Section 72 — Corporation Tax Act 2010: Limit on deduction if accounting period falls partly within 12 month period

Limit on deduction if accounting period falls partly within 12 month period 72 1 This section applies if an accounting period falls partly within the period of 12 months ending immediately before the beginning of the accounting period in which the loss is incurred.

2 The amount of the deduction under Step 2 in section 71(1) for the accounting period is not to exceed an amount equal to the overlapping proportion of the company's income of that period.

3 The overlapping proportion is the same as the proportion that the part of the accounting period falling within the 12 month period mentioned in subsection (1) bears to the whole of the accounting period.