INTM248100 - Controlled Foreign Companies: Definitions for terms in Part 9A: Alphabetic index of terms defined in Part 9A

INTM248150 Accounting periods
INTM248200 Accounting Profits
INTM248300 Cell Companies
INTM248350 Connected Persons
INTM248400 Non-Trading Finance Profits
INTM248450 Trading Finance Profits
INTM248500 Interests in Companies
INTM248550 Property Business Profits
INTM248600 Relevant Finance Leases

Alphabetic index of terms defined in Part 9A

鈥淎ccounting period鈥, in relation to a CFC, is defined at INTM248150

鈥淎ccounting profits鈥, in relation to a CFC, is defined at INTM248200

鈥淎rrangement鈥 is used in targeted anti-avoidance rules and includes:

  • any agreement, scheme, transaction or understanding (whether or not legally enforceable), and
  • a series of arrangements or a part of an arrangement.

The definition of 鈥渁rrangement鈥 is wide and will cover arrangements that arise from a legal agreement between parties through to arrangements that rely only on a verbal understanding. The second bullet point means that an 鈥渁rrangement鈥 includes a series of arrangements or transactions making it possible to consider the overall transactions or arrangements as a whole when considering what the purpose of the arrangement is or an 鈥渁rrangement鈥 can be a part of an arrangement that exists within a wider whole and the focus can be on that part of the overall arrangement when considering its purpose.

鈥淎ssumed taxable total profits鈥 and 鈥淎ssumed total profits鈥, in relation to a CFC, are defined at INTM239200

鈥淏anking business鈥 means the business of:-

  • banking, deposit-taking, money-lending or debt factoring, or
  • any activity similar to an activity falling within the above bullet point.

A 鈥淐FC鈥 is a non-UK resident company which is controlled by a UK resident person or persons (but see INTM236100 for certain cases in which a non-UK resident company is to be taken to be a CFC even though it is not controlled by a UK resident person or persons).

鈥淭he CFC charge鈥 is defined at INTM194100

鈥淐hargeable company鈥 is defined at INTM194500

鈥淐hargeable profits鈥 is defined at INTM194200

鈥淐ompany鈥 is to be read subject to TIOPA10/S371VE (see INTM236500) which applies Part 9A to unincorporated cells of protected cell companies or incorporated cells of incorporated cell companies as if the individual cells were non-UK resident companies. Otherwise 鈥渃ompany鈥 takes its normal Corporation Taxes Act definition at .

鈥淐ompany tax return鈥 means a return required to be made under .

鈥淐ontract of insurance鈥 has the meaning given by ).

鈥淐ontrol鈥 is defined at INTM236000

鈥淭he corporation tax assumptions鈥 are defined at INTM239300

鈥淐reditable tax鈥 is defined at INTM230000

鈥淭he HMRC Commissioners鈥 means the Commissioners for Her Majesty鈥檚 Revenue and Customs.

鈥淚nsurance business鈥 means the business of effecting or carrying out of contracts of insurance, including the investment of premiums received.

鈥淚ntellectual property鈥 means:

  • any patent, trade mark, registered design, copyright or design right, or
  • any licence or other right in relation to anything falling within the above bullet point.

鈥淚nterest鈥, as in interest in a company, is defined at INTM227000

鈥淭he local tax amount鈥, in relation to a CFC, is defined at INTM226150

鈥淣on-trading finance profits鈥 are defined at INTM248400

鈥淣on-trading income鈥 means income which is not trading income (see trading income).

鈥淧roperty business profits鈥 are defined at INTM248550

鈥淩elevant finance lease鈥 is defined at INTM248600 and includes any part of such a lease.

鈥淩elevant interest鈥 is defined at INTM227000

鈥淭ax advantage鈥 has the meaning given by and includes at CTA10/1139(2)(da) the avoidance or reduction of a CFC charge or assessment to a charge.

鈥淭rading finance profits鈥 are defined at INTM248450

鈥淭rading income鈥, in relation to a CFC, means income brought into account in determining the CFC鈥檚 trading profits for the accounting period in question.

鈥淭rading profits鈥, in relation to a CFC, means any profits included in the CFC鈥檚 assumed total profits for the accounting period in question on the basis that they would be chargeable to corporation tax under .

鈥淯K connected capital contribution鈥, in relation to a CFC, means any capital contribution to the CFC made (directly or indirectly) by a UK resident company connected with the CFC (whether in relation to an issue of shares in the CFC or otherwise).

鈥淯K permanent establishment鈥, in relation to a non-UK resident company, means a permanent establishment which the company has in the United Kingdom and through which it carries on a trade in the United Kingdom.