Section 330B | Decommissioning expenditure taken into account for PRT purposes ^F1

(1)This section applies where—^F1

(a)any decommissioning expenditure is taken into account in calculating the assessable profit accruing to a participator in any chargeable period from an oil field, ...^F1F2

(b)if that expenditure were not so taken into account, the amount of petroleum revenue tax with which the participator would be chargeable in respect of the field for the chargeable period would be greater than nil., and^F1F3

(c)an amount equal to the appropriate fraction of the used-up amount of that expenditure is added under section 330A(2) in calculating the participator's adjusted ring fence profits for an accounting period.^F1F3

(2)In calculating for the purposes of section 330(1) the amount of the participator's adjusted ring fence profits for the accounting period, there is to be deducted the amount given by—^F1F4

(3)For the purposes of this section—^F1F5F6F7

“the relevant percentage of the decommissioning expenditure” is the percentage of that expenditure that is the used-up amount referred to in subsection (1)(c),

“the appropriate fraction” is SC – 20 % SCwhere SC is the percentage specified in section 330(1) for the ... accounting period, and

“the PRT difference” is the difference between—

(a)the amount of petroleum revenue tax with which the participator is chargeable for the chargeable period (which may be nil), and

(b)the amount of petroleum revenue tax with which the participator would be chargeable for that chargeable period if the decommissioning expenditure were not taken into account as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) .

(4)In determining for the purposes of this section whether, and to what extent, any allowable losses which have been taken into account as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) are attributable to decommissioning expenditure, assume that any amounts of any other expenditure which could be taken into account in calculating those losses are taken into account before any amounts of decommissioning expenditure.^F1F8

(5)But if subsection (4) would work unfavourably in the participator's case, the participator may elect for that subsection not to apply in relation to it and for any amounts of expenditure which could be taken into account in calculating those losses instead to be taken into account in the order specified in the election.^F1

(6)This section does not apply in relation to any accounting period for which the percentage specified in section 330(1) is less than or equal to 20% (including any accounting period beginning before 24 March 2011 and ending on or after that date).^F1

(7)In this section—^F1F9F10

“assessable profit” and “allowable loss” have the same meaning as in Part 1 of OTA 1975 (see section 2 of that Act),

“decommissioning expenditure” has the meaning given by section 330C, and

“the used-up amount”, in relation to any expenditure, has the same meaning as in section 330A (see subsection (3) of that section).