Section 217A | Relief for expenditure on grassroots sport ^F1

(1)A payment made by a company which is qualifying expenditure on grassroots sport (and which is not refunded) is allowed as a deduction in accordance with this section from the company's total profits in calculating the corporation tax chargeable for the accounting period in which the payment is made.^F1

(2)The deduction is from the company's total profits for the accounting period after any other relief from corporation tax other than—^F1

(a)relief under Part 6,^F1

(b)group relief, and^F1

(c)group relief for carried-forward losses.^F1

(3)If the company is a qualifying sport body at the time of the payment, a deduction is allowed for the amount of the payment.See section 217C for the meaning of “qualifying sport body”.^F1

(4)If the company is not a qualifying sport body at the time of the payment, a deduction is allowed—^F1

(a)if the payment is to a qualifying sport body, for the amount of the payment, and^F1

(b)if the payment does not fall within paragraph (a) (a “direct payment”), in accordance with subsections (7) and (8).^F1

(5)If at any time on or after 1 April 2017 the company receives income for use for charitable purposes which are purposes for facilitating participation in amateur eligible sport, a deduction is allowed only if, and in so far as, the payment exceeds an amount which is equal to the amount of that income which—^F1

(a)the company does not have to bring into account for corporation tax purposes, and^F1

(b)has not previously been taken into account under this subsection to disallow a deduction under this Part of all or any part of a payment.^F1

See section 217B(3) for the meaning of terms used in this subsection.

(6)But in any case, the amount of the deduction is limited to the amount that reduces the company's taxable total profits for the accounting period to nil.^F1

(7)If the total of all the direct payments made by the company in the accounting period is equal to or less than the maximum deduction for direct payments, a deduction is allowed under subsection (4)(b) in respect of that total.^F1

(8)If the total of all the direct payments made by the company in the accounting period is more than the maximum deduction for direct payments, a deduction is allowed under subsection (4)(b) in respect of so much of that total as does not exceed the maximum deduction for direct payments.^F1

(9)The maximum deduction for direct payments is £2,500 or, if the accounting period is shorter than 12 months, a proportionately reduced amount.^F1

(10)The Treasury may by regulations amend subsection (9) by substituting a higher amount for the amount for the time being specified there.^F1