Section 380 | Reactivation of deductions: identification of the tax-interest amounts to be brought into account

(1)This section applies where—

(a)a company is required to bring tax-interest expense amounts into account in an accounting period under section 379, and

(b)the total of the tax-interest expense amounts that are brought forward to the accounting period from earlier accounting periods exceeds the total of the tax-interest expense amounts that are required by that provision to be brought into account in that accounting period.

(2)Tax-interest expense amounts must (subject to the following provisions of this section) be brought into account in the following order.

First, bring into account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition A in section 382 and are brought into account under Part 5 of CTA 2009 (non-trading debits in respect of loan relationships).

Second, bring into account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition B in section 382 and are brought into account under Part 5 of CTA 2009 as a result of section 574 of that Act (non-trading debits in respect of derivative contracts).

Third, bring into account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition A in section 382 and are brought into account under Part 3 of CTA 2009 as a result of section 297 of that Act (debits in respect of loan relationships treated as expenses of trade).

Fourth, bring into account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition B in section 382 and are brought into account under Part 3 of CTA 2009 as a result of section 573 of that Act (debits in respect of derivative contracts treated as expenses of trade).

Fifth, bring into account tax-interest expense amounts that meet condition C in section 382 and do not also meet condition A or B in that section (finance leases, debt factoring and service concession arrangements).

(3)The company may—

(a)elect that subsection (2) is not to apply to the accounting period, or

(b)revoke an election previously made.

(4)An election under this section must specify the particular tax-interest expense amounts that are to be brought into account.