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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/14/section/26</dc:identifier><dc:title>Finance Act 2020</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the national debt and the public revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-04-15</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2026-03-18</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>PART 1</Strong>
        </Number><Title>Income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/14/part/1/crossheading/chargeable-gains" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/14/part/1/crossheading/chargeable-gains" NumberOfProvisions="7" RestrictStartDate="2020-07-22" id="part-1-crossheading-chargeable-gains"><Title><Emphasis>Chargeable gains</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2020-07-22"><Title>Quarterly instalment payments</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/14/section/26" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/14/section/26" id="section-26"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">26</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/14/section/26/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/14/section/26/1" id="section-26-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3175) are amended as follows.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/14/section/26/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/14/section/26/2" id="section-26-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>At the end of regulation 3 (large and very large companies) insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="secondary" TargetSubClass="regulation" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>11</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A company which—</Text><P3><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>is chargeable to corporation tax for an accounting period only because of a chargeable gain accruing to the company on the disposal of an asset, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>would, apart from this paragraph, be a very large company by virtue of this regulation in respect of the accounting period,</Text></P3para></P3><Text>is to be treated for the purposes of these regulations as if it were a large company by virtue of paragraph (1).</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/14/section/26/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/14/section/26/3" id="section-26-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In regulation 3(10), in the words before paragraph (a), after  “12 months” insert <InlineAmendment>“
                    and paragraph (11) does not apply
                  ”</InlineAmendment>.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/14/section/26/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/14/section/26/4" id="section-26-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 11 March 2020.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>