A ”, and
(b)for “that section” substitute “ the section concerned ”.
(5)After section 816 insert—
(1)This section applies if a company acquires or creates a relevant asset.
(2)“Relevant asset” means—
(a)goodwill,
(b)an intangible fixed asset that consists of information which relates to customers or potential customers of a business,
(c)an intangible fixed asset that consists of a relationship (whether contractual or not) between a person carrying on a business and one or more customers of that business,
(d)an unregistered trade mark or other sign used in the course of a business, or
(e)a licence or other right in respect of an asset within any of paragraphs (a) to (d).
(3)No debits are to be brought into account by the company for tax purposes, in respect of the relevant asset, under Chapter 3 (debits in respect of intangible fixed assets).
(4)Any debit brought into account by the company for tax purposes, in respect of the relevant asset, under Chapter 4 (realisation of intangible fixed assets) is treated for the purposes of Chapter 6 as a non-trading debit.”
(6)In section 844 (overview of Chapter 13: transactions between related parties), omit subsection (2A).
(7)Omit sections 849B to 849D (restrictions relating to goodwill etc acquired from a related individual or firm) and the italic heading immediately before those sections.
(8)In consequence of the amendments made by this section, in FA 2015, omit section 26.
(9)The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 8 July 2015.
(10)But the amendments made by this section do not apply in a case in which a company acquires a relevant asset if the company does so—
(a)before 8 July 2015, or
(b)in pursuance of an obligation, under a contract, that was unconditional before that date.
(11)For the purposes of subsection (9), an accounting period beginning before, and ending on or after, 8 July 2015 is to be treated as if so much of the accounting period as falls before that date, and so much of the accounting period as falls on or after that date, were separate accounting periods.
(12)An apportionment for the purposes of subsection (11) must be made in accordance with section 1172 of CTA 2010 (time basis) or, if that method produces a result that is unjust or unreasonable, on a just and reasonable basis.
(13)For the purposes of subsection (10)(b), an obligation is “unconditional” if it may not be varied or extinguished by the exercise of a right (whether under the contract or otherwise).
(1)Chapter 4 of Part 2 of CTA 2010 (currency) is amended as follows.
(2)Section 9A (designated currency of a UK resident investment company) is amended as follows.
(3)For subsection (2) substitute—
“(2)An election under this section by a company (“X”) takes effect only if, at the time when it is to take effect (see section 9B(1))—
(a)X is a UK resident investment company, and
(b)Condition A or Condition B is met.”
(4)Omit subsection (3).
(5)After subsection (8) insert—
“(9)In relation to any period of account for which a currency is X's designated currency as a result of an election under this section, profits or losses of X that fall to be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice for corporation tax purposes must be calculated as if—
(a)the designated currency were the functional currency of the company, and
(b)no part of X's business could, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, be regarded as having another currency as its functional currency.”
(6)Section 9B (period for which election under section 9A has effect) is amended as follows.
(7)In subsection (1), for “section 9A(2)(a)” substitute “ section 9A ”.
(8)Omit subsection (2).
(9)In subsection (3), for “section 9A(2)(a)” substitute “ section 9A ”.
(10)In subsection (6), for the words from the beginning to “only” substitute “ A revocation event occurs in the period of account in which X's first accounting period begins ”.
(11)After subsection (6) insert—
“(6A)A revocation event also occurs in a period of account (whether or not a period to which subsection (6) applies) if, at any time during that period, X ceases to be a UK resident investment company.”
(12)In subsection (7)(a), for “section 9A(2)(a)” substitute “ section 9A ”.
(13)In section 17 (interpretation of Chapter), for subsection (4) substitute—
“(4)References in this Chapter to the functional currency of a company or of part of a company's business are references to the currency of the primary economic environment in which the company or part operates.”
(14)This section has effect in relation to periods of account beginning on or after 1 January 2016.
(15)Subsections (16) and (17) apply if a period of account of a company (“the straddling period of account) begins before, and ends on or after, 1 January 2016.
(16)It is to be assumed, for the purposes of this section, that the straddling period of account consists of two separate periods of account—
(a)the first beginning with the straddling period of account and ending immediately before 1 January 2016, and
(b)the second beginning with that day and ending with the straddling period of account.
(17)For the purposes of this section, it is to be assumed—
(a)that the company prepares its accounts for each of the two periods in the same currency, and otherwise on the same basis, as it prepares its accounts for the straddling period of account, and
(b)that if the accounts for the straddling period of account, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, identify a currency as the company's functional currency, the accounts for each of the two periods do likewise.
(1)In section 133 of CTA 2010 (claims for group relief: consortium conditions 2 and 3)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)at the end of paragraph (e) insert “ and ”, and
(ii)omit paragraph (g) and the “and” before it,
(b)in subsection (2)—
(i)at the end of paragraph (e) insert “ and ”, and
(ii)omit paragraph (g) and the “and” before it, and
(c)omit subsections (5) to (8).
(2)Accordingly—
(a)in section 129(2) of CTA 2010 for “134A” substitute “ 134 ”,
(b)in section 130(2) of that Act—
(i)in paragraph (c), for “and (3) to (8)” substitute “ , (3) and (4) ”, and
(ii)in paragraph (d), for “(8)” substitute “ (4) ”,
(c)omit section 134A of that Act, and
(d)in Schedule 6 to the Finance (No. 3) Act 2010, omit paragraphs 4(4) and 5.
(3)The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 10 December 2014.
(1)In Part 9A of TIOPA 2010 (controlled foreign companies), omit section 371UD (relief against sum charged).
(2)Accordingly, omit the following provisions—
(a)in CTA 2010, section 398D(6) and (6A);
(b)in FA 2012, in Schedule 20, paragraph 38;
(c)in FA 2015, in Schedule 2, paragraphs 6 and 8;
(d)in the Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Act 2015, in Schedule 2, paragraph 3.
(3)The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to accounting periods of CFCs beginning on or after 8 July 2015.
(4)Subsection (5) applies where a CFC has an accounting period beginning before 8 July 2015 and ending on or after that date (“the straddling period”).
(5)For the purposes of determining the relief to which a chargeable company in relation to the straddling period is entitled under section 371UD of TIOPA 2010, or on the making of a claim would be so entitled—
(a)so much of the straddling period as falls before 8 July 2015, and so much of that period as falls on or after that date, are treated as separate accounting periods, and
(b)any amount charged on the company in accordance with section 371BC of TIOPA 2010 in relation to the straddling period is to be apportioned on a just and reasonable basis between those two periods.
(6)In this section, “CFC”, “accounting period” in relation to a CFC, and “chargeable company” have the same meanings as in Part 9A of TIOPA 2010.
(1)Part 14B of CTA 2010 (tax avoidance involving carried-over losses) is amended as follows.
(2)In section 730G (disallowance of deductions for relevant carried-forward losses), in subsection (4), after “a relevant corporation tax advantage” insert “ or a relevant CFC charge advantage ”.
(3)In that section, after subsection (5) insert—
“(5A)In this section “relevant CFC charge advantage” means a CFC charge advantage involving the deductible amount mentioned in subsection (3).”
(4)In that section, in subsection (7)—
(a)in paragraph (a)—
(i)for “the” substitute “ any ”;
(ii)omit the final “and”;
(b)after that paragraph insert—
“(aa)any relevant CFC charge advantage, and”;
(c)in paragraph (b), at the end insert “ or the relevant CFC charge advantage ”.
(5)In that section, in subsection (8), after “subsection (7)(a)” insert “ , (aa) ”.
(6)In section 730H (interpretation), in subsection (1), after the definition of “arrangements” insert—
““CFC charge advantage” means the avoidance or reduction of a charge or assessment to a charge under Part 9A of TIOPA 2010 (controlled foreign companies);”.
(7)The amendments made by this section have effect for the purposes of calculating the taxable total profits of companies for accounting periods beginning on or after after 8 July 2015.
(8)For the purposes of the amendments made by this section, where a company has an accounting period beginning before 8 July 2015 and ending on or after that date (“the straddling period”)—
(a)so much of the straddling period as falls before 8 July 2015, and so much of that period as falls on or after that date, are treated as separate accounting periods, and
(b)any amounts brought into account for the purposes of calculating the taxable total profits of the company for the straddling period are to be apportioned to the two separate accounting periods—
(i)in accordance with section 1172 of CTA 2010, and
(ii)if that method would produce a result that is unjust or unreasonable, on a just and reasonable basis.
(1)CTA 2010 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 1 (overview of Act), in subsection (3), after paragraph (ac) insert—
“(ad)restitution interest (see Part 8C),”.
(3)After Part 8B insert—
The charge to corporation tax on income applies to restitution interest arising to a company.
(1)Profits arising to a company which consist of restitution interest are chargeable to tax as income under this Part (regardless of whether the profits are of an income or capital nature).
(2)In this Part references to “profits” are to be interpreted in accordance with section 2(2) of CTA 2009.
(1)In this Part “restitution interest” means profits in relation to which Conditions A to C are met.
(2)Condition A is that the profits are interest paid or payable by the Commissioners in respect of a claim by the company for restitution with regard to either of the following matters (or alleged matters)—
(a)the payment of an amount to the Commissioners under a mistake of law relating to a taxation matter, or
(b)the unlawful collection by the Commissioners of an amount in respect of taxation.
(3)Condition B is that—
(a)a court has made a final determination that the Commissioners are liable to pay the interest, or
(b)the Commissioners and the company, have in final settlement of the claim, entered into an agreement under which the company is entitled to be paid, or is to retain, the interest.
(4)Condition C is that the interest determined to be due, or agreed upon, as mentioned in subsection (3) is not limited to simple interest at a statutory rate (see section 357YU).
(5)Subsection (4) does not prevent so much of an amount of interest determined to be due, or agreed upon, as represents or is calculated by reference to simple interest at a statutory rate from falling within the definition of “restitution interest”.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (2) it does not matter whether the interest is paid or payable—
(a)pursuant to a judgment or order of a court,
(b)as an interim payment in court proceedings,
(c)under an agreement to settle a claim, or
(d)in any other circumstances.
(7)For the purposes of this section—
(a)“interest” includes an amount equivalent to interest, and
(b)an amount paid or payable by the Commissioners as mentioned in subsection (2) is “equivalent to interest” so far as it is an amount determined by reference to the time value of money.
(8)For the purposes of this section a determination made by a court is “final” if the determination cannot be varied on appeal (whether because of the absence of any right of appeal, the expiry of a time limit for making an appeal without an appeal having been brought, the refusal of permission to appeal, the abandonment of an appeal or otherwise).
(9)Any power to grant permission to appeal out of time is to be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (8).
(1)Interest paid to a company is not restitution interest for the purposes of this Part if—
(a)Condition B was not met in relation to the interest until after the interest was paid, and
(b)the amount paid was limited to simple interest at a statutory rate
(2)Subsection (1) does not prevent so much of a relevant amount of interest determined to be due, agreed upon or otherwise paid as represents or is calculated by reference to simple interest at a statutory rate from falling within the definition of “restitution interest”.
(3)In subsection (2) “relevant amount of interest” means an amount of interest the whole of which was paid before Condition B was met in relation to it.
(4)Section 357YC(7) applies in relation to this section as in relation to section 357YC.
(1)The amounts to be brought into account as restitution interest for any period for the purposes of this Part are those that are recognised in determining the company's profit or loss for the period in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice.
(2)If Condition A in section 357YC is met, in relation to any amount, after the end of the period for which the amount is to be brought into account as restitution interest in accordance with subsection (1), any necessary adjustments are to be made; and any time limits for the making of adjustments are to be disregarded for this purpose.
(1)If a company—
(a)draws up accounts which are not GAAP-compliant accounts, or
(b)does not draw up accounts at all,
this Part applies as if GAAP-compliant accounts had been drawn up.
(2)Accordingly, references in this Part to amounts recognised for accounting purposes are references to amounts that would have been recognised if GAAP-compliant accounts had been drawn up for the period of account in question and any relevant earlier period.
(3)For this purpose a period of account is relevant to a later period if the accounts for the later period rely to any extent on amounts derived from the earlier period.
(4)In this section “GAAP-compliant accounts” means accounts drawn up in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice.
(1)This section applies where—
(a)an amount of interest (“the interest”) arises to a company as restitution interest for the purposes of this Part,
(b)Condition B in section 357YC is met in relation to the interest as a result of the making by a court of a final determination as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) of that section,
(c)on a late appeal (or a further appeal subsequent to such an appeal) a court reverses that determination, or varies it so as to negative it, and
(d)the determination reversing or varying the determination by virtue of which Condition B was met is itself a final determination.
(2)This Part has effect as if the interest had never been restitution interest.
(3)If—
(a)the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have under section 357YO(2) deducted a sum representing corporation tax from the interest, or
(b)a sum has been paid as corporation tax in respect of the interest under section 357YQ,
that sum is treated for all purposes as if it had never been paid to, or deducted or held by, the Commissioners as or in respect of corporation tax.
(4)Any adjustments are to be made that are necessary in accordance with this section; and any time limits applying to the making of adjustments are to be ignored.
(5)In this section—
“final determination” has the same meaning as in section 357YC;
“late appeal” means an appeal which is made by reason of a court giving leave to appeal out of time.
(1)Any restitution-related tax advantages that would (in the absence of this section) arise from relevant avoidance arrangements are to be counteracted by the making of such adjustments as are just and reasonable in relation to amounts to be brought into account for the purposes of this Part.
(2)Any adjustments required to be made under this section (whether or not by an officer of Revenue and Customs) may be made by way of an assessment, the modification of an assessment, amendment or otherwise.
(3)For the meaning of “relevant avoidance arrangements” and “restitution-related tax advantage” see section 357YI.
(1)This section applies for the interpretation of section 357YH (and this section).
(2)“Arrangements” include any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions (whether or not legally enforceable).
(3)Arrangements are “relevant avoidance arrangements” if their main purpose, or one of their main purposes, is to enable a company to obtain a tax advantage in relation to the application of the charge to tax at the restitution payments rate.
(4)But arrangements are not “relevant avoidance arrangements” if the obtaining of any tax advantages that would (in the absence of section 357YH) arise from them can reasonably be regarded as consistent with wholly commercial arrangements.
(5)“Tax advantage” includes—
(a)a repayment of tax or increased repayment of tax,
(b)the avoidance or reduction of a charge to tax or an assessment to tax,
(c)the avoidance of a possible assessment to tax,
(d)deferral of a payment of tax or advancement of a repayment of tax, or
(e)the avoidance of an obligation to deduct or account for tax.
(6)In subsection (5)(b) and (c) the references to avoidance or reduction include an avoidance or reduction effected by receipts accruing in such a way that the recipient does not bear tax on them as restitution interest under this Part.
Each of the following is an example of something which might indicate that arrangements whose main purpose, or one of whose main purposes, is to enable a company to obtain a restitution-related tax advantage are not excluded by section 357YI(4) from being “relevant avoidance arrangements” for the purposes of section 357YH—
(a)the elimination or reduction for the purposes of this Part of amounts chargeable as restitution interest arising to the company in connection with a particular claim, if for economic purposes other or greater profits arise to the company in connection with the claim;
(b)preventing or delaying the recognition as an item of profit or loss of an amount that would apart from the arrangements be recognised in the company's accounts as an item of profit or loss, or be so recognised earlier;
(c)ensuring that a receipt is treated for accounting purposes in a way in which it would not have been treated in the absence of some other transaction forming part of the arrangements.
(1)Corporation tax is charged on restitution interest at the restitution payments rate.
(2)The “restitution payments rate” is 45%.
(1)Under subsection (3) of section 4 (amounts to which rates of corporation tax applied) the amounts to be added together to find a company's “total profits” do not include amounts of restitution interest on which corporation tax is chargeable under this Part.
(2)No reliefs or set-offs may be given against so much of the corporation tax to which a company is liable for an accounting period as is equal to the amount of corporation tax chargeable on the company for the period at the restitution payments rate.
(3)In subsection (2) “reliefs and set-offs” includes, but is not restricted to, those listed in the second step of paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 18 to FA 1998.
(4)Amounts of income tax or corporation tax, or any other amounts, which may be set off against a company's overall liability to income tax and corporation tax for an accounting period may not be set off against so much of the corporation tax to which the company is liable for the period as is equal to the amount of corporation tax chargeable at the restitution payments rate.
(1)Subsection (4) applies if—
(a)a company which is within the charge to corporation tax under this Part (“the transferor”) transfers to a person who is not within the charge to corporation tax under this Part a right in respect of a claim, or possible claim, for restitution,
(b)the transfer is made on or after 21 October 2015, and
(c)conditions A and B are met.
(2)Condition A is that the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of the transfer is to secure a tax advantage for any person in relation to the application of the charge to tax on restitution interest under this Part.
(3)Condition B is that as a result of that transfer (or that transfer together with further transfers of the rights) restitution interest arises to a person who is not within the charge to corporation tax under this Part.
(4)Any restitution interest which arises as mentioned in Condition B is treated for corporation tax purposes as restitution interest arising to the transferor.
(5)A person is “within the charge to corporation tax under this Part” if the person—
(a)is a UK resident company, and
(b)would not be exempt from corporation tax on restitution interest (were such interest to arise to it).
(6)In this section “tax advantage” has the meaning given by section 357YI.
(1)This section applies where—
(a)restitution interest arises to a non-UK resident company,
(b)the rights in respect of which the company is entitled to the restitution interest had (to any extent) accrued when the company ceased to be UK resident, and
(c)the company's main purpose, or one of its main purposes, in changing its residence was to secure a tax advantage for any person in relation to the application of the charge to tax on restitution interest under this Part.
(2)The company is treated as a UK resident company for the purposes of the application of this Part in relation to so much of that restitution interest as is attributable to relevant accrued rights.
(3)“Relevant accrued rights” means rights which had accrued to the company when it ceased to be UK resident.
(4)The company is to be treated for the purposes of sections 185 and 187 of TCGA 1992 as not having disposed of its assets on ceasing to be resident in the United Kingdom, so far as its assets at that time consisted of rights to receive restitution interest.
(5)Any adjustments that are necessary as a result of subsection (4) are to be made; and any time limits for the making of adjustments are to be ignored for this purpose.
(1)Subsection (2) applies if the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs pay an amount of interest in relation to which Conditions 1 and 2 are met and—
(a)the amount is (when the payment is made) restitution interest on which a company is chargeable to corporation tax under this Part, or
(b)a company would be chargeable to corporation tax under this Part on the interest paid if it were (at that time) restitution interest.
(2)The Commissioners must, on making the payment—
(a)deduct from it a sum representing corporation tax on the amount at the restitution payments rate, and
(b)give the company a written notice stating the amount of the gross payment and the amount deducted from it.
(3)Condition 1 is that the Commissioners are liable to pay, or have agreed or determined to pay, the interest in respect of a company's claim for restitution with regard to—
(a)the payment of an amount to the Commissioners under a mistake of law relating to a taxation matter, or
(b)the unlawful collection by the Commissioners of an amount in respect of taxation.
(4)Condition 2 is that the interest is not limited to simple interest at a statutory rate.
In determining whether or not this condition is met, all amounts which the Commissioners are liable to pay, or have agreed or determined to pay in respect of the claim are to be considered together.
(5)For the purposes of Condition 1 it does not matter whether the Commissioners are liable to pay, or (as the case may be) have agreed or determined to pay, the interest—
(a)pursuant to a judgment or order of a court,
(b)as an interim payment in court proceedings,
(c)under an agreement to settle a claim, or
(d)in any other circumstances.
(6)For the purposes of subsection (2) the restitution payments rate is to be applied to the gross payment, that is to the payment before deduction of a sum representing corporation tax in accordance with this section.
(7)For the purposes of this section—
(a)“interest” includes an amount equivalent to interest, and
(b)an amount which the Commissioners pay as mentioned in subsection (1) is “equivalent to interest” so far as it is an amount determined by reference to the time value of money.
(1)An amount deducted from an interest payment in accordance with section 357YO(2) is treated for all purposes as paid by the company mentioned in section 357YO(1) on account of the company's liability, or potential liability, to corporation tax charged on the interest payment, as restitution interest, under this Part.
(2)Subsections (3) and (4) apply if—
(a)the Commissioners have, on paying an amount which is not (when the payment is made) restitution interest, made a deduction under section 357YO(2) from the gross payment (see section 357YO(6)), and
(b)a company becomes liable to repay the net amount to the Commissioners, or it otherwise becomes clear that the gross amount cannot, or will not, become restitution interest.
(3)If the condition in subsection (2)(b) is met in circumstances where the company is not liable to repay the net amount to the Commissioners, the Commissioners must—
(a)repay to the company the amount treated under subsection (1) as paid by the company, and
(b)make any other necessary adjustments;
and any time limits applying to the making of adjustments are to be ignored.
(4)If the condition in subsection (2)(b) is met by virtue of a company becoming liable to repay to the Commissioners the amount paid as mentioned in subsection (2)(a)—
(a)this Part has effect as if the company were liable to repay the gross payment to the Commissioners, and
(b)the amount deducted by the Commissioners as mentioned in subsection (2)(a) is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as money repaid by the company in partial satisfaction of its liability to repay the gross amount.
(5)Subsections (3) and (4) have effect with the appropriate modifications if the condition in subsection (2)(b) is met in relation to part but not the whole of the gross amount mentioned in subsection (2)(a).
(6)In this section “the net amount”, in relation to a payment made under deduction of tax in accordance with section 357YO(2), means the amount paid after deduction of tax.
(1)An officer of Revenue and Customs may make an assessment of the amounts in which, in the officer's opinion, a company is chargeable to corporation tax under this Part for a period specified in the assessment.
(2)Notice of an assessment under this section must be served on the company, stating the date on which the assessment is issued.
(3)An assessment may include an assessment of the amount of restitution income arising to the company in the period and any other matters relevant to the calculation of the amounts in which the company is chargeable to corporation tax under this Part for the period.
(4)Notice of an assessment under this section may be accompanied by notice of any determination by an officer of Revenue and Customs relating to the dates on which amounts of tax become due and payable under this section or to amounts treated under section 357YP as paid on account of corporation tax.
(5)The company must pay the amount assessed as payable for the accounting period by the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which the company is given notice of the assessment.
(1)If an amount deducted under section 357YO(2) in respect of an amount of interest exceeds the amount which should have been deducted, the Commissioners are liable to pay interest on the excess from the material date until the date on which the excess is repaid.
(2)The “material date” is the date on which tax was deducted from the interest.
(3)Interest under subsection (1) is to be paid at the rate applicable under section 178 of FA 1989.
(1)An appeal may be brought against the deduction by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs from a payment of a sum representing corporation tax in compliance, or purported compliance, with section 357YO(2).
(2)Notice of appeal must be given—
(a)in writing,
(b)within 30 days after the giving of the notice under section 357YO(2).
For the purposes of regulations under section 59E of TMA 1970 (further provision as to when corporation tax due and payable), tax charged at the restitution payments rate is to be disregarded in determining the amount of corporation tax payable by a company for an accounting period.
(1)In this Part “court” includes a tribunal.
(2)In this Part “statutory rate” (in relation to interest) means a rate which is equal to a rate specified—
(a)for purposes relating to taxation, and
(b)in, or in a provision made under, an Act.
(1)So far as restitution interest is charged to corporation tax under this Part it is not chargeable to corporation tax under any other provision.
(2)This Part has effect regardless of section 464(1) of CTA 2009 (priority of loan relationship provisions).
(1)The Treasury may by regulations amend this Part (apart from this section).
(2)Regulations under this section—
(a)may not widen the description of the type of payments that are chargeable to corporation tax under this Part;
(b)may not remove or prejudice any right of appeal;
(c)may not increase the rate at which tax is charged on restitution interest under this Part;
(d)may not enable any provision of this Part to have effect in relation to the subject matter of any claim which has been finally determined before 21 October 2015.
(3)Subject to subsection (2), regulations under this section may have retrospective effect.
(4)For the purposes of this section a claim is “finally determined” if a court has disposed of the claim by a final determination or the claimant and the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have entered into an agreement in final settlement of the claim.
(5)Section 357YC(8) (which defines when a determination made by a court is final) has effect for the purposes of this section as for the purposes of section 357YC.
(6)Regulations under this section may include incidental, supplementary or transitional provision.
(7)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section must be laid before the House of Commons.
(8)The regulations cease to have effect at the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which they are made unless, during that period, the regulations are approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.
(9)In reckoning the 28-day period, no account is to be taken of any time during which—
(a)Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, or
(b)the House of Commons is adjourned for more than 4 days.
(10)Regulations ceasing to have effect by virtue of subsection (8) does not affect—
(a)anything previously done under the regulations, or
(b)the making of new regulations.”
(4)In TMA 1970, in section 59D (general rule as to when corporation tax is due and payable)—
(a)in subsection (3) after “with” insert “ the first to fourth steps of ”;
(b)in subsection (5) after “59E” insert “ and section 357YQ of CTA 2010 (assessment of tax chargeable on restitution interest) ”.
(5)Paragraph 8 Schedule 18 to FA 1998 (company tax returns, assessments etc: calculation of tax payable) is amended as follows—
(a)in paragraph 2 of the first step, after “company” insert “ (other than the restitution payments rate) ”;
(b)After the fourth step insert—
“Fifth step
Calculate the corporation tax chargeable on any profits of the company that are charged as restitution interest.
1Find the amount in respect of which the company is chargeable for the period under the charge to corporation tax on income under Part 8C of CTA 2010.
2Apply the restitution payments rate in accordance with section 357YK(1) of that Act.
The amount of tax payable for the accounting period is the sum of the amounts resulting from the first to fourth steps and this step.”
(6)Schedule 56 to FA 2009 (penalty for failure to make payments on time) is amended in accordance with subsections (7) and (8).
(7)In paragraph 1, in the table after item 6 insert—
| “6ZZA | Corporation tax | Amount payable under section 357YQ of CTA 2010 | The end of the period within which, in accordance with section 357YQ(5), the amount must be paid.” |
(8)In paragraph 4(1), for “or 6” substitute “ , 6 or 6ZZA ”.
(9)The amendments made by subsections (1) to (8) have effect in relation to interest (whether arising before or on or after 21 October 2015) which falls within subsection (11).
(10)Section 357YO of CTA 2010, and the amendments made by subsections (1) to (8) so far as relating to the deduction of tax under section 357YO, have effect in relation to payments of interest made on or after 26 October 2015. This rule is not limited by the rule in subsection (9).
(11)Interest arising to a company falls within this subsection if—
(a)a determination made by a court that the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are liable to pay the interest becomes final on or after 21 October 2015, or
(b)on or after 21 October 2015 the Commissioners and a company enter into an agreement in final settlement of a claim for restitution, under which the company is entitled to be paid, or to retain, the interest.
(12)In subsections (9) to (11)—
(a)the reference to a determination made by a court becoming “final” is to be interpreted in accordance with section 357YC of CTA 2010;
(b)the references to “interest” are to be interpreted in accordance with section 357YC of CTA 2010.”
(1)The Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2409) are to be treated as always having had effect as if in regulation 1(2) (commencement) “ending” were substituted for “beginning”.
(2)Consequently, for the purposes of the application of regulations 2(2) and 3(5B) of the Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3175) to accounting periods beginning before, and ending on or after, 1 April 2015—
(a)sections 279F and 279G of CTA 2010 are taken to have effect in relation to such periods, and
(b)paragraph 22 of Schedule 1 to FA 2014 is to be disregarded accordingly.