{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-179",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-179.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010",
  "path": "section/179",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "179",
  "heading": "Cases in which surrendering or claimant company is non-UK resident",
  "text": "(1) If the surrendering company or the claimant company is non-UK resident at the relevant time, section 180 applies as mentioned in subsections (2) and (3) in the cases set out in subsection (4).\n(2) Section 180 applies in the application of this Chapter for the purposes of sections 143(3)(b) and (c) and 144(3)(b) and (c) if the non-UK resident company is owned by the consortium at the relevant time.\n(3) Section 180 applies in the application of this Chapter for the purposes of section 151(4)(a) and (b) in determining if the non-UK resident company is a 75% or 90% subsidiary of another company at the relevant time.\n...\n(4) The cases in which section 180 applies are as follows.\nCase 1\nOne or more of the participating equity holders holds, as such, shares or securities with distribution rights that have effect (wholly or partly) by reference to whether or not, or to what extent, the profits or assets distributed are referable to company B's UK trade (see section 182).\nCase 2\nSection 174 applies and any of the proportions to be determined under paragraph (b) of Step 3 in that section would differ according to whether or not, or to what extent, the profits or assets distributed are referable to company B's UK trade.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 179(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 4(1) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 4 para. 1(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 6 applied in part (with effect in accordance with s. 51 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), s. 50(2)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 179-182 modified (temp.) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 43 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 6(3)(d) (as amended (5.1.2023) by The Finance Act 2022, Schedule 10 (Public Interest Business Protection Tax) (Substitution of Date) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1321), regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 6 applied (temp.) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 43 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 6(2) (as amended (5.1.2023) by The Finance Act 2022, Schedule 10 (Public Interest Business Protection Tax) (Substitution of Date) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1321), regs. 1, 2(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 2 para. 47(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/4/section/179",
    "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."
}