Section 173 — Corporation Tax Act 2009: Relief for unremittable amounts

Relief for unremittable amounts 173 1 If—

a the trader has profits from the trade in a period of account, and b an unremittable amount has been brought into account as a receipt for that period, a deduction of the amount is allowed from those profits (but see subsection (5)).

2 If the trader has profits from the trade in a period of account and the total of—

a any unremittable amounts brought into account as receipts for that period, and b any amount carried forward under this subsection or subsection (3) from the previous period of account, exceeds the amount of those profits, the excess may be carried forward to the next period of account.

3 If the trader does not have profits from the trade in a period of account and an unremittable amount has been brought into account as a receipt for that period, the total of—

a any unremittable amounts brought into account as receipts for that period, and b any amount carried forward under this subsection or subsection (2) from the previous period of account, may be carried forward to the next period of account.

4 If an amount is carried forward under this section to a period of account in which the trader has profits from the trade, a deduction of the amount is allowed from those profits (but see subsection (5)).

5 The total amount deducted under this section from the profits from a trade in a period of account must not exceed the amount of the profits.