Section 270 — Corporation Tax Act 2010: Overview of Part

Overview of Part 270 1 This Part is about the corporation tax treatment of oil activities but also needs to be read with the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022 (which imposes a tax in relation to ring fence profits) .

2 Chapter 2 contains basic definitions used in this Part.

3 Chapter 3 treats oil-related activities as a separate trade.

4 Chapter 4 makes provision about the calculation of profits from oil activities.

5 Chapter 5 makes provision about ring fence expenditure supplement. 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 Chapter 6 makes provision about the supplementary charge in respect of ring fence trades. 6A Chapter 6A makes provision about the reduction of supplementary charge by an allowance for certain expenditure incurred in relation to qualifying oil fields for the purposes of oil-related activities. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7A Chapter 8 makes provision about the reduction of supplementary charge by an allowance for capital expenditure incurred for the purposes of onshore oil-related activities. 7B Chapter 9 makes provision about the reduction of supplementary charge by an allowance for certain expenditure incurred in relation to a cluster area for the purposes of oil-related activities.

8 For the meaning of—

a “oil-related activities”, see section 274, and b “ring fence trade”, see section 277, ... c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .