Section 371UF | Recovery of sum charged from other UK resident companies

(1)This section applies if a sum charged on a company (“the defaulting company”) at step 5 in section 371BC(1) as if it were an amount of corporation tax is not fully paid before the date on which it is due and payable in accordance with the Taxes Acts.

(2)An officer of Revenue and Customs may give a notice of liability to another UK resident company which holds or has held (directly or indirectly) the whole or any part of the same interest in the CFC concerned as is or was held by the defaulting company.

(3)If such a notice is given to a company (“the responsible company”), the following are payable by the responsible company—

(a)the whole or, as the case may be, the corresponding part of the sum charged so far as it is unpaid as at the time the notice is given,

(b)the whole or, as the case may be, the corresponding part of any unpaid interest due on the sum charged as at the time the notice is given, and

(c)any interest accruing on the sum charged after the notice is given so far as referable to the sum payable by the responsible company under paragraph (a).

(4)Subsection (5) applies if any sum payable by the responsible company under subsection (3) is not fully paid by the end of the period of 3 months starting with the date on which the notice is given.

(5)Without affecting the right of recovery from the responsible company, the outstanding amount may be recovered from the defaulting company.