Draft legislation on taxation of companies in liquidation or administration published for consultation | Practical Law

Draft legislation on taxation of companies in liquidation or administration published for consultation | Practical Law

On 22 August 2008, HM Revenue & Customs published for public consultation

Draft legislation on taxation of companies in liquidation or administration published for consultation

by PLC Finance
Published on 22 Aug 2008
On 22 August 2008, HM Revenue & Customs published for public consultation
draft clauses
(and accompanying
explanatory notes
), which rewrite sections 342 and 342A of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 on the rules about the taxation of companies in liquidation or administration. Comments on the draft clauses are invited by 14 November 2008.
Issues covered by the draft clauses include:
1) The corporation tax rates that are to be applied in the final or penultimate year of the liquidation or administration of a company.
2) The ability of a liquidator or administrator to make a corporation tax self-assessment for an accounting period that has not finished.