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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009/section-1305",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009/section-1305.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009",
  "path": "section/1305",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1305",
  "heading": "Dividends and other distributions",
  "text": "(1) In the calculation of a company's profits for corporation tax purposes, no deduction is allowed in respect of a dividend or other distribution.\n(2) Subsection (1) is subject to any provision of the Corporation Tax Acts expressly authorising a deduction.\n(3) In this section “profits” has the same meaning as in Part 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 20 Ch. 1 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 148 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 92(4) (with s. 147, Sch. 17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/1305",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:19.560467+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}