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09.03.2021

Losses of certain types  may be surrendered as group relief for carried- forward losses. Of these types, only losses that arise on or after 1 April 2017 may be surrendered. Carry forward a trading loss Your company can carry trading losses forward to deduct from profits of future accounting periods as long as the trade continues. If your company is using a carried How to claim a trading loss. enter ‘0’ in box 155 on form CT600. enter the full amount of trading losses arising in this or a later accounting period that you can claim against total profits in box 275. put the amount of the loss arising in this accounting period only in box 780. Losses incurred before 1 April 2017 can only be carried forward and set against profits of the same trade. Carried forward pre 1 April 2017 trading losses are also unavailable for group  relief, For all carried-forward losses, whenever they arose, companies will be able only to use the losses against up to 50% of profits (‘loss restriction’). Each standalone company or group will be entitled to a £5 million annual allowance. non-trading losses on intangible fixed assets in excess of all other profits of the accounting period can be Group relieved. Losses cannot included those brought forward from earlier periods. Unlike group relief available for trading losses, capital losses cannot be surrendered to a group company. Failure to state the trading profits deduction allowance or non-trading profits deduction allowance where needed can result in only 50% of the company’s profits being offset by brought forward losses. Further compliance requirements apply if a company is a member of a group containing at least one other company within the charge to

Groups and trading losses. If your company or organisation has a qualifying group relationship with another company, then you can choose to offset certain losses, 

Losses incurred before 1 April 2017 can only be carried forward and set against profits of the same trade. Carried forward pre 1 April 2017 trading losses are also unavailable for group  relief, For all carried-forward losses, whenever they arose, companies will be able only to use the losses against up to 50% of profits (‘loss restriction’). Each standalone company or group will be entitled to a £5 million annual allowance. non-trading losses on intangible fixed assets in excess of all other profits of the accounting period can be Group relieved. Losses cannot included those brought forward from earlier periods. Unlike group relief available for trading losses, capital losses cannot be surrendered to a group company. Failure to state the trading profits deduction allowance or non-trading profits deduction allowance where needed can result in only 50% of the company’s profits being offset by brought forward losses. Further compliance requirements apply if a company is a member of a group containing at least one other company within the charge to b) Before the claim can be extended to capital gains, the taxpayer needs first to make a claim under s64 to offset the loss against net income. This would result in the loss of personal allowance. c) The relief under s71 would be the lower of: the remaining loss under s71 and; the net gains in the tax year less losses brought forward. Company A has brought forward post 1 April 2017 trading losses of £10million and current year profits of £5million and Company B (which is a member of the same 75% group relief group) has current year profits of £3million. Company A can utilise £5million of its brought forward losses against its own profits to reduce the taxable profit to nil.

1 May 2018 This is also true for losses surrendered via group relief, except that loss A current year claim can be made to offset the trading loss against 

How to claim a trading loss. enter ‘0’ in box 155 on form CT600. enter the full amount of trading losses arising in this or a later accounting period that you can claim against total profits in box 275. put the amount of the loss arising in this accounting period only in box 780. Losses incurred before 1 April 2017 can only be carried forward and set against profits of the same trade. Carried forward pre 1 April 2017 trading losses are also unavailable for group  relief, For all carried-forward losses, whenever they arose, companies will be able only to use the losses against up to 50% of profits (‘loss restriction’). Each standalone company or group will be entitled to a £5 million annual allowance. non-trading losses on intangible fixed assets in excess of all other profits of the accounting period can be Group relieved. Losses cannot included those brought forward from earlier periods. Unlike group relief available for trading losses, capital losses cannot be surrendered to a group company. Failure to state the trading profits deduction allowance or non-trading profits deduction allowance where needed can result in only 50% of the company’s profits being offset by brought forward losses. Further compliance requirements apply if a company is a member of a group containing at least one other company within the charge to

7 Feb 2018 Certain carried forward losses may be available for group relief, including trading losses, non-trading losses on intangible fixed assets, 

26 May 2016 For example, a trading loss brought forward may currently only be relieved Currently, group relief only permits the surrender of current year  17 Mar 2017 Losses arising from 1 April 2017 may be carried forward and set per group, the profits available for relief by brought forward losses will be limited there are current rules in place which prevent trading losses in existence at  A company can only surrender carried forward losses as group relief if they cannot be deducted from its own profits in the accounting period. A company cannot claim carried forward losses as group relief if it has its own carried forward losses which it could set off. As with any relaxation in tax, The group relief for carried forward losses rules were introduced as Part 5A CTA 2010 and provide that certain losses carried forward by a company may be surrendered and set against total profits of another group member. The options available to relieve a trading loss can be summarised as follows: Current year claim against total income. Carry back claim against total income of the previous 12 months. Group relief against total income. Carry forward losses against future taxable profits. Brought forward losses are not available for surrender. The amount of “excess” available for group relief refers to amounts in excess of the profit-related threshold. This threshold consists of the surrendering company’s gross profits before any losses are set off (including brought forward losses). Non-trading credits and non-trading debits are aggregated in the relevant accounting period and the net balance is taxed as a gain or loss in respect of intangible fixed assets. Relief is available for non-trading losses on intangible fixed assets against total profits or may be surrendered as group relief.

Losses of certain types  may be surrendered as group relief for carried- forward losses. Of these types, only losses that arise on or after 1 April 2017 may be surrendered.

Losses of certain types  may be surrendered as group relief for carried- forward losses. Of these types, only losses that arise on or after 1 April 2017 may be surrendered. Carry forward a trading loss Your company can carry trading losses forward to deduct from profits of future accounting periods as long as the trade continues. If your company is using a carried