SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Oil activities: transferable tax history

PART 13Onward sale

86Original TTH amount transferred before eligible ring fence profits (subject to opt-out)

1

The total TTH amount may not include an amount representing the first purchaser’s eligible ring fence profits for an accounting period unless it also includes an amount representing, in respect of each relevant accounting period, the original TTH amount for that period.

2

Paragraph 11 (consecutive accounting periods) does not apply in relation to an amount representing an original TTH amount for a relevant accounting period (but see sub-paragraph (3)).

3

The total TTH amount may not include an amount representing the original TTH amount for a particular accounting period unless it also includes an amount representing the original TTH amount for the next following relevant accounting period.

4

If the original TTH amount exceeds the total TTH amount, the transferred profits amount for the earliest relevant accounting period must be an amount equal to—

a

the total TTH amount, less

b

the transferred profits amount for later relevant accounting periods.

5

For the purposes of paragraph 12 (the transferred profits amount)—

a

references to the “earliest period” are to be treated as references to the earliest accounting period for which there is a transferred profits amount by reason of the first purchaser’s eligible ring fence profits for that period (and not by reason of an original TTH amount for that period), and

b

the reference in sub-paragraph (2) to the TTH balance for the earliest period is to be treated as a reference to the TTH balance less the transferred profits amounts for each relevant accounting period.