Section 371SQ | Shares accounted for as liabilities: application of section 521C of CTA 2009 ^F1

(1)This section applies if—

(a)applying the corporation tax assumptions apart from this section, section 521C of CTA 2009 (shares accounted for as liabilities) would, but for section 521C(1)(f) of that Act, apply to a share held by the CFC, and

(b)the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, for which the CFC holds the share is to obtain a tax advantage within section 1139(2)(da) of CTA 2010 for any person by obtaining what would, applying the corporation tax assumptions apart from this section, be a relevant tax advantage in relation to the CFC.

(2)Section 521C of CTA 2009 is to be assumed to apply to the share.

(3)In subsection (1)(b) the reference to obtaining what would be a relevant tax advantage is to be read in accordance with section 521E(4) of CTA 2009.

(4)This section is without prejudice to the generality of section 371SO.