COM153021 - CT Pay and File: claims / reliefs: ACT: legislation: ACT carry-back and late payment interest

The table below gives a brief explanation of what the legislation relevant to this subject contains.

Section

Explanation

Section 87A(S87A) Taxes Management Act (TMA) 1970

Interest on overdue CT.

S87A(4) TMA 1970

Rules for determining the amount of late payment interest payable when liability to CT is met by surplus Advance Corporation Tax (ACT) carried back.

S157 Finance Act (FA) 1989

Rules for determining the amount of interest payable when liability to CT for a pre CT Pay and File Accounting Period (AP) is met by surplus ACT carried back.

S239(3) Income and Corporation Taxes Act (ICTA) 1988

Set off surplus ACT against CT payable in earlier APs.