Explanatory Notes

Corporation Tax Act 2010

2010 CHAPTER 4

3 March 2010

Introduction

Part 5: Group relief

Chapter 3: Surrendersmade by non-UK resident company resident or trading in the EEA
Section 117: The qualifying loss condition: general

432.This section introduces the rules which exclude from the EEA amount any amount that qualifies for relief abroad. It is based on paragraphs 5 to 7 of Schedule 18A to ICTA.

433.Subsection (1) makes clear that the EEA amount must meet the conditions in all of sections 118 to 120. Those conditions are expressed in the negative. So the conditions are met if foreign relief is not available.

434.Subsection (3) identifies the “relevant non-UK tax” as any foreign tax charged in the relevant EEA territory or in any territory where the surrendering company is resident.

435.Subsection (4) identifies the “resident territory” as any territory in which the surrendering company is resident, apart from the EEA territory to which the EEA company is related.