Finance Act 2020

Amendment of Part 35B of Principal Act (controlled foreign companies)

20. (1) The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 835Y:

Non-cooperative jurisdictions: modified application of sections 835T, 835U and 835V

835YA. (1) In this section, ‘listed territory’ means a territory included in Annex 1 of the Council conclusions on the revised EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes28 , as replaced by the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes - Report by the Code of Conduct Group (business taxation) suggesting amendments to the Annexes to the Council conclusions of 18 February 202029 .

(2) Where, in an accounting period of a controlled foreign company, the territory in which the controlled foreign company is resident is a listed territory, sections 835T, 835U and 835V shall not apply in respect of that accounting period.”.

(2) Subsection (1) shall apply in respect of an accounting period beginning on or after 1 January 2021.

28 OJ No. C64, 27.2.2020, p.8

29 OJ No. C331, 7.10.2020, p.3