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Change 1
As published
149 Non-resident companies: basis of charge to corporation tax
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(4) After section 10A of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12) insert—
Non-resident company with United Kingdom permanent establishment
10B (1) Subject to any exceptions provided by this Act, the chargeable profits for the purposes of corporation tax of a company not resident in the United Kingdom but carrying on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment there include chargeable gains accruing to the company on the disposal of—
(a) assets situated in the United Kingdom and used in or for the purposes of the trade at or before the time the gain accrued, or
(b) assets situated in the United Kingdom and used or held for the purposes of the permanent establishment at or before the time the gain accrued or acquired for use by or for the purposes of the permanent establishment.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply unless the disposal is made at a time when the company is carrying on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment there.
(3) This section does not apply to a company that, by virtue of Part 18 of the Taxes Act (double taxation relief arrangements), is exempt from corporation tax for the chargeable period in respect of the profits of the permanent establishment.
(4) In this section “trade” has the meaning given by section 6(4)(b) of the Taxes Act.
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(6) This section has effect in relation to accounting periods (of the non-resident company) beginning on or after 1st January 2003, and regulations under section 11AA(5) of the Taxes Act 1988 (inserted by subsection (2) above) may be made so as to have effect from that date.
Your change, as a redline
149 Non-resident companies: basis of charge to corporation tax
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(4) After section 10A of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12) insert—
Non-resident company with United Kingdom permanent establishment
10B (1) Subject to any exceptions provided by this Act, the chargeable profits for the purposes of corporation tax of a company not resident in the United Kingdom but carrying on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment there include chargeable gains accruing to the company on the disposal of—
(a) assets situated in the United Kingdom and used in or for the purposes of the trade at or before the time the gain accrued, or
(b) assets situated in the United Kingdom and used or held for the purposes of the permanent establishment at or before the time the gain accrued or acquired for use by or for the purposes of the permanent establishment.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply unless the disposal is made at a time when the company is carrying on a trade in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment there.
(3) This section does not apply to a company that, by virtue of Part 18 of the Taxes Act (double taxation relief arrangements), is exempt from corporation tax for the chargeable period in respect of the profits of the permanent establishment.
(4) In this section “trade” has the meaning given by section 6(4)(b) of the Taxes Act.
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(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) This section has effect in relation to accounting periods (of the non-resident company) beginning on or after 1st January 2003, and regulations under section 11AA(5) of the Taxes Act 1988 (inserted by subsection (2) above) may be made so as to have effect from that date.
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