Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8)

[F1 Part 10] U.K. [F1 Corporate interest restriction]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 10: the existing Pt. 10 renumbered as Pt. 11 (except for ss. 375, 376 which are repealed), the existing ss. 372-374, 377-382 renumbered as ss. 499-507 and a new Pt. 10 (ss. 372-498) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)-(3) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 1, 10(1)(2)(a)(3) (with Sch. 5 paras. 27, 32-34)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 937NA (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 7)

C2 Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 938V(d) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 9)

C3 Pt. 10 excluded by 2010 c. 4, s. 938N(e) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 8)

[F1 CHAPTER 11 U.K. Interpretation etc

Other definitions U.K.

494 Other interpretation U.K.

(1) In this Part—

• “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

• “fair value accounting” means a basis of accounting under which—

  (a)

  assets and liabilities are measured in the company's balance sheet at their fair value, and

  (b)

  changes in the fair value of assets and liabilities are recognised as items of profit or loss;

• “fair value” has the meaning it has for accounting purposes;

• [F2 “finance lease”, in relation to a company or a worldwide group, a lease which—

  (a)

  in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, falls (or would fall) to be treated, in the accounts of the company or the financial statements of the group, as a finance lease or loan, or

  (b)

  is a right-of-use lease that would fall to be treated in those accounts or financial statements as a finance lease if the company or group were required to determine for accounting purposes whether the lease falls to be so treated;]

• “interest restriction return” means a return submitted under any provision of Schedule 7A;

• [F3 “pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 150(1) of FA 2004;]

• “reporting company” means a company which is for the time being appointed under any provision of Schedule 7A;

• “the return period”, in relation to an interest restriction return of a worldwide group, means the period of account of the group to which the return relates;

• [F4 “right-of-use lease” means a lease in respect of which, under generally accepted accounting practice—

  (a)

  a right-of-use asset falls (or would fall) at the commencement of the lease to be recognised for accounting purposes in the accounts of the lessee, or

  (b)

  a right-of-use asset would fall to be so recognised but for the lessee granting a sublease of the leased asset,

  and, in determining whether a lease falls within paragraph (a) or (b) at any time in an accounting period, it is to be assumed that the accounting policy applied in drawing up the lessee’s accounts for the period also applied at the commencement of the lease;]

• “service concession arrangement” has the meaning given by international accounting standards;

• “wholly-owned subsidiary” has the meaning given by section 1159(2) of the Companies Act 2006.

(2) For the purposes of this Part a person who is not a company is regarded as being a party to a loan relationship if the person would be so regarded for the purposes of Part 5 of CTA 2009 if the person were a company.]

[F5 (3) The definition of “insurance company” in section 65 of FA 2012 (which is applicable to this Part as a result of section 141(2) of that Act) has effect for the purposes of this Part as if, in subsection (2)(a), the reference to Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 included a reference to the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom which is similar to or corresponds to that Part.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 494(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 6 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 14 para. 5(a)

F3 Words in s. 494(1) inserted (retrospectively) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 11 paras. 20, 24

F4 Words in s. 494(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 6 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 14 para. 5(b)

F5 S. 494(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 30-36 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), Sch. 3 para. 28(1)