Section 371SH | Elections under section 9A of CTA 2010

(1)This section applies if—

(a)during the relevant accounting period or any earlier accounting period of the CFC, a notice is given to an officer of Revenue and Customs requesting that the CFC be assumed to have made an election under section 9A of CTA 2010 (designated currency of a UK resident investment company) in the form specified in the notice, and

(b)the time at which the notice is given is a time at which, applying the corporation tax assumptions apart from this section, the CFC would have been able to make an election under that section in the form specified in the notice (see, in particular, section 9A(2)).

(2)Assume—

(a)that an election under section 9A of CTA 2010 has been made by the CFC in the form specified in the notice under subsection (1) at the time in question, and

(b)that, accordingly, sections 9A and 9B of that Act apply to determine the effect (if any) of that election.

(3)Subsection (2)(b) does not apply if—

(a)a notice is given to an officer of Revenue and Customs revoking the notice under subsection (1), and

(b)the time at which the notice revoking the notice under subsection (1) is given is a time at which, applying the corporation tax assumptions apart from this section and the assumption in subsection (2)(a), the CFC would have been able to revoke its assumed election under section 9A of CTA 2010.

(4)A notice under subsection (1) or (3) may be given only by a company or companies determined under subsection (5) or (6).

(5)A company may give a notice if—

(a)the company would be likely to be a chargeable company in relation to the applicable accounting period were section 371BC (charging the CFC charge) to apply in relation to that period, and

(b)the percentage of the CFC's chargeable profits for the applicable accounting period which would be likely to be apportioned to the company at step 3 in section 371BC(1) would represent more than half of X%.

(6)Two or more companies may together give a notice if—

(a)the companies would all be likely to be chargeable companies in relation to the applicable accounting period were section 371BC (charging the CFC charge) to apply in relation to that period, and

(b)the percentage of the CFC's chargeable profits for the applicable accounting period which would be likely to be apportioned to the companies, taken together, at step 3 in section 371BC(1) would represent more than half of X%.

(7)In subsections (5) and (6) (and this subsection)—

“the applicable accounting period” means the accounting period of the CFC during which the notice under subsection (1) or (3) (as the case may be) is given, and

“X%” means the total percentage of the CFC's chargeable profits for the applicable accounting period which would be likely to be apportioned to chargeable companies at step 3 in section 371BC(1) were section 371BC (charging the CFC charge) to apply in relation to the applicable accounting period.