Section 18 | Companies treated as non-UK resident under double taxation arrangements

(1)This section applies to a company which is treated as—

(a)resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)non-UK resident,

for the purposes of any double taxation arrangements.

(2)For the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts the company is—

(a)resident outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)non-UK resident.

(3)Subsection (2) applies even if the company would otherwise be UK resident for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts by virtue of section 14, 15, 16 or 17 or another rule of law.

(4)To decide whether a company is treated as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b) for the purposes of any double taxation arrangements, assume that—

(a)the company has made a claim for relief under the arrangements, and

(b)in consequence of the claim it falls to be decided whether the company is to be treated as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b) for the purposes of the arrangements.