Section 44 | Credit against tax on trade income

(1)Apply section 42(2) in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) if the tax against which the credit is to be allowed is corporation tax on income that is trade income.

(2)The amount of the credit must not exceed the corporation tax attributable to the income arising out of the transaction, arrangement or asset in connection with which the credit arises.

(3)In calculating the amount of corporation tax attributable to any income, take into account—

(a)deductions which would be allowed in calculating the company's liability, and

(b)expenses of a company connected with the company, so far as reasonably attributable to the income,

but see section 49 (restriction if company is a bank or is connected with a bank).

(4)In subsection (3)(a) “deductions” includes a just and reasonable apportionment of deductions that relate—

(a)partly to the transaction, arrangement or asset from which the income arises, and

(b)partly to other matters.

(5)Section 1122 of CTA 2010 (meaning of “connected”) applies for the purposes of subsection (3)(b).

(6)In this section “trade income” means—

(a)income chargeable to tax under Chapter 2 or 15 of Part 3 of CTA 2009 (trade profits and post-cessation receipts),

(b)income chargeable to tax under Chapter 3 or 9 of Part 4 of CTA 2009 (profits of property businesses and post-cessation receipts),

(c)income which arises from a source outside the United Kingdom and is chargeable to tax under section 979 of CTA 2009 (charge to tax on income not otherwise charged), and

(d)any other income or profits which by a provision of ICTA is or are—

(i)chargeable to tax under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of CTA 2009, or

(ii)calculated in the same way as the profits of a trade,

but does not include income to which section 99 of this Act (insurance companies) applies.

(7)In subsection (6) the references—

(a)to income chargeable under Chapter 15 of Part 3 of CTA 2009, and

(b)to income chargeable under Chapter 9 of Part 4 of CTA 2009,

do not include income that would, but for the repeal by CTA 2009 of section 103 of ICTA (post-cessation receipts where pre-cessation profits calculated on an earnings basis and other post-cessation receipts that become due or are ascertained after cessation), have been chargeable to corporation tax under that section.