CREC073200 - Expenditure credit redemption: example 2 - loss-making company
CT = Corporation Tax
AP = accounting period
Company 2 | Values |
Loss | (£300,000) |
CT liability @ 25% | nil |
Credit for this AP | £100,000 |
Credit brought forward | nil |
Credit received from group member(s) | nil |
CT liability of other AP(s) | nil |
Other liabilities | £15,000 |
Company 2 is a member of a group. Another member of the group, with a matching AP, is profit-making and has a CT liability of £20,000 for the AP as a result.
PRE-STEP 1 RESTRICTION
The amount of credit brought forward and the amount of credit received from group member(s) are used, in that order, to discharge the CT liability for this AP.
Company 2 has no brought forward credit or amounts surrendered by a group member, so there is no need to apply the restriction.
STEP 1
The credit amount for this AP is used to discharge the CT liability for this AP.
- | Values |
Credit for this AP | £100,000 |
CT liability | nil |
Credit remaining after discharge | £100,000 |
STEP 2
If the amount of credit remaining after Step 1 exceeds the initial credit amount net of a notional tax charge, it is to be reduced to the initial credit amount net of a notional tax charge.
The notional tax charge is at the main rate of CT, 25%.
- | Values |
Amount of credit remaining after Step 1 | £100,000 |
Net credit (£100,000 less 25%) | £75,000 |
Carry forward lesser amount to Step 3 | £75,000 |
Credit withheld at Step 2 | £25,000 |
The withheld amount is not available as a payable credit now or in future but can be surrendered to a group member or used to discharge CT liability in later years.
STEP 3
The amount of credit remaining after Step 2 is used to discharge any liability of the company to pay CT for any other AP.
- | Values |
Credit remaining after Step 2 | £75,000 |
CT liability of other AP(s) | nil |
Credit remaining after discharge | £75,000 |
STEP 4
If the company is a member of a group, it may surrender some or all of the amount remaining after Step 3 to any other member of the same group.
- | Values |
Credit remaining after Step 3 | £75,000 |
Amount surrendered to group member | £20,000 |
Amount remaining after surrender | £55,000 |
STEP 5
The amount of credit remaining after Step 4 is used to discharge any other liability of the company to pay a sum to HMRC, e.g. VAT or an amount due under a contract settlement.
- | Values |
Credit remaining after Step 4 | £55,000 |
Other liabilities | £15,000 |
Other liabilities after discharge | nil |
Credit remaining after discharge | £40,000 |
STEP 6
The amount remaining after Step 5 is payable to the company by HMRC, provided that:
the company is not in administration or liquidation,
HMRC has not opened an enquiry into the company’s tax return,
the company does not have unpaid amounts of PAYE, Class 1 NICs or withholding tax for visiting performers.
Company 2 meets the conditions and receives £40,000 payable credit.
Summary | Values |
Withheld at Step 2 | £25,000 |
Surrendered at Step 4 | £20,000 |
Discharge at Step 5 | £15,000 |
Payable at Step 6 | £40,000 |
Total credit for this AP | £100,000 |
SURRENDER TO GROUP MEMBER
If the company is a member of a group, it may surrender some or all of the amount withheld at Step 2, plus any credit brought forward and not used at the pre-Step 1 restriction, to any other member of the same group.
Company 2 does not have any unused credit brought forward, but it does have £25,000 withheld at Step 2.
- | Values |
Credit withheld at Step 2 | £25,000 |
Unused credit brought forward | nil |
Total | £25,000 |
Amount surrendered to group member | £10,000 |
Credit remaining to carry forward | £15,000 |
AMOUNTS CARRIED FORWARD
Any amount withheld at Step 2 and/or any unused credit brought forward which is not surrendered to a group member is carried forward to the next AP.
Company 2 has no amount of unused credit brought forward, but it does have £15,000 withheld at Step 2 and not surrendered to a group member.
Company 2 carries forward £15,000 credit to the next AP, which is brought in at the pre-Step 1 restriction for that AP.