Corporation Tax Act 2009

Corporation Tax Act 2009[a]
Act of Parliament
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Long titleAn Act to restate, with minor changes, certain enactments relating to corporation tax; and for connected purposes.
Citation2009 c. 4
Introduced byAlistair Darling (Commons)
Lord Myners (Lords)
Territorial extent [b]
Dates
Royal assent26 March 2009
Commencement1 April 2009[c]
Other legislation
Amends
Amended by
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It restated certain legislation relating to corporation tax, with minor changes that were mainly intended "to clarify existing provisions, make them consistent or bring the law into line with well established practice."[1] The bill was the work of the Tax Law Rewrite Project team at HM Revenue and Customs.[2]

Provisions

The act consolidated legislation concerning corporation tax.[3]

The act includes a tax relief scheme, which requires an intention to broadcast to television.[4]

The act contains clauses enshrining reciprocity between corporation tax and employment tax.[5]

Commencement

Sections 1310, 1323, 1324, 1325(2) and (3) and 1328 to 1330 came into force on 26 March 2009.[6]

The other provisions of the act came into force on 1 April 2009.[7]

The amendments, repeals and revocations contained in schedules 1 and 3 have the same extent as the provisions they amend, repeal or revoke. The other provisions of the act extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 1330.
  2. ↑ Section 1328.
  3. ↑ Section 1329.

References

  • John Walters. "Corporation Tax Act 2009". Current Law Statutes Annotated 2009. Sweet & Maxwell. Thomson Reuters. 2010. Volume 1. Chapter 4. pp 4-1 to 4-781.
  • Halsbury's Statutes,
  1. ↑ See the title of the Act and paragraphs 5 and 6 of the explanatory notes to the act.
  2. ↑ Explanatory notes, paragraph 9 (and see paragraph 1 for their name)
  3. ↑ Craig, William (2013). Revenue Law Essentials (NED - New edition, 3 ed.). Edinburgh University Press. doi:10.3366/j.ctt1g0b50g.9. ISBN 978-1-84586-152-0.
  4. ↑ Mac Síthigh, Daithí (December 2014). "Principles for a second century of film legislation". Legal Studies. 34 (4): 609–630. doi:10.1111/lest.12032. ISSN 0261-3875.
  5. ↑ Mulley, Guy (2017). "The Shifting Sands of Uk Tax Law". The Cambridge Law Journal. 76 (3): 502–506. ISSN 0008-1973.
  6. ↑ The Corporation Tax Act 2009, section 1329(2)
  7. ↑ The Corporation Tax Act 2009, section 1329(1)
  8. ↑ The Corporation Tax Act 2009, section 1328