Section 662 — Corporation Tax Act 2009: Contracts ceasing to be derivative contracts

Contracts ceasing to be derivative contracts 662 1 This section applies if a company is a party to a relevant contract which ceases to be a derivative contract.

2 The company is treated for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains as if it had acquired the contract immediately after the relevant time for consideration of an amount equal to the notional carrying value of the contract at that time.

3 In this section “ the relevant time ” means the time when the contract ceases to be a derivative contract.

4 Section 622(4) (meaning of “notional carrying value”) applies for the purposes of this section.