Finance Act 2014

Amendment of section 766 of Principal Act (tax credit for research and development expenditure)

26. Section 766 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), in the definition of “qualifying group expenditure on research and development”, by substituting the following for “ ‘qualifying group expenditure on research and development’, in relation to a relevant period, shall be determined by the following formula—”:

“‘qualifying group expenditure on research and development’, in relation to—

(a) relevant periods commencing on or after 1 January 2015, shall have the same meaning as that assigned to ‘group expenditure on research and development’, and

(b) a relevant period commencing on or before 31 December 2014, shall be determined by the following formula—”,

and

(b) in subsection (7C)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by inserting “commencing on or after 1 January 2010” after “a relevant period” where it first occurs, and

(ii) in paragraph (a)(ii), by inserting “in the State” after “are carried on”.