[F1371SGDisapplication of assumption in section 371SF(1)U.K.
(1)This section applies if a notice is given to an officer of Revenue and Customs requesting that the CFC be assumed—
(a)not to have made for the relevant accounting period a specified claim or election otherwise covered by section 371SF(1),
(b)to have made for the relevant accounting period a specified claim or election, being different from one assumed by section 371SF(1) but being one which (subject to compliance with any applicable time limit) could have been made by a company within the charge to corporation tax, or
(c)to have disclaimed or required the postponement, in whole or in part, of a specified allowance for the relevant accounting period if (subject to compliance with any applicable time limit) a company within the charge to corporation tax could have disclaimed the allowance or required such a postponement (as the case may be).
(2)In determining for the purposes of section 371BA(3) the CFC's assumed total profits and the amounts to be relieved against those profits at step 2 in section 4(2) of CTA 2010—
(a)the assumption set out in the notice under subsection (1) is to be applied so far as relevant, and
(b)the assumption set out in section 371SF(1) is to be disapplied to the extent necessary as a consequence.
(3)In determining the CFC's creditable tax—
(a)the assumption set out in the notice under subsection (1) is to be applied so far as relevant, and
(b)the assumption set out in section 371SF(1) is to be disapplied to the extent necessary as a consequence.
(4)The claims which may be specified in a notice under subsection (1) by virtue of paragraph (b) include claims under the provision mentioned in section 371SF(2)(b) or 371SK(5).
(5)A notice under subsection (1)—
(a)may be given only by a company or companies determined under subsection (6) or (7), and
(b)must be given—
(i)within 20 months after the end of the relevant accounting period, or
(ii)within such longer period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may allow.
(6)A company may give a notice if—
(a)the company would be a chargeable company were section 371BC (charging the CFC charge) to apply in relation to the relevant accounting period, and
(b)the percentage of the CFC's chargeable profits which would be apportioned to the company at step 3 in section 371BC(1) would represent more than half of X%.
(7)Two or more companies may together give a notice if—
(a)the companies would all be chargeable companies were section 371BC (charging the CFC charge) to apply in relation to the relevant accounting period, and
(b)the percentage of the CFC's chargeable profits which would be apportioned to the companies, taken together, at step 3 in section 371BC(1) would represent more than half of X%.
(8)In subsections (6) and (7) “X%” means the total percentage of the CFC's chargeable profits which would be apportioned to chargeable companies at step 3 in section 371BC(1) were section 371BC (charging the CFC charge) to apply in relation to the relevant accounting period.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 9A inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 20 para. 1 (with ss. 56-58)