Section 357ED | Company ceasing to carry on trade, etc F1
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(1)This section applies where—F1
(a)there is a set-off amount in relation to a trade of a company for an accounting period, andF1
(b)at any time in the accounting period immediately following that accounting period, the company meets any of the conditions in subsection (2).F1
(2)The conditions are—F1
(a)that the company ceases to carry on the trade,F1
(b)that the company ceases to be within the charge to corporation tax in respect of the trade, orF1
(c)that any election made by the company under section 357A(1) ceases to have effect.F1F2
(3)Sections 357EA to 357EC continue to have effect in relation to the set-off amount subject to the following provisions of this section.F1
(4)Section 357EB has effect as if—F1
(a)the reference in subsection (1)(b) to the company being a member of a group were a reference to the company having been a member of the group at the time referred to in subsection (1)(b) of this section,F1
(b)for subsection (2) there were substituted—F1
(2)The set-off amount (or so much of it as remains after the operation of section 357EA(2)) is to become, or be added to, the set-off amount in relation to a trade of a relevant group member for the relevant accounting period.
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(c)subsection (4) were omitted,F1
(d)for the words after “determine” in subsection (5) there were substituted “ the relevant group member to which subsection (2) is to apply ”, andF1
(e)for subsection (6) there were substituted—F1
(6)If no determination is made under subsection (5), subsection (2) is to apply to the trade that has the greatest amount of relevant IP profits of any trade of any of the relevant group members for a relevant accounting period.
(7)If there is no relevant group member with any relevant IP profits of a trade for the relevant accounting period, subsection (2) is to apply to the trade that has the greatest set-off amount in relation to any trade of any of the relevant group members for a relevant accounting period.
(5)Sections 357EA to 357EC cease to have effect in relation to the set-off amount in relation to the trade of the company for an accounting period if—F1
(a)the company is not carrying on any other trade in that accounting period, andF1
(b)in the case of a company that was a member of a group at the time referred to in subsection (1)(b) of this section, none of the members of the group is a relevant group member (within the meaning of section 357EB).F1
(6)In such a case, the set-off amount (so far as remaining after the operation of those sections) is to be reduced to nil.F1