Section 639 | Election to carry back

(1)This section applies if a winding up receipt arising from the deposit-taking trade is received in an accounting period beginning no later than 6 years after the company permanently ceased to carry on the trade.

(2)The company or its liquidator may elect that the corporation tax chargeable under this Chapter in respect of the receipt is to be charged as if the receipt has been received on the date of the cessation.

(3)The election must be made before the end of the period of two years beginning immediately after the end of the accounting period in which the receipt is received.

(4)If an election is made under this section an assessment to corporation tax must be made accordingly (regardless of anything in the Corporation Tax Acts).