Section 124 | Carry forward of pre-1 April 2017 BLAGAB trade losses against subsequent profits

(1)This section applies if an insurance company carrying on basic life assurance and general annuity business makes a BLAGAB trade loss for an accounting period beginning before 1 April 2017.^F1

(2)Relief is available under this section for that part of the BLAGAB trade loss (“the unrelieved loss”) for which no relief is given under section 37 of CTA 2010 (as applied by section 123).

(3)The relief for the unrelieved loss is to be given as follows.

(4)The unrelieved loss is to be carried forward to subsequent accounting periods (so long as the company continues to carry on basic life assurance and general annuity business).

(5)For the purposes of—^F2

(a)section 93 (minimum profits charge), and

(b)section 104 (policyholders' rate of tax),

the BLAGAB trade profit of any such period is reduced by the unrelieved loss so far as that loss cannot be used under this subsection to reduce the BLAGAB trade profit of an earlier period ....

(6)Relief under this section is subject to restriction or modification in accordance with section 137(7) of CTA 2010 and other applicable provisions of the Corporation Tax Acts.