Finance Act, 2001

Amendment of Schedule 18A (restriction on set-off of pre-entry losses) to Principal Act.

40.—(1) Schedule 18A to the Principal Act is amended in paragraph 1—

(a) in subparagraph (3) by the substitution of “at the time immediately before the relevant event occurred in relation to it by a company which is or was” for “by a company at the time immediately before the company became”,

(b) by the insertion after subparagraph (3) of the following:

“(3A) (a) In this paragraph references to the relevant event occurring in relation to a company—

(i) in a case in which—

(I) the company was resident in the State at the time when it became a member of the relevant group, or

(II) the asset was a chargeable asset in relation to the company at that time,

are references to the company becoming a member of that group;

(ii) in any other case, are references to whichever is the first of—

(I) the company becoming resident in the State, or

(II) the asset becoming a chargeable asset in relation to the company.

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), an asset is a ‘chargeable asset’ in relation to a company at any time if, were the asset to be disposed of by the company at that time, any gain accruing to the company would be a chargeable gain.”,

(c) in subparagraph (4)(a) by the substitution of “the relevant event occurred in relation to it” for “the company became a member of the relevant group”, and

(d) in subparagraph (5)—

(i) in the opening words by the substitution of “the relevant event occurred in relation to the company by reference to which that asset is a pre-entry asset” for “the company by reference to which the asset is a pre-entry asset became a member of the relevant group”,

(ii) in clause (a) by the substitution of “a relevant event has occurred in relation to a company” for “a company has become a member of the relevant group”, and

(iii) in clause (b) by the substitution of “a relevant event occurred in relation to a company” for “a company became a member of the relevant group”.

(2) (a) This section applies in relation to—

(i) where chargeable gains are to be included in a company's total profits, the amount to be included in respect of chargeable gains in the company's total profits for any accounting period ending on or after 15 February 2001, and

(ii) in any other case, the amount on which a company is chargeable in accordance with section 31 for the year of assessment 2000-2001 and any subsequent year of assessment.

(b) For the purposes of this section, any question whether a company was, in relation to any time before 15 February 2001, a member of a group shall be determined by reference to the Principal Act before its amendment by this Act.