CTM34137 | Residence: outward company or permanent establishment migration: liabilities arising: deferral of exit charges: exit charge payment plan: action in HMRC offices: technical issues

From HM Revenue & Customs · Company Taxation Manual

All ECPP proposals received should be referred to a Grade 7 officer for advice and decision on acceptability.

The officer should bear in mind

  • the company’s eligibility, ,

  • issues around migration, onwards,

  • valuation of and comprehensiveness of assets (especially intangibles) and liabilities within the exit charge computation,

  • where the realisation method, , is proposed

    • allocation of tax to individual assets, and

    • expected useful life of intangibles, fixed assets, loan relationships and derivative contracts,

  • where the instalment method, , is proposed pointers to avoidance which might require the realisation method to be used instead, and

  • pointers to the need for security, which will have regard to whether tax could be recovered from another group company or controlling director under , see onwards, and if considered necessary will require a reference to to BAI (Technical).