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Finance Act 2001 (c. 9)(The document as of February, 2008) Page 20 Pages: P.1 | P.2 | P.3 | P.4 | P.5 | P.6 | P.7 | P.8 | P.9 | P.10 | P.11 | P.12 | P.13 | P.14 | P.15 | P.16 | P.17 | P.18 | P.19 | P.20 | P.21 | P.22 | P.23 | P.24 | P.25 | P.26 | P.27 | P.28 Expenditure incurred because of contamination7 (1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 2(5), this paragraph has effect for the purpose of determining whether expenditure would or would not have been incurred had not all or part of the land been in a contaminated state. (2) If expenditure on the land is increased by reason only that the land is in a contaminated state, the amount by which such expenditure is increased shall be considered to be expenditure satisfying the condition in paragraph 2(5). (3) If any works are done, operations are carried out or steps are taken mainly for the purpose described in paragraph 4(3), expenditure on such works, operations or steps shall be taken to satisfy the condition in paragraph 2(5). Subsidised expenditure8 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule a company's expenditure is treated as subsidised to the extent that-- (a) a grant or subsidy is obtained in respect of the expenditure; or (b) it is otherwise met directly or indirectly by any person other than the company. (2) For the purposes of this Schedule a grant, subsidy or payment that is not allocated to particular expenditure shall be allocated to expenditure of the recipient in such manner as is just and reasonable. Qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted land remediation9 (1) The provisions of paragraphs 10 and 11 have effect for determining the amount of the qualifying expenditure of a company ("the company") on sub-contracted land remediation. (2) For the purposes of this Schedule the company incurs expenditure on sub-contracted land remediation if it makes a payment (a "sub-contractor payment") to another person ("the sub-contractor") in respect of relevant land remediation contracted out by the company to that person. Treatment of expenditure where company and sub-contractor are connected persons10 (1) Where-- (a) the company and the sub-contractor are connected persons, and (b) in accordance with normal accounting practice-- (i) the whole of the sub-contractor payment has been brought into account in determining the sub-contractor's profit or loss for a relevant period, and (ii) all of the sub-contractor's relevant expenditure has been so brought into account, the whole of the payment (up to the amount of the sub-contractor's relevant expenditure) is qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted land remediation. (2) In sub-paragraph (1)-- (a) references to the "relevant expenditure" of the sub-contractor are to expenditure that-- (i) is incurred by the sub-contractor in carrying on, on behalf of the company, the activities to which the sub-contractor payment relates, (ii) is not of a capital nature, (iii) is incurred on employee costs or materials, and (iv) is not subsidised; (b) a "relevant period" means a period-- (i) for which accounts are drawn up for the sub-contractor, and (ii) that ends not more than twelve months after the end of the company's period of account in which the sub-contractor payment is, in accordance with normal accounting practice, brought into account in determining the company's profit or loss. (3) Paragraph 5 (employee costs) and paragraph 8 (subsidised expenditure) apply for the purposes of determining whether the sub-contractor's expenditure meets the requirements of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) and (iv). For this purpose the references in those paragraphs to a company shall be read as references to the sub-contractor. (4) Any apportionment of expenditure of the company or the sub-contractor necessary for the purposes of this paragraph shall be made on a just and reasonable basis. Treatment of sub-contractor payment in other cases11 Where-- (a) the company makes a sub-contractor payment, and (b) paragraph 10 (treatment of expenditure where company and sub-contractor are connected) does not apply, the whole of the amount of the sub-contractor payment is treated as qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted land remediation. Part 2 Entitlement to land remediation reliefEntitlement to relief12 (1) This paragraph applies if-- (a) land in the United Kingdom is, or has been, acquired by a company for the purposes of a Schedule A business or a trade carried on by the company, (b) at the time of acquisition all or part of the land is or was in a contaminated state, and (c) the company incurs qualifying land remediation expenditure in respect of the land. (2) A company is entitled to land remediation relief for an accounting period if the company's qualifying land remediation expenditure is deductible in that period. (3) The company's qualifying land remediation expenditure is deductible in that period if it is allowable as a deduction in computing for tax purposes the profits for that period of a Schedule A business or a trade carried on by the company. (4) A company is not entitled to land remediation relief in respect of expenditure on land all or part of which is in a contaminated state, if the land is in that state wholly or partly as a result of any thing done or omitted to be done at any time by the company or a person with a relevant connection to the company. Part 3 Manner of giving effect to reliefDeduction in computing profits of Schedule A business or trade13 Where-- (a) a company is entitled to land remediation relief for an accounting period, (b) it is carrying on a Schedule A business or a trade in that period, and (c) it has qualifying land remediation expenditure that is allowable as a deduction in computing for tax purposes the profits of the Schedule A business or the trade for that period, it may (on making a claim) treat that qualifying land remediation expenditure as if it were an amount equal to 150% of the actual amount. Entitlement to land remediation tax credit14 (1) A company may claim a land remediation tax credit if in an accounting period it has a "qualifying land remediation loss". (2) A company has a "qualifying land remediation loss" for this purpose if in an accounting period-- (a) paragraph 13 applies, and (b) the company incurs a Schedule A loss or a trading loss in that period in the Schedule A business or the trade referred to in paragraph 13(b). (3) The amount of the qualifying land remediation loss is equal to the lesser of-- (a) 150% of the related qualifying land remediation expenditure, and (b) so much of the company's Schedule A loss or trading loss as is unrelieved. (4) For this purpose the amount of a Schedule A loss or trading loss that is "unrelieved" is the amount of that loss reduced by the amount of-- (a) any relief that was or could have been obtained by the company making a claim under section 392A(1) or 393A(1)(a) of the Taxes Act 1988 to set the loss against profits of whatever description of the same accounting period, (b) any other relief obtained by the company in respect of the loss, including relief under section 393A(1)(b) of that Act (losses set against profits of an earlier accounting period), and (c) any loss surrendered under section 403(1) of that Act (surrender of relief to group or consortium members). (5) No account shall be taken for this purpose of-- (a) any Schedule A losses or trading losses brought forward from an earlier accounting period under section 392A(2) or 393(1) of the Taxes Act 1988, or (b) any trading losses carried back from a later accounting period under section 393A(1)(b) of that Act. (6) Sub-paragraphs (7) to (9) apply for the purpose of determining the amount of a Schedule A loss that is "unrelieved" in an accounting period in a case where the Schedule A loss is a loss treated under section 432AB(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 as an amount of expenses of management under section 76 of that Act. (7) If in that accounting period no amount falls to be carried forward to a succeeding accounting period under section 75(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 (carrying forward expenses of management and charges on income where such expenses and charges exceed amount of profits from which deductible), no amount of the Schedule A loss is unrelieved. (8) If in that accounting period an amount falls to be carried forward to a succeeding accounting period under section 75(3) of that Act, the amount of the Schedule A loss that is unrelieved is equal to the lesser of-- (a) the amount of the Schedule A loss, and (b) the amount which so falls to be carried forward. (9) In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (7) and (8) whether there is an amount which falls to be carried forward under section 75(3) of the Taxes Act 1988, there shall be disregarded any amounts brought forward from an earlier accounting period and treated as expenses of management for the period in question by virtue of-- (a) a previous application of section 75(3) of that Act, or (b) paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) (loan relationships deficit carried forward and treated as expenses of management). (10) If-- (a) the company is an insurance company, and (b) it is treated under section 432AA of the Taxes Act 1988 as carrying on more than one Schedule A business, references in this paragraph to a Schedule A loss shall be construed in accordance with section 432AB(4) or (6) of that Act (aggregation of losses where an insurance company is treated under section 432AA as having more than one Schedule A business). Amount of land remediation tax credit15 (1) The amount of the land remediation tax credit to which a company is entitled for an accounting period is an amount equal to 16% of the amount of the qualifying land remediation loss for the period. (2) The Treasury may by order substitute for the percentage for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (1) such other percentage as they think fit. (3) An order under sub-paragraph (2) may make such incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional provision as the Treasury think fit. Payment in respect of land remediation tax credit16 (1) Where-- (a) the company is entitled to a land remediation tax credit for an accounting period, and (b) makes a claim, the Inland Revenue shall pay to the company the amount of the credit. (2) An amount payable in respect of-- (a) a land remediation tax credit, or (b) interest on a land remediation tax credit under section 826 of the Taxes Act 1988, may be applied in discharging any liability of the company's to pay corporation tax, and to the extent that it is so applied the Inland Revenue's obligation under sub-paragraph (1) is discharged. (3) Where the company's company tax return for the accounting period is enquired into by the Inland Revenue, no payment in respect of a land remediation tax credit for that period need be made before the Inland Revenue's enquiries are completed (see paragraph 32 of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (c. 36)). In those circumstances the Inland Revenue may make a payment on a provisional basis of such amount as they think fit. (4) No payment need be made in respect of a land remediation tax credit for an accounting period before the company has paid to the Inland Revenue any amount that it is required to pay for payment periods ending in that accounting period-- (a) under the PAYE regulations, or (b) in respect of Class 1 national insurance contributions. (5) In this paragraph--
Restriction on losses carried forward17 (1) For the purposes of section 392A of the Taxes Act 1988 (relief of Schedule A losses against future Schedule A losses), a company's Schedule A loss for a period in which it claims a land remediation tax credit is treated as reduced by the amount of the loss surrendered. (2) For the purposes of section 393 of the Taxes Act 1988 (relief of trading losses against future trading profits), a company's trading loss for a period for which it claims a land remediation tax credit is treated as reduced by the amount of the loss surrendered. (3) Sub-paragraph (4) applies if in an accounting period-- (a) a company's Schedule A loss is a loss treated under section 432AB(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 as an amount of expenses of management under section 76 of that Act, (b) an amount falls to be carried forward to a succeeding accounting period under section 75(3) of that Act (carrying forward expenses of management and charges on income where such expenses and charges exceed amount of profits from which deductible), and (c) the company claims a land remediation tax credit for the accounting period. (4) Where this sub-paragraph applies, the amount which falls to be carried forward to a succeeding accounting period under section 75(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 is treated as reduced by the amount of the loss surrendered. (5) For the purposes of this paragraph the amount of the loss surrendered is-- (a) where the maximum amount of land remediation tax credit was claimed, the whole of the qualifying land remediation loss for that period; (b) where less than the maximum amount was claimed, a corresponding proportion of the qualifying land remediation loss for that period. The "maximum amount" here means the amount specified in paragraph 15(1). Tax credit not income18 A payment in respect of a land remediation tax credit is not income of the company for any tax purpose. Certain qualifying land remediation expenditure excluded for purposes of capital gains19 If in an accounting period-- (a) a company has a qualifying land remediation loss, and (b) by virtue of that qualifying land remediation loss, a payment is made to the company in respect of a land remediation tax credit, the related qualifying land remediation expenditure shall be treated as if it were expenditure excluded for the purposes of capital gains tax under section 39 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12). Part 4 Special provision for life assurance businessLimitation on relief20 Where for any accounting period the profits arising to an insurance company from its life assurance business, or from any category of its life assurance business, fall to be computed in accordance with the provisions of the Taxes Act 1988 applicable to Case I of Schedule D, no deduction for capital expenditure under paragraph 1 and no land remediation relief under paragraph 12 shall be allowable. Provision in respect of "I minus E" basis21 Paragraphs 22 to 28 apply where for any accounting period the profits arising to an insurance company from its life assurance business fall to be computed otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of the Taxes Act 1988 applicable to Case I of Schedule D. Entitlement to relief: "I minus E" basis22 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if-- (a) land in the United Kingdom is a management asset of a company, (b) at the time of acquisition by the company all or part of the land is or was in a contaminated state, and (c) in any accounting period, the company incurs qualifying expenditure in respect of the land. (2) Where this sub-paragraph applies, the company is entitled to relief for that accounting period in respect of its qualifying expenditure. (3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the amount of a company's qualifying expenditure in an accounting period is the amount of its qualifying land remediation expenditure in that period reduced by the amount (if any) which by virtue of section 76(1)(d) of the Taxes Act 1988 is not to be treated as expenses of management. (4) A company is not entitled to relief under this paragraph in respect of expenditure on land all or part of which is in a contaminated state, if the land is in that state wholly or partly as a result of any thing done or omitted to be done at any time by the company or a person with a relevant connection to the company. (5) For the purposes of this paragraph, land is a management asset of a company if it is-- (a) an asset provided for use or used for the management of life assurance business carried on by the company, or (b) an asset in respect of which expenditure is being incurred with a view to such use by the company. Giving effect to relief: enhanced expenses of management23 (1) If a company is entitled to relief under paragraph 22 for an accounting period in respect of its qualifying expenditure, sub-paragraph (2) shall apply for the purposes of section 76 of the Taxes Act 1988 (computing profits of company carrying on life assurance business: deduction of expenses of management etc). (2) Where this sub-paragraph applies, the company may (on making a claim) treat an amount equal to 150% of the actual amount of the qualifying expenditure (as determined in accordance with paragraph 22(3)) as part of its expenses of management for that period. Entitlement to life assurance company tax credit24 (1) A company may claim a life assurance company tax credit under this paragraph if in an accounting period it has a "qualifying loss". (2) A company has a "qualifying loss" for this purpose if in an accounting period-- (a) the company is entitled to relief under paragraph 22, and (b) an amount falls to be carried forward to a succeeding accounting period under section 75(3) of the Taxes Act 1988 (carrying forward expenses of management and charges on income where such expenses and charges exceed amount of profits from which deductible). (3) In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b) whether there is an amount which falls to be carried forward under section 75(3) of that Act, there shall be disregarded any amounts brought forward from an earlier accounting period and treated as expenses of management for the period in question by virtue of-- (a) a previous application of section 75(3) of that Act, or (b) paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) (loan relationships deficit carried forward and treated as expenses of management). (4) The amount of the qualifying loss is equal to the lesser of-- (a) 150% of the related qualifying expenditure, and (b) such amount as is determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) to be an amount which falls to be carried forward as described in sub-paragraph (2)(b). Amount of life assurance company tax credit25 (1) The amount of the life assurance company tax credit to which a company is entitled for an accounting period is equal to 16% of the amount of the qualifying loss for the period. (2) The Treasury may by order substitute for the percentage for the time being specified in sub-paragraph (1) such other percentage as they think fit. (3) An order under sub-paragraph (2) may make such incidental, supplemental, consequential or transitional provision as the Treasury think fit. Payment in respect of life assurance company tax credit, etc26 Paragraph 16 (payment) and paragraph 18 (tax credit not to be treated as income) shall have effect in relation to life assurance company tax credits with the substitution for each reference to a land remediation tax credit of a reference to a life assurance company tax credit. Restriction on carrying forward expenses of management27 (1) For the purposes of subsection (3) of section 75 of the Taxes Act 1988 (carrying forward expenses of management and charges on income where they exceed amount of profits from which deductible), the amount which may be carried forward under that subsection for a period in which the company claims a life assurance company tax credit is treated as reduced by the amount of the expenses of management surrendered. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) the amount of the expenses of management surrendered is-- (a) where the maximum amount of life assurance company tax credit was claimed, the whole of the qualifying loss for that period; (b) where less than the maximum amount was claimed, a corresponding proportion of the qualifying loss for that period. The "maximum amount" here means the amount specified in paragraph 25(1). Certain qualifying expenditure excluded for purposes of capital gains28 If in an accounting period-- (a) a company has a qualifying loss, and (b) by virtue of that qualifying loss, a payment is made to the company in respect of a life assurance company tax credit, the related qualifying expenditure shall be treated as if it were expenditure excluded for the purposes of capital gains tax under section 39 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12). Part 5 Supplementary provisionsArtificially inflated claims for deduction, relief or tax credit29 (1) To the extent that a transaction is attributable to arrangements entered into wholly or mainly for a disqualifying purpose, it shall be disregarded in determining for an accounting period the amount of-- (a) any deduction for capital expenditure which is allowed under paragraph 1, (b) any land remediation relief to which a company is entitled under paragraph 12, (c) any land remediation tax credit to which a company is entitled under paragraph 14, (d) any relief to which a company carrying on life assurance business is entitled under paragraph 22, and (e) any life assurance company tax credit to which such a company is entitled under paragraph 24. (2) Arrangements are entered into wholly or mainly for a "disqualifying purpose" if their main object, or one of their main objects, is to enable a company to obtain-- (a) a deduction for capital expenditure which would not otherwise be allowed or of a greater amount than that which would otherwise be allowed; (b) land remediation relief to which the company would not otherwise be entitled or of a greater amount than that to which it would otherwise be entitled; (c) a land remediation tax credit to which it would not otherwise be entitled or of a greater amount than that to which it would otherwise be entitled; (d) relief under paragraph 22 to which it would not otherwise be entitled or of a greater amount than that to which it would otherwise be entitled; or (e) a life assurance company tax credit to which it would not otherwise be entitled or of a greater amount than that to which it would otherwise be entitled. (3) In this paragraph "arrangements" includes any scheme, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable. Funding of tax credits30 Section 10 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1866 (c. 39) (gross revenues to be paid to Exchequer) shall be construed as allowing the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to deduct payments for or in respect of-- (a) land remediation tax credits, and (b) life assurance company tax credits, before causing the gross revenues of their department to be paid to the accounts mentioned in that section. Interpretation31 (1) In this Schedule--
(2) In this Schedule "controlled waters"-- (a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57); (b) in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in section 30A of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40); (c) in relation to Northern Ireland, means water in waterways and underground strata (as defined in Article 2(2) of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6)) ). (3) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person has a relevant connection to a company in a case where the company's land is in a contaminated state wholly or partly as a result of any thing done or omitted to be done by the person if-- (a) he is or was connected to the company when any such thing is or was done, or omitted to be done, by him, (b) he is or was connected to the company at the time when the land in question is or was acquired by the company, or (c) he is or was connected to the company at any time when relevant land remediation is or was undertaken by the company (whether directly or on its behalf). (4) Section 839 of the Taxes Act 1988 (connected persons) applies for the purposes of this Schedule. Transitional provisions32 (1) This Schedule does not apply to expenditure incurred before the day on which this Act is passed. (2) For this purpose no account shall be taken of section 401 of the Taxes Act 1988 (earlier expenditure treated as incurred when Schedule A business or trading begins). Section 70. SCHEDULE 23 Land remediation: consequential amendmentsComputation under Schedule A1 In section 21A of the Taxes Act 1988 (profits of Schedule A business computed in same way as for Case I of Schedule D trade), after subsection (4) (rules in Chapter 5 of Part 4 of the Taxes Act 1988 relating to trade within Case I of Schedule D not applying to Schedule A business) insert-- " (5) Part 1 of Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 2001 (deduction for capital expenditure on remediation of contaminated land) applies in accordance with subsection (1), and the other Parts of that Schedule (further provision as to relief for remediation of contaminated land) have effect in relation to a Schedule A business in accordance with their provisions. " . Computation of profits of insurance companies2 In section 76 of the Taxes Act 1988 (expenses of management of insurance companies in computing profits for an accounting period) after subsection (7A) insert-- " (7B) The amounts which a company may treat as part of its expenses of management for the purposes of this section include amounts in respect of which relief is given under paragraph 22 of Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 2001 (relief in respect of expenditure on remediation of contaminated land which is management asset). " . Interest3 (1) Section 826 of the Taxes Act 1988 (interest on tax overpaid) is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1) (payments which carry interest) after paragraph (d) insert-- " ; or (e) a payment of land remediation tax credit or life assurance company tax credit falls to be made to a company under Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 2001 in respect of an accounting period, " . (3) After subsection (3A) (material date for payments of R&D tax credits) insert-- " (3B) In relation to a payment of land remediation tax credit or life assurance company tax credit falling within subsection (1)(e) above the material date is whichever is the later of-- (a) the filing date for the company's company tax return for the accounting period for which the land remediation tax credit or the life assurance company tax credit is claimed, and (b) the date on which the company tax return or amended company tax return containing the claim for payment of the land remediation tax credit or the life assurance company tax credit is delivered to the Inland Revenue. For this purpose "the filing date", in relation to a company tax return, has the same meaning as in Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998. " . (4) In subsection (8A) (recovery of overpaid interest)-- (a) in paragraph (a), after "subsection (1)(a) or (d)" insert "or (e)", and (b) in paragraph (b)(ii), after "R&D tax credit" insert ", land remediation tax credit or life assurance company tax credit". (5) In subsection (8BA) (cases where there is change in amount of tax credit)-- (a) after "amount of the R&D tax credit" insert ", the land remediation tax credit or the life assurance company tax credit", and (b) after "amount of R&D tax credit" insert ", land remediation tax credit or life assurance company tax credit". Claim must be made in tax return4 In Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (c. 36) (company tax returns, assessments and related matters), in paragraph 10 (other claims and elections to be included in return), after sub-paragraph (2) insert-- " (2A) A claim to which Part 9B of this Schedule applies (claims for land remediation tax credit and life assurance company tax credit) can only be made by being included in a company tax return (see paragraph 83H). " . Recovery of excessive tax credit5 In paragraph 52 of that Schedule (recovery of excessive repayments, etc.)-- (a) in sub-paragraph (2) (excessive repayments to which paragraphs 41 to 48 apply), before "or" at the end of paragraph (ba) insert-- " (bb) land remediation tax credit or life assurance company tax credit under Schedule 22 to the Finance Act 2001, " ; (b) in that sub-paragraph, in paragraph (c) (interest paid under section 826 of the Taxes Act 1988) for "that Act" substitute "the Taxes Act 1988"; (c) in sub-paragraph (5) (connection of assessment for excessive payment to an accounting period), before "or" at the end of paragraph (ab) insert-- " (ac) an amount of land remediation tax credit or life assurance company tax credit paid to a company for an accounting period, " ; and (d) at the end of that sub-paragraph after "(ab)" insert ", (ac)". Claims relating to remediation of contaminated land6 After Part 9A of that Schedule (claims for R&D tax credits) insert-- " Part 9B Claims relating to remediation of contaminated landPages: P.1 | P.2 | P.3 | P.4 | P.5 | P.6 | P.7 | P.8 | P.9 | P.10 | P.11 | P.12 | P.13 | P.14 | P.15 | P.16 | P.17 | P.18 | P.19 | P.20 | P.21 | P.22 | P.23 | P.24 | P.25 | P.26 | P.27 | P.28 -- Back --
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