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Corporation Tax Act 2009

โ–ธ Part 1 โ€“ Introduction
  • Section A1 โ€“ Overview of the Corporation Tax Acts
  • Section 1 โ€“ Overview of Act
โ–ธ Part 2 โ€“ Charge to corporation tax: basic provisions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ The charge to corporation tax
    • Charge to tax on profits
    • General scheme of corporation tax
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Accounting periods
    • Section 9 โ€“ Beginning of accounting period
    • Section 10 โ€“ End of accounting period
    • Section 11 โ€“ Companies with more than one accounting date
    • Section 12 โ€“ Companies being wound up
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Company residence
    • Section 13 โ€“ Overview of Chapter
    • Section 14 โ€“ Companies incorporated in the United Kingdom
    • Section 15 โ€“ Continuation of residence established under common law
    • Section 16 โ€“ SEs which transfer registered office to the United Kingdom
    • Section 17 โ€“ SCEs which transfer registered office to the United Kingdom
    • Section 18 โ€“ Companies treated as non-UK resident under double taxation arrangements
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3A โ€“ UK Resident companies: profits of foreign permanent establishments
    • Exemption
    • Anti-diversion rule
    • Companies with total opening negative amount
    • Special cases
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Non-UK resident companies: chargeable profits
    • Chargeable profits
    • The separate enterprise principle
    • The separate enterprise principle: application to non-UK resident banks
    • Rules about deductions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Supplementary
    • Section 33 โ€“ Trade includes office
โ–ธ Part 3 โ€“ Trading Income
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Income taxed as trade profits
    • Charge to tax on trade profits
    • Trades and trade profits
    • Starting and ceasing to trade
    • Trading income and property income
  • โ–ธ Chapter 9 โ€“ Trade profits: other specific trades
    • Dealers in securities etc.
    • Insurers
    • Building societies
    • Registered societies
    • Credit unions
    • Banking companies
    • Dealers in land etc.
    • Mineral exploration and access
    • Companies liable to pool betting duty
    • Intermediaries treated as making employment payments
    • Managed service companies
    • Worker's services provided through intermediary to public authority or medium or large client
    • Waste disposal
    • Cemeteries and crematoria: interests in land
    • Crematoria: niches, memorials and inscriptions
    • Sound recordings
    • Reserves of marketing authorities etc.
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8A โ€“ Compensation for compulsory slaughter of animals
    • Section 127A โ€“ Application of Chapter 8A
    • Section 127B โ€“ Right to make claim
    • Section 127C โ€“ Book value
    • Section 127D โ€“ Effect of claim for spreading of profits
    • Section 127E โ€“ Adjustment: cessation of trading
    • Section 127F โ€“ Time limits etc. for spreading claim
    • Section 127G โ€“ Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8 โ€“ Trade profits: herd basis rules
    • Introduction
    • The herd basis rules
    • Elections
    • Preventing abuse of the herd basis rules
    • Supplementary
  • โ–ธ Chapter 7 โ€“ Trade profits: gifts to charities etc.
    • Relief for certain gifts
    • Benefits associated with gifts
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6A โ€“ Trade profits: R&D expenditure credits
    • Claims for credits
    • SMEs: qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted R&D
    • SMEs: subsidised qualifying expenditure
    • SMEs: capped R&D expenditure
    • Large companies: qualifying R&D expenditure
    • Amount of credit
    • Payment of credit
    • Insurance companies
    • Group companies
    • Ineligible companies
    • Anti-avoidance
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Trade profits: receipts
    • Capital receipts
    • Debts released
    • Amounts received following earlier cessation
    • Reverse premiums
    • Other receipts
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Trade Profits: Rules Allowing Deductions
    • Pre-trading expenses
    • Tenants under taxed leases
    • Payments for restrictive undertakings
    • Seconded employees
    • Contributions to agents' expenses
    • Counselling and retraining expenses
    • Redundancy payments etc.
    • Contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies
    • Contributions to flood and coastal erosion risk management projects
    • Scientific research
    • Expenses connected with patents, designs and trade marks
    • Export Credits Guarantee Department
    • Levies under FISMA 2000
    • Limited liability partnerships: salaried members
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Trade profits: rules restricting deductions
    • Section 53 โ€“ Capital expenditure
    • Section 54 โ€“ Expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses
    • Section 55 โ€“ Bad debts
    • Section 56 โ€“ Car hire
    • Section 57 โ€“ Car hire: supplementary
    • Section 58 โ€“ Hiring cars (but not motor cycles) with low CO 2 emissions before 1 April 2013
    • Section 58A โ€“ Short-term hiring in and long-term hiring out
    • Section 58B โ€“ Connected persons: application of section 56
    • Section 59 โ€“ Patent royalties
    • Section 60 โ€“ Expenditure on integral features
    • Section 60A โ€“ Rental rebates
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Trade profits: basic rules
    • Section 46 โ€“ Generally accepted accounting practice
    • Section 47 โ€“ Losses calculated on same basis as profits
    • Section 48 โ€“ Receipts and expenses
    • Section 49 โ€“ Items treated as receipts and expenses
    • Section 50 โ€“ Animals kept for trade purposes
    • Section 51 โ€“ Relationship between rules prohibiting and allowing deductions
    • Section 52 โ€“ Apportionment etc. of profits and losses to accounting period
    • Section 49A โ€“ Moneyโ€™s worth
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 34 โ€“ Overview of Part
  • โ–ธ Chapter 10 โ€“ Trade Profits: Changes in Trading Stock
    • Introduction
    • Transfers of trading stock between trade and trader
    • Other disposals and acquisitions not made in the course of trade
    • Relationship with transfer pricing rules
  • โ–ธ Chapter 11 โ€“ Trade Profits: Valuation of Stock on Cessation of Trade
    • Section 162 โ€“ Valuation of trading stock on cessation
    • Section 163 โ€“ Meaning of "trading stock"
    • Section 164 โ€“ Basis of valuation of trading stock
    • Section 165 โ€“ Sale basis of valuation: sale to unconnected person
    • Section 166 โ€“ Sale basis of valuation: sale to connected person
    • Section 167 โ€“ Sale basis of valuation: election by connected persons
    • Section 168 โ€“ Connected persons
    • Section 169 โ€“ Cost to buyer of stock valued on sale basis of valuation
    • Section 170 โ€“ Meaning of "sale" and related expressions
    • Section 171 โ€“ Determination of questions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 12 โ€“ Deductions from profits: unremittable amounts
    • Section 172 โ€“ Application of Chapter
    • Section 173 โ€“ Relief for unremittable amounts
    • Section 174 โ€“ Restrictions on relief
    • Section 175 โ€“ Withdrawal of relief
  • โ–ธ Chapter 13 โ€“ Disposal and acquisition of know-how
    • Section 176 โ€“ Meaning of "know-how" etc
    • Section 177 โ€“ Disposal of know-how if trade continues to be carried on
    • Section 178 โ€“ Disposal of know-how as part of disposal of all or part of a trade
    • Section 179 โ€“ Seller controlled by buyer etc.
  • โ–ธ Chapter 14 โ€“ Adjustment on change of basis
    • Adjustment on change of basis
    • Expenses previously brought into account
    • Realising or writing off assets
    • Mark to market
  • โ–ธ Chapter 15 โ€“ Post-cessation receipts
    • Charge to tax on post-cessation receipts
    • Meaning of โ€œpost-cessation receiptsโ€
    • Sums treated as post-cessation receipts
    • Sums that are not post-cessation receipts
    • Deductions
    • Election to carry back
  • โ–ธ Chapter 16 โ€“ Priority rules
    • Section 201 โ€“ Provisions which must be given priority over this Part
โ–ธ Part 4 โ€“ Property income
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 202 โ€“ Overview of Part
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Property businesses
    • Introduction
    • Basic meaning of UK and overseas property business
    • Generating income from land
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Profits of property businesses: basic rules
    • Charge to tax on profits of a property business
    • Calculation of profits
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Profits of property businesses: lease premiums etc.
    • Introduction
    • Amounts treated as receipts: leases
    • Other amounts treated as receipts
    • Additional calculation rule for reducing certain receipts
    • Deductions in relation to certain receipts
    • Limit on effect of additional calculation rule and deductions
    • Certain administrative provisions
    • Determinations affecting liability of more than one person
    • Effective duration of lease
    • Other interpretative provisions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Profits of property businesses: other rules about receipts and deductions
    • Furnished accommodation: receipts and deductions
    • Treatment of receipts on acquisition of business
    • Reverse premiums as receipts
    • Deduction for replacement of domestic items
    • Deductions for expenditure on energy-saving items
    • Deductions for expenditure on sea walls
    • Mineral royalties
    • Apportionments on sale of land
    • Mutual business
    • Adjustment on change of basis
    • Integral features
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Commercial letting of furnished holiday accommodation
    • Introduction
    • Definition
    • Separate profit calculations
  • โ–ธ Chapter 7 โ€“ Rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern
    • Charge to tax on rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern
    • Management expenses of owner of mineral rights
    • Mineral royalties
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8 โ€“ Rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves
    • Charge to tax on rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves
  • โ–ธ Chapter 9 โ€“ Post-cessation receipts
    • Charge to tax on post-cessation receipts
    • Meaning of โ€œpost-cessation receiptsโ€
    • Deductions
    • Election to carry back
  • โ–ธ Chapter 10 โ€“ Supplementary
    • Priority rules
    • Other supplementary provisions
โ–ธ Part 5 โ€“ Loan Relationships
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Basic definitions
    • Section 302 โ€“ "Loan relationship", "creditor relationship", "debtor relationship"
    • Section 303 โ€“ "Money debt"
    • Section 304 โ€“ "Related transaction"
    • Section 305 โ€“ Payments, interest, rights and liabilities under a loan relationship
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ The credits and debits to be brought into account: general
    • Introduction
    • Matters in respect of which amounts are to be brought into account
    • General principles about the bringing into account of credits and debits
    • Amounts recognised in determining a company's profit or loss
    • Accounting bases
    • Adjustments on change of accounting basis
    • Rules differing from generally accepted accounting practice
    • Exchange gains and losses
    • Pre-loan relationship, abortive and pre-trading expenses
    • Pre-commencement debits of property businesses etc. of non-UK resident companies
    • Company is not, or has ceased to be, party to loan relationship
    • Company ceasing to be party to loan relationship
    • Company moving abroad
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Continuity of treatment on transfers within groups or on reorganisations
    • Application of this Chapter
    • Continuity of treatment: transfer of loan at notional carrying value
    • Transferee leaving group after replacing transferor as party to loan relationship
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Connected companies relationships: introduction and general
    • Section 348 โ€“ Introduction: meaning of "connected companies relationship"
    • Section 349 โ€“ Application of amortised cost basis to connected companies relationships
    • Section 350 โ€“ Companies beginning to be connected
    • Section 351 โ€“ Companies ceasing to be connected
    • Section 352 โ€“ Disregard of related transactions
    • Section 352B โ€“ Eliminating tax mismatch for loan relationships with qualifying link
    • Section 352A โ€“ Exclusion of credits on reversal of disregarded loss
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Connected companies relationships: impairment losses and releases of debts
    • Introduction
    • Exclusion of debits for impaired or released connected companies debts
    • Exclusion of credits for connected companies debts on release or reversal of impairments
    • Deemed debt releases on impaired debts becoming held by connected company
  • โ–ธ Chapter 7 โ€“ Group relief claims involving impaired or released consortium debts
    • Section 364 โ€“ Introduction to Chapter
    • Section 365 โ€“ Reduction of impairment loss debits where group relief claimed
    • Section 366 โ€“ Effect where credit for release brought into account on amortised cost basis
    • Section 367 โ€“ Reduction of credits exceeding impairment losses
    • Section 368 โ€“ Reduction of claims where there are earlier net consortium debits
    • Section 369 โ€“ Carry forward of claims where there are no net consortium debits
    • Section 370 โ€“ Group accounting periods
    • Section 371 โ€“ Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8 โ€“ Connected parties relationships: late interest
    • Section 372 โ€“ Introduction to Chapter
    • Section 373 โ€“ Late interest treated as not accruing until paid in some cases
    • Section 374 โ€“ Connection between debtor and person standing in position of creditor
    • Section 375 โ€“ Loans to close companies by participators etc
    • Section 376 โ€“ Interpretation of section 375
    • Section 377 โ€“ Party to loan relationship having major interest in other party
    • Section 378 โ€“ Loans by trustees of occupational pension schemes
    • Section 379 โ€“ Persons indirectly standing in the position of creditor
  • โ–ธ Chapter 9 โ€“ Partnerships involving companies
    • Section 380 โ€“ Partnerships involving companies
    • Section 381 โ€“ Determinations of credits and debits by company partners: general
    • Section 382 โ€“ Company partners using fair value accounting
    • Section 383 โ€“ Lending between partners and the partnership
    • Section 384 โ€“ Treatment of exchange gains and losses
    • Section 385 โ€“ Company partnersโ€™ shares where firm owns deeply discounted securities
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introduction
    • How profits and deficits from loan relationships are dealt with
  • โ–ธ Chapter 16A โ€“ Non-trading deficits: post 1 April 2017 deficits
    • Section 463A โ€“ Introduction to Chapter
    • Section 463B โ€“ Claim to set off deficit against profits of deficit period or earlier periods
    • Section 463C โ€“ Time limits for claims under section 463B(1)
    • Section 463D โ€“ Claim to set off deficit against profits for the deficit period
    • Section 463E โ€“ Claim to carry back deficit to earlier periods
    • Section 463F โ€“ Profits available for relief under section 463E
    • Section 463G โ€“ Carry forward of unrelieved deficit against total profits
    • Section 463H โ€“ Carry forward of unrelieved deficit against non-trading profits
    • Section 463I โ€“ Re-application of section 463G if any deficit remains after previous application
  • โ–ธ Chapter 18 โ€“ General and supplementary provisions
    • Changes in accounting standards
    • Tax-adjusted carrying value
    • Connections between persons
    • Meaning of โ€œhedging relationshipโ€
    • Meaning of โ€œmatchedโ€
    • Meaning of โ€œhybrid capital instrumentโ€
    • Other general definitions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 17 โ€“ Priority rules
    • Section 464 โ€“ Priority of this Part for corporation tax purposes
    • Section 465 โ€“ Exclusion of distributions except in tax avoidance cases
  • โ–ธ Chapter 16 โ€“ Non-trading deficits
    • Section 456 โ€“ Introduction to Chapter
    • Section 457 โ€“ Basic rule for deficits: carry forward to accounting periods after deficit period
    • Section 458 โ€“ Claim to carry forward deficit to later accounting periods
    • Section 459 โ€“ Claim to set off deficit against profits of deficit period or earlier periods
    • Section 460 โ€“ Time limits and procedure for claims under section 459(1)
    • Section 461 โ€“ Claim to set off deficit against other profits for the deficit period
    • Section 462 โ€“ Claim to carry back deficit to earlier accounting periods
    • Section 463 โ€“ Profits available for relief under section 462
  • โ–ธ Chapter 15 โ€“ Tax avoidance
    • Introduction
    • Unallowable purposes and tax relief schemes
    • Transactions not at arm's length: general
    • Non-market loans
    • Transactions not at arm's length: exchange gains and losses
    • Transactions not at arm's length: exchange gains and losses
    • Tax advantages from resetting interest rates (โ€œreset bondsโ€)
    • Disposals for consideration not fully recognised by accounting practice
    • Derecognition
    • Counteracting avoidance arrangements
  • โ–ธ Chapter 14 โ€“ European cross-border mergers
    • Introduction
    • Transfers of loan relationships at notional carrying value
    • Exception for tax avoidance cases
    • Transparent entities
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 13 โ€“ European cross-border transfers of business
    • Introduction
    • Transfers of loan relationships at notional carrying value
    • Exception for tax avoidance cases
    • Transparent entities
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 12 โ€“ Special rules for particular kinds of securities
    • Introduction
    • Index-linked gilt-edged securities
    • Other gilt-edged securities
    • Deeply discounted securities: connected companies and close companies
    • Funding bonds
    • Derivatives
    • Options etc.
    • Hybrid capital instruments
  • โ–ธ Chapter 11 โ€“ Other special kinds of company
    • Investment trusts' and venture capital trusts' creditor relationships
    • Credit unions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 10 โ€“ Insurance companies
    • Introduction
    • Treatment of deficit on basic life assurance and general annuity business
    • Exclusion of loan relationships of members of Lloyd's
โ–ธ Part 6 โ€“ Relationships treated as loan relationships etc
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 477 โ€“ Overview of Part
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Relevant non-lending relationships
    • Introduction: meaning of โ€œrelevant non-lending relationshipโ€ etc.
    • Application of Part 5 to relevant non-lending relationships
    • Meaning of โ€œmoney debtโ€ and โ€œinterestโ€ in this Chapter
    • Exclusions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2A โ€“ Disguised interest
    • Section 486A โ€“ Overview
    • Section 486B โ€“ Disguised interest to be regarded as profit from loan relationship
    • Section 486C โ€“ Exclusion where return otherwise taxable
    • Section 486D โ€“ Exclusion where arrangement has no tax avoidance purpose
    • Section 486E โ€“ Excluded shares
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2B โ€“ Transferred income streams
    • Section 486F โ€“ Introduction to Chapter
    • Section 486G โ€“ Consideration to be treated as loan relationship
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ OEICs, unit trusts and offshore funds
    • Introduction
    • Holdings in OEICs, unit trusts and offshore funds treated as creditor relationship rights
    • The qualifying investments test
    • Power to change investments that are qualifying investments
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Building Societies
    • Section 498 โ€“ Building society dividends and interest
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Industrial and provident societies
    • Section 499 โ€“ Industrial and provident society payments treated as interest under loan relationship
    • Section 500 โ€“ Exclusion of interest where failure to make return
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Alternative finance arrangements
    • Introduction
    • Arrangements that are alternative finance arrangements
    • Treatment as loan relationships
    • Meaning of โ€œalternative finance returnโ€
    • Treatment for other tax purposes
    • Power to extend this Chapter to other arrangements
  • โ–ธ Chapter 7 โ€“ Shares with guaranteed returns etc
    • Application of Part 5 to certain shares as rights under creditor relationship
    • Shares subject to outstanding third party obligations
    • Non-qualifying shares
    • Consequences of section 523 applying or ceasing to apply
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8 โ€“ Returns from partnerships
    • Section 536 โ€“ Introduction to Chapter
    • Section 537 โ€“ Payments in return for capital contribution to partnership
    • Section 538 โ€“ Change of partnership shares
  • โ–ธ Chapter 9 โ€“ Manufactured interest etc
    • Section 539 โ€“ Introduction to Chapter
    • Section 540 โ€“ Manufactured interest treated as interest under loan relationship
    • Section 541 โ€“ Debits for deemed interest under stock lending arrangements disallowed
  • โ–ธ Chapter 10 โ€“ Repos
    • Introduction
    • Creditor repos and creditor quasi-repos
    • Debtor repos and debtor quasi-repos
    • General provisions
    • Interpretation (556-559)
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6A โ€“ Shares accounted for as liabilities
    • Section 521F โ€“ Shares becoming or ceasing to be shares to which section 521B applies
    • Section 521E โ€“ Unallowable purpose
    • Section 521D โ€“ Excepted shares
    • Section 521C โ€“ Shares accounted for as liabilities
    • Section 521B โ€“ Application of Part 5 to certain shares as rights under creditor relationship
    • Section 521A โ€“ Introduction to Chapter
  • โ–ธ Chapter 11 โ€“ Investment life insurance contracts
    • Introduction
    • Investment life assurance contracts treated as creditor relationships
    • Old accounting period contracts
โ–ธ Part 7 โ€“ Derivative contracts
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introduction
    • How profits and losses from derivative contracts are dealt with
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Contracts to which this Part applies
    • Introduction
    • Meaning of โ€œderivative contractโ€ and other basic definitions
    • Cases where companies treated as parties to relevant contracts
    • Other contracts etc. treated as derivative contracts
    • Exclusions from derivative contracts
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Credits and debits to be brought into account: general
    • Introduction
    • Matters in respect of which amounts are to be brought into account
    • General principles
    • Amounts recognised in determining a company's profit or loss
    • Application of fair value accounting
    • Rules differing from generally accepted accounting practice
    • Exchange gains and losses
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Further provision about credits and debits to be brought into account
    • Introduction
    • Adjustments on change of accounting basis
    • Certain embedded derivatives
    • Partnerships involving companies
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Continuity of treatment on transfers within groups
    • Introductory
    • Group member replacing another as party to derivative contract
    • Exceptions to section 625
    • Transferee leaving group after replacing transferor as party to derivative contract
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Special kinds of company
    • Mutual trading companies
    • Insurance companies (634-636)
    • Investment and venture capital trusts (637-638)
  • โ–ธ Chapter 7 โ€“ Chargeable gains arising in relation to derivative contracts
    • Introduction
    • Some credits and debits not to be brought into account under Part 5
    • Some derivative contracts to be taxed on a chargeable gains basis
    • Derivative contracts to which sections 640 and 641 apply
    • Some credits and debits not to be brought into account under Part 3 or 5
    • Issuers of securities with embedded derivatives: deemed options
    • Issuers of securities with embedded derivatives: deemed contracts for differences
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8 โ€“ Further provision about chargeable gains and derivative contracts
    • Company ceasing to be party to certain contracts
    • Contracts ceasing to be derivative contracts
    • Carry back of net losses on certain derivative contracts
    • Issuers of securities with embedded derivatives: equity instruments
    • Treatment of shares acquired in certain circumstances
    • Treatment of net gains and losses on exercise of option
    • Treatment of net gains and losses on disposal of certain embedded derivatives
  • โ–ธ Chapter 9 โ€“ European cross-border transfers of business
    • Introduction
    • Transfers of derivative contracts at notional carrying value
    • Exception for tax avoidance cases and clearances
    • Transparent entities
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 10 โ€“ European cross-border mergers
    • Introduction
    • Transfers of derivative contracts at notional carrying value
    • Exception for tax avoidance cases and clearances
    • Transparent entities
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 11 โ€“ Tax avoidance
    • Introduction
    • Unallowable purposes
    • Transactions not at arm's length
    • Transactions with non-UK residents
    • Disposals for consideration not fully recognised by accounting practice
    • Derecognition
    • Counteracting avoidance arrangements
  • โ–ธ Chapter 12 โ€“ Priority rules
    • Section 699 โ€“ Priority of this Part for corporation tax purposes
    • Section 700 โ€“ Relationship of this Part to Part 5: loan relationships
  • โ–ธ Chapter 13 โ€“ General and supplementary provisions
    • Power to amend certain provisions
    • Changes to accounting standards
    • Other general definitions
โ–ธ Part 8 โ€“ Intangible fixed assets
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Credits in respect of intangible fixed assets
    • Section 720 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 721 โ€“ Receipts recognised as they accrue
    • Section 722 โ€“ Receipts in respect of royalties so far as not dealt with under section 721
    • Section 723 โ€“ Revaluation
    • Section 724 โ€“ Negative goodwill
    • Section 725 โ€“ Reversal of previous accounting loss
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Realisation of intangible fixed assets
    • Section 726 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 727 โ€“ References to expenditure on an asset
    • Section 728 โ€“ Expenditure written off as it is incurred
    • Section 729 โ€“ Writing down on accounting basis
    • Section 730 โ€“ Writing down at fixed rate: election for fixed-rate basis
    • Section 731 โ€“ Writing down at fixed rate: calculation
    • Section 732 โ€“ Reversal of previous accounting gain
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Realisation of intangible fixed assets
    • Section 733 โ€“ Overview of Chapter
    • Section 734 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œrealisationโ€
    • Section 735 โ€“ Asset written down for tax purposes
    • Section 736 โ€“ Asset shown in balance sheet and not written down for tax purposes
    • Section 737 โ€“ Apportionment in case of part realisation
    • Section 738 โ€“ Asset not shown in balance sheet
    • Section 739 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œproceeds of realisationโ€
    • Section 740 โ€“ Abortive expenditure on realisation
    • Section 741 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œchargeable intangible assetโ€ and โ€œchargeable realisation gainโ€
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Calculation of tax written-down value
    • Section 742 โ€“ Asset written down on accounting basis
    • Section 743 โ€“ Asset written down at fixed rate
    • Section 744 โ€“ Effect of part realisation of asset
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ How credits and debits are given effect
    • Introductory
    • Trading etc. credits and debits
    • Non-trading credits and debits (751-753)
  • โ–ธ Chapter 7 โ€“ Roll-over relief in case of realisation and reinvestment
    • When the relief is given
    • How the relief is given
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8 โ€“ Groups of companies: introduction
    • Introductory
    • Rules
  • โ–ธ Chapter 9 โ€“ Application of this Part to groups of companies
    • Introductory
    • Transfers within a group treated as tax-neutral
    • Roll-over relief under Chapter 7 (realisation and reinvestment)
    • Company ceasing to be member of group
    • Reallocation of degrouping charge within group and recovery
    • Disregard of payments between group members for reliefs
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introductory
    • Basic definitions
    • Goodwill
    • Accounting rules and definitions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 15 โ€“ Adjustments on change of accounting policy
    • Introductory
    • Change of policy involving change of value
    • Change of policy involving disaggregation
    • Supplementary
  • โ–ธ Chapter 14 โ€“ Miscellaneous provisions
    • Grants and other contributions to expenditure
    • Finance leasing
    • Values to be used in special cases
    • Fungible assets
    • Assets ceasing to be or becoming chargeable intangible assets
    • Matters to be ignored
    • Delayed payments and bad debts (866-870)
    • Roll-over relief under TCGA 1992
  • โ–ธ Chapter 13 โ€“ Transactions between related parties
    • Introductory
    • Transfers treated as being at market value
    • Grants treated as being at market value
    • Other rules
  • โ–ธ Chapter 12 โ€“ Related parties
    • Introductory
    • Meaning of โ€œrelated partyโ€, โ€œcontrolโ€ and โ€œmajor interestโ€
    • Rights and powers to be taken into account
    • Meaning of โ€œparticipatorโ€ and โ€œassociateโ€
    • Connected persons
  • โ–ธ Chapter 11 โ€“ Transfer of business or trade
    • Introduction
    • Tax-neutral transfers
    • Transfer of assets to non-UK resident company
    • The genuine commercial transaction requirement and clearance
  • โ–ธ Chapter 10 โ€“ Excluded assets
    • Introductory
    • Assets wholly excluded from this Part
    • Assets excluded from this Part except as respects royalties
    • Assets excluded from this Part to the extent specified
  • โ–ธ Chapter 16B โ€“ Fungible assets
    • Section 900J โ€“ Fungible assets: general
    • Section 900K โ€“ Fungible assets: pre-FA 2002 assets and restricted assets
    • Section 900L โ€“ Realisation of fungible assets: pre-FA 2002 assets and restricted assets
    • Section 900M โ€“ Acquisition of fungible assets: pre-FA 2002 assets and restricted assets
    • Section 900N โ€“ Debits in respect of a single asset comprising restricted assets
    • Section 900O โ€“ Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 16A โ€“ Debits in respect of assets that were pre-FA 2002 assets etc.
    • Introduction
    • When an intangible fixed asset is a restricted asset
    • The special rules
    • Supplementary provisions (900G-900I)
  • โ–ธ Chapter 15A โ€“ Debits in respect of goodwill and certain other assets
    • Introduction
    • Requirement to write down at a fixed rate
    • Restrictions on debits: pre-FA 2019 relevant assets
    • Restrictions on debits: no business or no qualifying IP assets acquired
    • Restrictions on debits: acquisition from individual or firm
    • Partial restrictions on debits
    • Supplementary
  • โ–ธ Chapter 18 โ€“ Priority rules
    • Section 906 โ€“ Priority of this Part for corporation tax purposes
  • โ–ธ Chapter 17 โ€“ Insurance companies
    • Effect of application of the I minus E basis: non-trading amounts
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 16 โ€“ Pre-FA 2002 assets etc.
    • Introduction
    • General rule
    • When assets are treated as created or acquired
    • When expenditure treated as incurred
    • Fungible assets
    • Assets treated as pre-FA 2002 assets
    • Application of Part to royalties and telecommunication rights
    • Roll-over relief for disposals of pre-FA 2002 assets
โ–ธ Part 9 โ€“ Intellectual property: know-how and patents
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 907 โ€“ Overview of Part
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Disposals of know-how
    • Section 908 โ€“ Charge to tax on profits from disposals of know-how
    • Section 909 โ€“ Exceptions to charge under section 908
    • Section 910 โ€“ Profits charged under section 908
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Sales of patent rights
    • Introductory
    • Charge to tax
    • Spreading of charge to tax
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Relief from corporation tax on patent income
    • Section 924 โ€“ Relief for expenses: patent income
    • Section 925 โ€“ How relief is given under section 924
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Supplementary
    • Section 926 โ€“ Contributions to expenditure
    • Section 927 โ€“ Contributions not made by public bodies nor eligible for tax relief
    • Section 928 โ€“ Exchanges
    • Section 929 โ€“ Apportionment where property sold together
    • Section 930 โ€“ Questions about apportionments affecting two or more persons
    • Section 931 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œcapital sumsโ€ etc.
โ–ธ Part 9A โ€“ Company distributions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ The charge to Tax
    • Section 931A โ€“ Charge to tax on distributions received
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Exemption of distributions received by small companies
    • Section 931B โ€“ Exemption from charge to tax
    • Section 931C โ€“ Meaning of โ€œqualifying territoryโ€
    • Section 931CA โ€“ Further exemption where distribution received from CFC
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Exemption of distributions received by companies that are not small
    • Section 931D โ€“ Exemption from charge to tax
    • Exempt classes
    • Exempt classes: anti-avoidance
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Supplementary
    • Election that distribution should not be exempt
    • Chargeable gains
    • Interpretation
    • Boundary provisions
โ–ธ Part 13 โ€“ Expenditure on research and development
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introductory
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Relief for loss-making, R&D-intensive SMEs
    • Introductory
    • Reliefs
    • Reliefs: further provision
    • Threshold
    • Qualifying expenditure
    • Tax credit: entitlement and payment
    • Amount of tax credit
    • Supplementary
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Relief for SMEs: R&D sub-contracted to SME
    • Relief
    • Threshold
    • Qualifying expenditure
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Relief for SMEs: subsidised and capped expenditure on R&D
    • Relief
    • Threshold
    • Qualifying expenditure
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Relief for large companies
    • Relief
    • Threshold
    • Qualifying expenditure
    • Insurance companies
  • โ–ธ Chapter 7 โ€“ Relief for large companies: vaccine research etc
    • Introductory
    • Reliefs
    • Deemed trading loss: further provision
    • Threshold
    • Qualifying expenditure
    • Tax credit: entitlement and payment
    • Amount of tax credit
    • Supplementary
    • Tax avoidance
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Chapters 2 to 5: further provision
    • Section 1081 โ€“ Insurance companies treated as large companies
    • Section 1082 โ€“ R&D expenditure of group companies
    • Section 1083 โ€“ Refunds of expenditure treated as income chargeable to tax
    • Section 1084 โ€“ Artificially inflated claims for relief or tax credit
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8 โ€“ Restrictions on relief under this Part
    • Section 1113 โ€“ Cap on R&D aid under Chapter 2 or 7
    • Section 1114 โ€“ Total R&D aid
    • Section 1115 โ€“ โ€œThe tax creditsโ€
    • Section 1116 โ€“ โ€œThe actual reduction in tax liabilityโ€
    • Section 1117 โ€“ โ€œThe potential reliefโ€
    • Section 1118 โ€“ โ€œThe notional reliefโ€
    • Introductory
    • PAYE and NIC liabilities
    • Going concerns
    • Outstanding tax matters
    • Artificially inflated claims
    • Northern Ireland companies
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1A โ€“ R&D expenditure credit
    • Introductory
    • Entitlement and claims
    • Qualifying expenditure
    • Rate of credit
    • Treatment of credit: main provisions
    • Notional tax deduction
    • Intra-group surrenders
    • Basic life assurance and general annuity businesses
  • โ–ธ Chapter 9 โ€“ Supplementary
    • SMEs and large companies
    • Staffing costs
    • Software , data licences, cloud computing services or consumable items
    • Qualifying expenditure on externally provided workers
    • Contracting out
    • Miscellaneous
โ–ธ Part 12 โ€“ Other relief for employee share acquisitions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introductory
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Relief if shares acquired by employee or other person
    • Introductory
    • Requirements to be met for relief to be available
    • Calculation of amount of relief
    • Giving of relief
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Relief if employee or other person obtains option to acquire shares
    • Introductory
    • Requirements to be met for relief to be available
    • Calculation of amount of relief
    • Giving of relief
    • Takeovers and transfers of businesses
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Additional relief in cases involving restricted shares
    • Section 1025 โ€“ Additional relief available if shares acquired are restricted shares
    • Section 1025A โ€“ Application of Chapter: employees of overseas companies who take up employment with, or work for, a UK company
    • Section 1025B โ€“ Application of Chapter where original relief a consequence of section 1007A, 1015A or 1015B
    • Section 1026 โ€“ Relief available on occurrence of chargeable event
    • Section 1027 โ€“ Relief available on death of employee
    • Section 1028 โ€“ Supplementary provision for purposes of sections 1026 and 1027
    • Section 1029 โ€“ Transfer of qualifying business by group transfers
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Additional relief in cases involving convertible securities
    • Section 1030 โ€“ Application of Chapter
    • Section 1030A โ€“ Application of Chapter: employees of overseas companies who take up employment with, or work for, a UK company
    • Section 1030B โ€“ Application of Chapter where original relief a consequence of section 1007A, 1015A or 1015B
    • Section 1031 โ€“ Additional relief available if shares acquired are convertible shares etc
    • Section 1032 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œchargeable eventโ€
    • Section 1033 โ€“ Relief available on occurrence of chargeable event
    • Section 1034 โ€“ Relief available following death of employee
    • Section 1035 โ€“ Supplementary provision for purposes of sections 1033 and 1034
    • Section 1036 โ€“ Transfer of qualifying business by group transfers
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Relationship between relief under this Part and other reliefs
    • Section 1037 โ€“ Priority of Chapter 1 of Part 11
    • Section 1038 โ€“ Exclusion of other deductions
    • Section 1038A โ€“ Exclusion of deductions for share options: shares not acquired
    • Section 1038B โ€“ Employee shareholder shares
โ–ธ Part 11 โ€“ Relief for particular employee share acquisition schemes
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Share incentive plans
    • Introductory
    • Deductions and receipts: general
    • Deductions relating to setting up and running costs
    • Deductions relating to payments used to acquire shares
    • Deductions relating to provision of certain types of shares
    • Plan ceasing to be a Schedule 2 SIP
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ SAYE option schemes, company share option schemes and employee share options trusts
    • Section 999 โ€“ Deduction for costs of setting up SAYE option scheme or CSOP scheme
    • Section 1000 โ€“ Deduction for costs of setting up employee share ownership trust
โ–ธ Part 10 โ€“ Miscellaneous income
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 932 โ€“ Overview of Part
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Dividends of non-UK resident companies
    • Section 933 โ€“ Charge to tax on dividends of non-UK resident companies
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Beneficiaries' income from estates in administration
    • Introduction
    • Types of estate income
    • Income charged
    • Basic amount of estate income: general calculations rules
    • Further provisions for calculating estate income relating to absolute interests
    • Successive interests
    • Relief where foreign estates have borne UK income tax
    • General
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Income from holding an office
    • Section 969 โ€“ Charge to tax on income from holding an office
    • Section 970 โ€“ Rule restricting deductions for bad debts
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Distributions from unauthorised unit trusts
    • Section 971 โ€“ Overview of Chapter
    • Section 972 โ€“ Charge to tax under this Chapter
    • Section 973 โ€“ Amount of income treated as received
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Sale of foreign dividend coupons
    • Section 974 โ€“ Charge to tax under this Chapter
    • Section 975 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œforeign holdingsโ€ etc.
  • โ–ธ Chapter 7 โ€“ Annual payments not otherwise charged
    • Section 976 โ€“ Overview of Chapter
    • Section 977 โ€“ Charge to tax on annual payments not otherwise charged
    • Section 978 โ€“ Exemption for payments by persons liable to pool betting duty
  • โ–ธ Chapter 8 โ€“ Income not otherwise charged
    • Section 979 โ€“ Charge to tax on income not otherwise charged
    • Section 980 โ€“ Exemption for commercial occupation of woodlands in UK
    • Section 981 โ€“ Exemption for gains on financial futures
  • โ–ธ Chapter 9 โ€“ Priority rules
    • Section 982 โ€“ Provisions which must be given priority over this Part
โ–ธ Part 14 โ€“ Remediation of contaminated land
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introductory
    • Basic definitions
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Reliefs for expenditure on contaminated land
    • Section 1147 โ€“ Deduction for capital expenditure
    • Section 1148 โ€“ Election under section 1147
    • Section 1149 โ€“ Additional deduction for qualifying land remediation expenditure
    • Section 1150 โ€“ No relief if company responsible for contamination or dereliction or polluter has interest
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Land remediation tax credit
    • Entitlement and payment
    • Amount of tax credit
    • Supplementary
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Special provision for life assurance business
    • Section 1159 โ€“ Limitation on relief under Chapter 2
    • I minus E basis
    • Relief
    • BLAGAB company tax credits (1164-1168)
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Tax avoidance
    • Section 1169 โ€“ Artificially inflated claims for relief or tax credit
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Supplementary
    • Section 1170 โ€“ โ€œStaffing costsโ€
    • Section 1171 โ€“ Staffing costs attributable to relevant land remediation
    • Section 1172 โ€“ Expenditure on materials
    • Section 1173 โ€“ Expenditure incurred because of contamination or dereliction
    • Section 1174 โ€“ Sub-contractor payments
    • Section 1175 โ€“ Connected sub-contractors
    • Section 1176 โ€“ โ€œQualifying expenditure on sub-contracted land remediationโ€: other cases
    • Section 1177 โ€“ โ€œSubsidised expenditureโ€
    • Section 1178 โ€“ Persons having a โ€œrelevant connectionโ€ to a company
    • Section 1178A โ€“ โ€œMajor interest in landโ€
    • Section 1179 โ€“ Other definitions
โ–ธ Part 15C โ€“ Theatrical Productions
  • โ–ธ Introduction
    • Section 1217F โ€“ Overview of Part
    • Section 1217FC โ€“ โ€œProduction Companyโ€
    • Section 1217FB โ€“ Production not regarded as theatrical
    • Section 1217FA โ€“ โ€œTheatrical Productionโ€
  • โ–ธ Companies qualifying for relief
    • Section 1217GC โ€“ โ€œCore Expenditureโ€
    • Section 1217GB โ€“ The EEA expenditure condition
    • Section 1217GA โ€“ The commercial purpose condition
    • Section 1217G โ€“ How a company qualifies for relief
  • โ–ธ Claim for additional deduction
    • Section 1217H โ€“ Claim for additional deduction
  • โ–ธ The separate theatrical trade
    • Section 1217IF โ€“ Estimates
    • Section 1217IE โ€“ Pre-trading expenditure
    • Section 1217ID โ€“ When costs are taken to be incurred
    • Section 1217IC โ€“ Costs of the production
    • Section 1217IB โ€“ Income from the production
    • Section 1217IA โ€“ Calculation of profits or losses of sperate theatrical trade
    • Section 1217I โ€“ Introduction to sections 1217IA and 1217IF
  • โ–ธ Amount of additional deduction
    • Section 1217JA โ€“ โ€œQualifying expenditureโ€
    • Section 1217J โ€“ Amount of additional deduction
  • โ–ธ Theatre tax credits
    • Section 1217K โ€“ Theatre tax credit claimable if company has surrenderable loss
    • Section 1217KA โ€“ Amount of surrenderable loss
    • Section 1217KB โ€“ Payment in respect of theatre tax credit
    • Section 1217KC โ€“ Limit on State aid
    • Companies in insolvency
  • โ–ธ Anti-avoidance etc.
    • Section 1217LA โ€“ Tax avoidance arrangements
    • Section 1217LB โ€“ Transactions not entered into for genuine commercial reasons
  • โ–ธ Use of losses
    • Section 1217MA โ€“ Restriction on use of losses before completion period
    • Section 1217M โ€“ Application of sections 1217MA to 1217MC
    • Section 1217MB โ€“ Use of losses in the completion period
    • Section 1217MC โ€“ Terminal losses
  • โ–ธ Provisional entitlement to relief
    • Section 1217N โ€“ Provisional entitlement to relief
    • Section 1217NA โ€“ Clawback of provisional relief
  • โ–ธ Interpretation
    • Section 1217O โ€“ Activities involved in developing, producing, running or closing a production
    • Section 1217OA โ€“ โ€œCompany tax returnโ€
    • Section 1217OB โ€“ Index
โ–ธ Part 15B โ€“ Video games development
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introductory
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Taxation of activities of video games development company
    • Separate video game trade
    • Supplementary
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Video games tax relief
    • Introductory
    • โ€œIntended for supplyโ€
    • British video games
    • EEA expenditure
    • Additional deductions
    • Video game tax credits
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Video game losses
    • Section 1217D โ€“ Application of sections 1217DA and 1217DB
    • Section 1217DA โ€“ Restriction on use of losses while video game in development
    • Section 1217DB โ€“ Use of losses in later periods
    • Section 1217DC โ€“ Terminal losses
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Provisional entitlement to relief
    • Section 1217E โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 1217EA โ€“ Certification as a British video game
    • Section 1217EB โ€“ The EEA expenditure condition
    • Section 1217EC โ€“ Time limit for amendments and assessments
โ–ธ Part 15A โ€“ Television production
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introductory
    • Meaning of โ€œtelevision programmeโ€, โ€œrelevant programmeโ€ etc.
    • Other interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Taxation of activities of television production company
    • Separate programme trade
    • Supplementary
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Television tax relief
    • Introductory
    • โ€œIntended for broadcastโ€
    • British programmes
    • UK expenditure
    • Additional deductions
    • Television tax credits
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Programme losses
    • Section 1216D โ€“ Application of sections 1216DA and 1216DB
    • Section 1216DA โ€“ Restriction on use of losses while programme in production
    • Section 1216DB โ€“ Use of losses in later periods
    • Section 1216DC โ€“ Terminal losses
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Provisional entitlement to relief
    • Section 1216E โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 1216EA โ€“ Certification as a British programme
    • Section 1216EB โ€“ The UK expenditure condition
    • Section 1216EC โ€“ Time limit for amendments and assessments
โ–ธ Part 15 โ€“ Film production
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Introductory
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Taxation of activities of film production company
    • Separate film trade
    • Supplementary
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Film tax relief
    • Introductory
    • Conditions of relief
    • Additional deductions
    • Film tax credits
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Film losses
    • Section 1208 โ€“ Application of sections 1209 and 1210
    • Section 1209 โ€“ Restriction on use of losses while film in production
    • Section 1210 โ€“ Use of losses in later periods
    • Section 1211 โ€“ Terminal losses
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Provisional entitlement to relief
    • Section 1212 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 1213 โ€“ Certification as a British film
    • Section 1214 โ€“ The UK expenditure condition
    • Section 1215 โ€“ Film tax relief on basis that film is limited-budget film
    • Section 1216 โ€“ Time limit for amendments and assessments
โ–ธ Part 15D โ€“ Tax relief for production of orchestral concerts
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Overview
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Taxation of activities of production company
    • Separate orchestral trade
    • Profits and losses of separate orchestral trade
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Orchestra tax relief
    • Introduction
    • Companies qualifying for orchestra tax relief
    • Additional deduction
    • Orchestra tax credits
    • Anti-avoidance etc.
    • Companies in insolvency
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Losses of separate orchestral trade
    • Section 1217S โ€“ Application of sections 1217SA to 1217SC
    • Section 1217SA โ€“ Restriction on use of losses before completion period
    • Section 1217SB โ€“ Use of losses in the completion period
    • Section 1217SC โ€“ Terminal losses
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Personal entitlement to relief
    • Section 1217T โ€“ Provisional entitlement to relief
    • Section 1217TA โ€“ Clawback of provisional relief
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Interpretation
    • Section 1217U โ€“ Interpretation
โ–ธ Part 15E โ€“ Museums and galleries exhibition tax relief
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Overview
    • Interpretation
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Taxation of activities of production company
    • Separate exhibition trade
    • Profits and losses of separate exhibition trade
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Museums and galleries exhibition tax relief
    • Introduction
    • Companies qualifying for museums and galleries exhibition tax relief
    • Additional deduction
    • Museums and galleries exhibition tax credits
    • Anti-avoidance etc.
    • Companies in insolvency
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Losses of separate exhibition trade
    • Section 1218ZD โ€“ Application of sections 1218ZDA to 1218ZDC
    • Section 1218ZDA โ€“ Restriction on use of losses before completion period
    • Section 1218ZDB โ€“ Use of losses in the completion period
    • Section 1218ZDC โ€“ Terminal losses
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Provisional entitlement to relief
    • Section 1218ZE โ€“ Provisional entitlement to relief
    • Section 1218ZEA โ€“ Clawback of provisional relief
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Interpretation
    • Section 1218ZF โ€“ Regulations about activities in relation to an exhibition
    • Section 1218ZFA โ€“ Interpretation
โ–ธ Part 14A โ€“ Films, television programmes and video games
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction and interpretation
    • Introduction to Part
    • Definitions and miscellaneous provision
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Special rules about taxation
    • The separate production trade
    • Accounting for the separate trade
    • Losses in the separate trade
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Expenditure credit
    • The entitlement
    • Treatment of credit
    • Restrictions on payment
    • Artificial arrangements
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Films and television programmes
    • General
    • Qualifying films
    • Qualifying television programmes
    • British certification condition
    • UK expenditure condition
    • Production companies
    • Qualifying expenditure and rate of credit
    • Accounting for the separate trade
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Video games
    • General
    • Qualifying video games
    • British certification condition
    • UK expenditure condition
    • Development companies
    • Qualifying expenditure and rate of credit
    • Accounting for the separate trade
    • Miscellaneous
โ–ธ Part 16 โ€“ Companies with investment business
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 1218A โ€“ Overview of Part
    • Section 1218B โ€“ โ€œCompany with investment businessโ€ and โ€œinvestment businessโ€
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Management expenses
    • Relief for expenses of management
    • Accounting period to which expenses are referable
    • Claw back of relief
  • โ–ธ Chapter 3 โ€“ Amounts treated as expenses of management
    • Preliminary
    • Excess capital allowances
    • Payments for restrictive undertakings
    • Seconded employees
    • Contributions to agents' expenses
    • Counselling and retraining expenses
    • Redundancy payments etc.
    • Contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies
    • Contributions to flood and coastal erosion risk management projects
    • Export Credits Guarantee Department
    • Levies under FISMA 2000
  • โ–ธ Chapter 4 โ€“ Rules restricting deductions
    • Section 1247 โ€“ Introduction
    • Section 1248 โ€“ Expenses in connection with arrangements for securing a tax advantage
    • Section 1249 โ€“ Unpaid remuneration
    • Section 1250 โ€“ Unpaid remuneration: supplementary
    • Section 1251 โ€“ Car hire
  • โ–ธ Chapter 5 โ€“ Companies with investment business: receipts
    • Section 1252 โ€“ Industrial development grants
    • Section 1253 โ€“ Contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies: disqualifying benefits
    • Section 1254 โ€“ Repayments under FISMA 2000
    • Section 1253A โ€“ Contributions to flood and coastal erosion risk management projects: refunds etc.
  • โ–ธ Chapter 6 โ€“ Supplementary
    • Section 1255 โ€“ Meaning of some accounting terms
โ–ธ Part 17 โ€“ Partnerships
  • โ–ธ Introduction
    • Section 1257 โ€“ General provisions
    • Section 1258A โ€“ Bare trusts
    • Section 1256 โ€“ Overview of Part
    • Section 1258 โ€“ Assessment of firms
  • โ–ธ Calculation of partners' shares
    • Section 1265 โ€“ Apportionment of profit share between partnerโ€™s accounting periods
    • Section 1264A โ€“ Excess profit allocation to non-individual partners etc
    • Section 1264 โ€“ Loss-making period in which some partners have profits
    • Section 1263 โ€“ Profit-making period in which some partners have losses
    • Section 1262 โ€“ Allocation of firmโ€™s profits or losses between partners
    • Section 1261 โ€“ Accounting periods of firms
    • Section 1260 โ€“ Section 1259: supplementary
    • Section 1259 โ€“ Calculation of firmโ€™s profits and losses
  • โ–ธ Firms with a foreign element
    • Section 1266 โ€“ Resident partners and double taxation agreements
  • โ–ธ Adjustment on change of basis
    • Section 1269 โ€“ Interpretation of sections 1267 and 1268
    • Section 1268 โ€“ Election for spreading under Chapter 14 of Part 3
    • Section 1267 โ€“ Various rules for trades and property businesses
  • โ–ธ Miscellaneous
    • Section 1273A โ€“ Limited liability partnerships: salaried members
    • Section 1273 โ€“ Limited liability partnerships
    • Section 1272 โ€“ Sale of patent rights: effect of later cessation of trade
    • Section 1271 โ€“ Sale of patent rights: effect of partnership changes
    • Section 1270 โ€“ Special provisions about farming and property income
โ–ธ Part 18 โ€“ Unremittable income
  • Section 1274 โ€“ Unremittable income: introduction
  • Section 1275 โ€“ Claim for relief for unremittable income
  • Section 1276 โ€“ Withdrawal of relief
  • Section 1277 โ€“ Income charged on withdrawal of relief after source ceases
  • Section 1278 โ€“ Valuing unremittable income
โ–ธ Part 19 โ€“ General exemptions
  • โ–ธ Profits from FOTRA securities
    • Section 1279 โ€“ Exemption of profits from securities free of tax to residents abroad (โ€œFOTRA securitiesโ€)
    • Section 1280 โ€“ Section 1279: supplementary provision
  • โ–ธ Income from savings certificates
    • Section 1281 โ€“ Income from savings certificates
    • Section 1282 โ€“ Income from Ulster Savings Certificates
  • โ–ธ Miscellaneous
    • Section 1283 โ€“ Interest from tax reserve certificates
    • Section 1284 โ€“ Housing grants
    • Section 1285 โ€“ UK company distributions
    • Section 1286 โ€“ VAT repayment supplements
    • Section 1287 โ€“ Incentives to use electronic communications
โ–ธ Part 20 โ€“ General calculation rules
  • โ–ธ Chapter 1 โ€“ Restriction of deductions
    • Unpaid remuneration
    • Employee benefit contributions
    • Business entertainment and gifts
    • Miscellaneous
  • โ–ธ Chapter 2 โ€“ Other general rules
    • Miscellaneous profits and losses
    • Expenditure on research and development
    • Visiting performers
โ–ธ Part 21 โ€“ Other general provisions
  • โ–ธ Orders and regulations
    • Section 1310 โ€“ Orders and regulations
    • Section 1311 โ€“ Apportionment to different periods
  • โ–ธ Interpretation
    • Section 1321 โ€“ Interpretation: Northern Ireland
    • Section 1320 โ€“ Interpretation: Scotland
    • Section 1319 โ€“ Other definitions
    • Section 1318 โ€“ Meaning of grossing up
    • Section 1317 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œfarmingโ€ and related expressions
    • Section 1316 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œconnectedโ€ persons and โ€œcontrolโ€
    • Section 1315 โ€“ Claims and elections
    • Section 1314 โ€“ Meaning of โ€œcaravanโ€
    • Section 1313 โ€“ Activities in UK sector of continental shelf
    • Section 1312 โ€“ Abbreviated references to Acts
  • โ–ธ Final provisions
    • Section 1330 โ€“ Short Title
    • Section 1329 โ€“ Commencement
    • Section 1328 โ€“ Extent
    • Section 1327 โ€“ Index of defined expressions
    • Section 1326 โ€“ Repeals and revocations
    • Section 1325 โ€“ Transitional provisions and savings
    • Section 1324 โ€“ Power to undo changes
    • Section 1323 โ€“ Power to make consequential provision
    • Section 1322 โ€“ Minor and consequential amendments
โ–ธ Schedules
  • โ–ธ Schedule 1 Minor and consequential amendments
    • Part 1 โ€“ Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (paras 1-292)
    • Part 2 โ€“ Other enactments (paras 293-739)
  • โ–ธ Schedule 2 Transitionals And Savings
    • Part 1 โ€“ General Provisions (paras 1-9)
    • Part 2 โ€“ Changes in the Law (para 10)
    • Part 3 โ€“ Charge to Corporation Tax on Income (para 11)
    • Part 4 โ€“ Accounting Periods (para 12)
    • Part 5 โ€“ Company Residence: Exceptions to Section 14 (paras 13-15)
    • Part 6 โ€“ Trading Income (paras 16-34)
    • Part 7 โ€“ Property Income (paras 35-52)
    • Part 8 โ€“ Loan Relationships (paras 53-71)
    • Part 9 โ€“ Relationships Treated As Loan Relationships (paras 72-78)
    • Part 10 โ€“ Derivative Contracts (paras 79-99)
    • Part 11 โ€“ Intangible Fixed Assets (paras 100-102)
    • Part 12 โ€“ Beneficiaries' Income from Estates in Administration (paras 103-104)
    • Part 13 โ€“ Relief For Share Incentive Plans (paras 105-106)
    • Part 14 โ€“ Other Relief For Employee Share Acquisitions (paras 107-111)
    • Part 15 โ€“ Research And Development (paras 112-124)
    • Part 16 โ€“ Remediation Of Contaminated Land (paras 125-126)
    • Part 17 โ€“ Film Production (paras 127-132)
    • Part 18 โ€“ Management Expenses (para 133)
    • Part 19 โ€“ Unremittable Income (paras 134-135)
    • Part 20 โ€“ General Exemptions (para 136)
    • Part 21 โ€“ Other Provisions (paras 137-147)
  • โ–ธ Schedule 3 Repeals And Revocations
    • Part 1 โ€“ Repeals and revocations on 1 April 2009
    • Part 2 โ€“ Prospective repeals
  • Schedule 4 Index Of Defined Expressions
Part 8 โ€“ Intangible fixed assets / Chapter 11 โ€“ Transfer of business or trade / Introduction

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