Section 332A — Corporation Tax Act 2010: Overview

Overview 332A 1 This Chapter sets out how relief for certain expenditure incurred in relation to a qualifying oil field is given by way of reduction of a company's adjusted ring fence profits.

2 The Chapter includes provision about—

a the oil fields that are qualifying oil fields (section 332B);

b the expenditure that is investment expenditure (section 332BA);

c the generation of allowance by the incurring of relievable investment expenditure in relation to a qualifying oil field (sections 332C and 332CA);

d restrictions on the expenditure that is relievable (sections 332D to 332DC);

e how allowance is activated by relevant income from the same oil field (sections 332F to 332FC and 332H to 332HB) in order to be available for reducing adjusted ring fence profits (sections 332E and 332EA);

f the division of an accounting period into reference periods where a company has different shares of the equity in a qualifying oil field at different times in the period (section 332G);

g the transfer of allowance where shares of the equity in a qualifying oil field are disposed of (sections 332I to 332IB).

3 For provision about the conversion of field allowance under Chapter 7 (as it had effect before 1 April 2015) into allowance under this Chapter, see paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 12 to FA 2015.