Section 371CB | Does Chapter 5 apply? ^F1

(1)Subject to sections 371CC and 371CD, Chapter 5 (non-trading finance profits) applies for a CFC's accounting period if (and only if) the CFC has non-trading finance profits.

(2)In this section and Chapter 5 references to the CFC's non-trading finance profits are to those profits excluding any profits falling within subsection (3) or (4) or Chapter 8 (solo consolidation).

(3)Profits fall within this subsection so far as they arise from the investment of funds held by the CFC for the purposes of a trade—

(a)which is carried on by the CFC, and

(b)no trading profits of which pass through the CFC charge gateway for the accounting period.

(4)Profits fall within this subsection so far as they arise from the investment of funds held by the CFC for the purposes of a UK property business or overseas property business carried on by the CFC.

(5)Neither subsection (3) nor subsection (4) applies in relation to funds—

(a)held only or mainly because of a prohibition or restriction on the CFC paying dividends or making other distributions imposed under—

(i)the law of the territory in which the CFC is incorporated or formed,

(ii)the articles of association or other document regulating the CFC, or

(iii)any arrangement entered into by or in relation to the CFC,

(b)held with a view to paying dividends or making other distributions at a time after the end of the relevant 12 month period,

(c)held with a view to acquiring shares in any company or making any capital contribution to a person,

(d)held with a view to acquiring, developing or otherwise investing in land at a time after the end of the relevant 12 month period,

(e)held only or mainly for contingencies, or

(f)held only or mainly for the purpose of reducing or eliminating a liability of any person to tax or duty imposed under the law of any territory.

(6)Subsection (5)(a) does not cover a prohibition or restriction which ceases to have effect before the end of the relevant 12 month period.

(7)“The relevant 12 month period” means the period of 12 months after the end of the accounting period.

(8)In the case of a chargeable company which makes a claim under Chapter 9, in this section and Chapter 5 references to the CFC's non-trading finance profits are to those profits excluding also the CFC's qualifying loan relationship profits (as defined in Chapter 9).