{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009/section-688",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009/section-688.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009",
  "path": "section/688",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "688",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“company” means any entity listed as a company in Part A of Annex I to the Mergers Directive, and\n“co-operative society” means a society registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 or a similar society governed by the law of a member State ....\n(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, a company is resident in a relevant state if—\n(a) it is within a charge to tax under the law of the relevant state as being resident for that purpose, and\n(b) it is not regarded, for the purpose of any double taxation relief arrangements to which the relevant state is a party, as resident in a territory not within a relevant state.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 688(1) substituted (1.7.2011) by The Corporation Tax (Implementation of the Mergers Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1431), regs. 1(2), 4(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Act substituted (1.8.2014) by virtue of Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), s. 154, Sch. 4 para. 142 (with Sch. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 688(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Taxes (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/689), regs. 1, 16(16)(a) (with regs. 39-41); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 688(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Taxes (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/689), regs. 1, 16(16)(b)(i) (with regs. 39-41); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 688(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Taxes (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/689), regs. 1, 16(16)(b)(ii) (with regs. 39-41); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/688",
    "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."
}