Part 7Tax treatment of financing costs and income

CHAPTER 3Disallowance of deductions

284Failure of reporting body to submit statement of allocated disallowances

(1)This section applies if no statement of allocated disallowances is submitted under section 278 that complies with the requirements of section 280.

(2)Each company to which this Chapter applies that has a net financing deduction for the relevant period of account that is greater than nil must reduce the amounts that it brings into account in relevant accounting periods in respect of financing expense amounts.

(3)The total of the reductions required to be made by a company because of subsection (2) is—

where—

  • NFD is the net financing deduction of the company for the relevant period of account (see section 329(2)),

  • TEA is the tested expense amount for the relevant period of account (see section 329(1)), and

  • TDA is the total disallowed amount (see section 274(2)).

(4)The particular financing expense amounts that must be reduced, and the amounts by which they must be reduced, must be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Commissioners.

(5)Regulations under this section may, in particular, include any of the following—

(a)provision conferring a discretion on a company required to make reductions under this section as to the particular financing expense amounts that are to be reduced,

(b)provision requiring a company required to make reductions under this section to notify another relevant group company of the particular reductions made, and

(c)provision as to the times by which such notices must be sent and as to information that must accompany such notices.