Exchange gains or losses arising from liabilities or assets hedging shares etc.U.K.
3.—(1) For the purposes of section 84A(3A) of the Finance Act 1996 there is prescribed an exchange gain or loss arising to a company in an accounting period in relation to a liability representing a loan relationship of the company which is matched with the whole or part of any shares, ships or aircraft.
(2) This regulation does not apply if movements in the fair value of any shares, ships or aircraft which are an asset falling within regulation 3(1) are brought into account by the company in computing, for the purposes of corporation tax, the profits of a trade carried on by it which consists of or includes dealing in shares, ships or aircraft.
(3) Shares, ships or aircraft are matched with a liability if any of the following conditions are satisfied.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 3 in force at 1.1.2005, see reg. 1(1)