{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-1156",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-1156.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010",
  "path": "section/1156",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1156",
  "heading": "Calculation of amounts owned indirectly: main rules",
  "text": "(1) If a body corporate (“A”) directly owns the whole of the ordinary share capital of another body corporate (“B”), A is treated as indirectly owning the whole of any ordinary share capital that is owned directly or indirectly by B.\n(2) If a body corporate (“A”) directly owns a fraction of the ordinary share capital of another body corporate (“B”) and B directly or indirectly owns ordinary share capital of a third body corporate (“C”), A is treated as indirectly owning the amount of C's ordinary share capital given by the formula—\nF×Mwhere—\nF is the fraction of B's ordinary share capital that is owned by A, and\nM is the amount of the ordinary share capital of C that is owned directly or indirectly by B.\n(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the amount of any ordinary share capital that is owned indirectly by B is calculated using subsection (1) or (2), or both, as appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 1155-1157 applied (with modifications) by 2010 c. 8, s. 464(9) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)-(3) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 1 (with Sch. 5 paras. 27, 32-34))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 1155-1157 applied by 1992 c. 12, Sch. 7AC para. 3B(3)(4) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 28(7) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 28(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 1156 applied (E.W.) (1.4.2018) by Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1), s. 81(2)(3), Sch. 16 para. 3(5)(b); S.I. 2018/34, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Ss. 1155-1157 applied (with modifications) by 1992 c. 12, Sch. 1A para. 9 (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/4/section/1156",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:29.433154+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."
}