Finance Act, 1983

Chapter VII

Advance Corporation Tax

Liability for advance corporation tax.

38.—Save as is otherwise provided for in this Chapter, where a company resident in the State makes a distribution on or after the 9th day of February, 1983, it shall be liable to make a payment of corporation tax (to be known as “advance corporation tax”) in accordance with this Chapter and, subject to section 41 , the amount of that payment shall, whether or not the recipient of the distribution is a person entitled to a tax credit in respect thereof, be equal to the amount of the tax credit to which a recipient who is such a person is entitled in respect thereof.