Section 426 | Changes in accounting policy ^F1

(1)Where an interest allowance (alternative calculation) election has effect in relation to a period of account of a worldwide group (“the relevant period of account”), this Chapter applies in relation to the period subject to this section.

(2)The financial statements of the group for the relevant period of account are to be treated as subject to such adjustments as would be made to them under the change of accounting policy provisions if the group were a company that—

(a)was within the charge to corporation tax,

(b)held the assets and owed the liabilities recognised in the financial statements, to the extent that they are so recognised, and

(c)carried on the trades and other activities giving rise to amounts recognised in the financial statements as items of profit and loss.

(3)In this section “the change of accounting policy provisions” means the following provisions as modified by subsection (4)—^F2

(a)Chapter 14 of Part 3 of CTA 2009 (trading profits);

(ab)sections 261 and 262 of that Act (property profits);^F3

(b)sections 315 to 319 of that Act (loan relationships);

(c)sections 613 to 615 of that Act (derivative contracts);

(d)Chapter 15 of Part 8 of that Act (intangible fixed assets);

(e)the Loan Relationships and Derivative Contracts (Change of Accounting Practice) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3271);

(f)paragraphs 12 to 17 of Schedule 14 to FA 2019 (transitional provision following the repeal of section 53 of FA 2011) so far as they have effect in relation to adjustments under Chapter 14 of Part 3 of CTA 2009 or sections 261 and 262 of that Act.^F4

(4)The provisions mentioned in subsection (3)—^F5

(a)are to have effect for the purposes of this section as if their application were limited to cases where there is a change of accounting policy and as if any election had been made under the provisions, and^F5

(b)are to have effect subject to any modifications necessary for the purposes of this section.^F5