Part 7Tax treatment of financing costs and income

CHAPTER 7“Financing expense amount” and “financing income amount”

314The financing income amounts of a company

(1)References in this Part (except in Chapter 5 and section 311) to a “financing income amount” of a company for a period of account of the worldwide group are to any amount that meets condition A, B or C.

(2)Condition A is that the amount is a credit that—

(a)would, apart from this Part, be brought into account in a relevant accounting period of the company,

(b)would be so brought into account in respect of a loan relationship—

(i)under Part 3 of CTA 2009 as a result of section 297 of that Act (loan relationships for purposes of trade), or

(ii)under Part 5 of that Act (other loan relationships), and

(c)is not an excluded credit.

(3)A credit is “excluded” if it is in respect of—

(a)the reversal of an impairment loss,

(b)an exchange gain, or

(c)a profit from a related transaction.

(4)Condition B is that the amount is an amount that would, apart from this Part, be brought into account for the purposes of corporation tax in a relevant accounting period of the company in respect of the financing income implicit in amounts received under finance leases.

(5)Condition C is that the amount is an amount that would, apart from this Part, be brought into account for the purposes of corporation tax in a relevant accounting period of the company in respect of the financing income receivable on debt factoring, or any similar transaction.

(6)If—

(a)a credit or other amount would, apart from this Part, be brought into account in an accounting period, and

(b)a proportion of that period does not fall within the period of account of the worldwide group,

the credit or other amount is to be reduced, for the purposes of this section, by the same proportion.

(7)This section is subject to sections 316 to 327.