Section 116 | Reorganisations, conversions and reconstructions.

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(1)This section shall have effect in any case where a transaction occurs of such a description that, apart from the provisions of this section—

(a)sections 127 to 130 would apply by virtue of any provision of Chapter II of this Part; and

(b)either the original shares would consist of or include a qualifying corporate bond and the new holding would not, or the original shares would not and the new holding would consist of or include such a bond;

and in paragraph (b) above “the original shares” and “the new holding” have the same meaning as they have for the purposes of sections 127 to 130.

(2)In this section references to a transaction include references to any conversion of securities (whether or not effected by a transaction) within the meaning of section 132 and “relevant transaction” means a reorganisation, conversion of securities or other transaction such as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, and, in addition to its application where the transaction takes place after the coming into force of this section, subsection (10) below applies where the relevant transaction took place before the coming into force of this section so far as may be necessary to enable any gain or loss deferred under paragraph 10 of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 1984 to be taken into account on a subsequent disposal.^F1

(3)Where the qualifying corporate bond referred to in subsection (1)(b) above would constitute the original shares for the purposes of sections 127 to 130, it is in this section referred to as “the old asset” and the shares or securities which would constitute the new holding for those purposes are referred to as “the new asset”.

(4)Where the qualifying corporate bond referred to in subsection (1)(b) above would constitute the new holding for the purposes of sections 127 to 130, it is in this section referred to as “the new asset” and the shares or securities which would constitute the original shares for those purposes are referred to as “the old asset”.

(4A)In determining for the purposes of subsections (1) to (4) above, as they apply for the purposes of corporation tax—^F2

(a)whether sections 127 to 130 would apply in any case, and^F2

(b)what, in a case where they would apply, would constitute the original shares and the new holding,^F2

it shall be assumed that every asset representing a loan relationship of a company is a security within the meaning of section 132.

(5)So far as the relevant transaction relates to the old asset and the new asset, sections 127 to 130 shall not apply in relation to it.

(6)In accordance with subsection (5) above, the new asset shall not be treated as having been acquired on any date other than the date of the relevant transaction or, subject to subsections (7) and (8) below, for any consideration other than the market value of the old asset as determined immediately before that transaction.

(7)If, on the relevant transaction, the person concerned receives, or becomes entitled to receive, any sum of money which, in addition to the new asset, is by way of consideration for the old asset, that sum shall be deducted from the consideration referred to in subsection (6) above.

(8)If, on the relevant transaction, the person concerned gives any sum of money which, in addition to the old asset, is by way of consideration for the new asset, that sum shall be added to the consideration referred to in subsection (6) above.

(8A)Where subsection (6) above applies for the purposes of corporation tax in a case where the old asset consists of a qualifying corporate bond, Part 5 of CTA 2009 (loan relationships) shall have effect, subject to subsection (8B) below, so as to require such debits and credits to be brought into account for the purposes of that Part in relation to the relevant transaction as would have been brought into account if the transaction had been a disposal of the old asset at the market value mentioned in subsection (6) above. This subsection does not apply in relation to a relevant loan relationship transaction.^{F3F4F5F6F7F8F9}

(8AA)In subsection (8A) “relevant loan relationship transaction” means a transaction to which any of the following provisions applies—^F10

section 342 of CTA 2009 (continuity of treatment on transfers within groups or reorganisations: issues of new securities on reorganisations: disposal at notional carrying value),

section 343 of that Act (continuity of treatment on transfers within groups or reorganisations: receiving company using fair value accounting),

section 424 of that Act (European cross-border transfers of business: reorganisations involving loan relationships),

section 425 of that Act (European cross-border transfers of business: original holder using fair value accounting),

section 435 of that Act (European cross-border mergers: reorganisations involving loan relationships),

section 436 of that Act (European cross-border mergers: original holder using fair value accounting).

(8B)Subsection (8A) above does not apply where the relevant transaction is a conversion of securities occurring in consequence of the operation of the terms of any security or of any debenture which is not a security.Expressions used in this subsection have the same meaning as they have for the purposes of section 132.^F3F11

(9)In any case where the old asset consists of a qualifying corporate bond, then, so far as it relates to the old asset and the new asset, the relevant transaction shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as a disposal of the old asset and an acquisition of the new asset.

(10)Except in a case falling within subsection (9) above, so far as it relates to the old asset and the new asset, the relevant transaction shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as not involving any disposal of the old asset but—

(a)there shall be calculated the chargeable gain or allowable loss that would have accrued if, at the time of the relevant transaction, the old asset had been disposed of for a consideration equal to its market value immediately before that transaction; and

(b)subject to subsections (12) to (14) below, the whole or a corresponding part of the chargeable gain or allowable loss mentioned in paragraph (a) above shall be deemed to accrue on a subsequent disposal of the whole or part of the new asset (in addition to any gain or loss that actually accrues on that disposal); and

(c)on that subsequent disposal, section 115 shall have effect only in relation to any gain or loss that actually accrues and not in relation to any gain or loss which is deemed to accrue by virtue of paragraph (b) above.

(11)Subsection (10)(b) and (c) above shall not apply to any disposal falling within section 58(1), 62(4), 139, 140A, 140E, or 171(1), but a person who has acquired the new asset on a disposal falling within any of those sections (and without there having been a previous disposal not falling within any of those sections or a devolution on death) shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (10)(b) and (c) above as if the new asset had been acquired by him at the same time and for the same consideration as, having regard to subsections (5) to (8) above, it was acquired by the person making the disposal.^F12F13F14

(12)In any case where—

(a)on the calculation under subsection (10)(a) above, a chargeable gain would have accrued, and

(b)the consideration for the old asset includes such a sum of money as is referred to in subsection (7) above,

then, subject to subsection (13) below, the proportion of that chargeable gain which that sum of money bears to the market value of the old asset immediately before the relevant transaction shall be deemed to accrue at the time of that transaction.

(13)If ... the sum of money referred to in subsection (12)(b) above is small, as compared with the market value of the old asset immediately before the relevant transaction, ... subsection (12) above shall not apply.^F15

(14)In a case where subsection (12) above applies, the chargeable gain which, apart from that subsection, would by virtue of subsection (10)(b) above be deemed to accrue on a subsequent disposal of the whole or part of the new asset shall be reduced or, as the case may be, extinguished by deducting therefrom the amount of the chargeable gain which, by virtue of subsection (12) above, is deemed to accrue at the time of the relevant transaction.

(15)In any case where—

(a)the new asset mentioned in subsections (10) and (11) above is a qualifying corporate bond in respect of which an allowable loss is treated as accruing under section 254(2), and

(b)the loss is treated as accruing at a time falling after the relevant transaction but before any actual disposal of the new asset subsequent to the relevant transaction,

then for the purposes of subsections (10) and (11) above a subsequent disposal of the new asset shall be treated as occurring at (and only at) the time the loss is treated as accruing.

(16)This section has effect for the purposes of corporation tax notwithstanding anything in section 464(1) of CTA 2009 (matters to be brought into account in the case of loan relationships only under Part 5 of that Act).^F16F17

Notes

F1
Words in s. 116(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 88(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), s. 88(4)
F2
S. 116(4A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 60(2) (with Sch. 15)
F3
S. 116(8A)(8B) ceased to have effect by The Corporation Tax (Implementation of the Mergers Directive) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3186), Sch. 1 para. 10, but that ceasing to have effect deemed never to have had effect by The Corporation Tax (Implementation of the Mergers Directive) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1579), regs. 1(2), 5
F4
S. 116(8A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 60(3) (with Sch. 15)
F5
Words in s. 116(8A) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 366(2)(a) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)
F6
Words in s. 116(8A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 8(3) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 6 para. 8(1)(a)
F7
Words in s. 116(8A) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 8(3) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 6 para. 8(1)(b)
F8
Words in s. 116(8A) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Corporation Tax (Implementation of the Mergers Directive) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1579), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2
F9
Words in s. 116(8A) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 366(2)(b) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)
F10
S. 116(8AA) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 366(3) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)
F11
S. 116(8B) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 8(3) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), Sch. 6 para. 8(2)
F12
Words in s. 116(11) inserted (retrosp.) by 1992 c. 48, s. 46(1)(3)
F13
Word in s. 116(11) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 64(5) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), s. 64(1)
F14
Words in s. 116(11) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 29 para. 19(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 29 para. 19(1) (with Sch. 29 para. 46(5))
F15
Words in s. 116(13) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 134(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 20 para. 51, Sch. 41 Pt. V(10)
F16
S. 116(16) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 60(4) (with Sch. 15)
F17
Words in s. 116(16) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 366(4) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)