CTM80670 - Consortia: group relief: example: consortium relief generally

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp percentages shown in this diagram indicate beneficial ownership of ordinary share capital and you should assume that the arrangements rules (CTA10/Ss146A, 146B, and 155) do not apply.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp votes and entitlement to profits and assets on winding up follow the shareholdings shown (see CTA10/Ss151(4) for Q, R, S, and T (CTM80535), and Ss143(3) and 144(3) for the ownership proportions of W, X, Y, and Z in H (CTM80540 and CTM80545)).

All parties have an accounting period of 12 months to 31 December 2011, and the percentages shown remain constant throughout the accounting period.

H, a holding company, has the following trading subsidiaries shown above: Q, R, S, and T..

W, X, Y, and a bank Z are members of the consortium. Bank Z holds the shares in H on trading account. Each of the four companies in the consortium has ample profits to absorb any relief surrendered by the holding company and its subsidiaries.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp accounts of the following companies for the 12 months to 31 December 2011 give results as follows.

Company Description Amount
H excess management expenses £5,000
Q trading losses £4,000
R trading losses £6,000
S trading losses £2,000
T trading losses £1,000

All the companies, including Z, give consent to claims for consortium relief. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp members of the consortium may then obtain consortium relief as follows.

W

Consortium relief Amount
25% of H’s excess management expenses £1,250
25% of Q’s loss £1,000
25% of R’s loss £1,500
No relief in respect of S’s loss (see below) NIL
25% of T’s loss £250
Consortium relief £4,000

X

Consortium relief Amount
25% of H’s excess management expenses £1,250
25% of Q’s loss £1,000
25% of R’s loss £1,500
No relief in respect of S’s loss (see below) NIL
25% of T’s loss £250
Consortium relief £4,000

Y

Consortium relief Amount
25% of H’s excess management expenses £1,250
25% of Q’s loss £1,000
25% of R’s loss £1,500
No relief in respect of S’s loss (see below) NIL
25% of T’s loss £250
Consortium relief £4,000

Under CTA10/S153(3) there is no relief due to any of the members of the consortium for S’s loss because S is not a 90% trading subsidiary of H (CTM80535).

Z is not entitled to any relief (CTA10/S132(4) - CTM80530) because a profit on the sale of the shares it holds in H would be a trading receipt.

Losses, etc, to carry forward

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp balance of losses and other amounts not surrendered may be carried forward by each company as follows.

Description Company H Company Q Company R Company S Company T
Excess management expenses £5,000 - - - -
Trading losses - £4,000 £6,000 £2,000 £1,000
Less surrendered as group relief £3,750 £3,000 £4,500 - £750
Carried forward £1,250 £1,000 £1,500 £2,000 £250