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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-257",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/257",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "257",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After section 256B insert—\n“Attributing gains to the non-exempt amount: charitable companies\n256C (1) This section applies if a charitable company has a non-exempt amount under section 493 of CTA 2010 for an accounting period.\n(2) Attributable gains of the charitable company for the period may be attributed to the non-exempt amount but only so far as the non-exempt amount has not been used up.\n(3) The non-exempt amount can be used up (in whole or in part) by—\n(a) attributable gains being attributed to it under this section, or\n(b) attributable income being attributed to it under section 494 of CTA 2010.\n(4) The whole of the non-exempt amount must be used up by—\n(a) attributable gains being attributed to the whole of it under this section,\n(b) attributable income being attributed to the whole of it under section 494 of CTA 2010, or\n(c) a combination of attributable gains being attributed to some of it under this section and attributable income being attributed to the rest of it under section 494 of CTA 2010.\n(5) In this section and section 256D a charitable company's “attributable income” and “attributable gains” for an accounting period have the same meaning as in Part 11 of CTA 2010 (see section 493 of that Act).\n(6) In this section “charitable company” has the same meaning as in Part 11 of CTA 2010 (see section 467 of that Act).\nHow gains are attributed to the non-exempt amount: charitable companies\n256D (1) This section is about the ways in which attributable gains can be attributed to a non-exempt amount under section 256C.\n(2) The charitable company may specify the attributable gains that are to be attributed to the non-exempt amount.\n(3) A specification under subsection (2) is made by notice to an officer of Revenue and Customs.\n(4) Subsection (6) applies if—\n(a) an officer of Revenue and Customs requires a charitable company to make a specification under this section, and\n(b) the charitable company has not given notice under subsection (3) of the specification before the end of the required period.\n(5) The required period is 30 days beginning with the day on which the officer made the requirement.\n(6) An officer of Revenue and Customs may determine the attributable gains that are to be attributed to the non-exempt amount.\n(7) In this section “charitable company” has the same meaning as in Part 11 of CTA 2010 (see section 467 of that Act).”",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/4/schedule/1/paragraph/257",
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  "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."
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