Section 357JB — Corporation Tax Act 2010: Availability of relief

Availability of relief 357JB 1 The references in section 37 and sections 45A to 45F (relief for trade losses) to a loss are, where a company carrying on a trade in an accounting period has Northern Ireland losses of the trade or mainstream losses of the trade, references to those Northern Ireland losses or mainstream losses.

2 If a company has a Northern Ireland loss and a mainstream loss in the same accounting period, sections 37 and 45A to 45F have effect in relation to each of those losses separately.

3 If by reason of this section a company is entitled under section 37(2), 45A(5), 45B(5) or 45F(2) to make a claim in relation to a Northern Ireland loss (or an amount of such a loss) and a claim in relation to a mainstream loss (or an amount of such a loss), the company may make—

a one of those claims only, or b both of those claims in either order.

4 Where—

a relief is given under section 37, 45A, 45B or 45F for a Northern Ireland loss (or an amount of such a loss),

and b the profits against which the relief is given includes some profits of the trade that are Northern Ireland profits and some that are not, the relief is given first, so far as possible, against the Northern Ireland profits.

5 Where—

a relief is given under section 37, 45, 45A, 45B or 45F for a loss (or an amount of a loss) that is not a Northern Ireland loss, and b the profits against which the relief is given include some profits of the trade that are Northern Ireland profits and some that are not, the relief is given first, so far as possible, against the profits that are not Northern Ireland profits.