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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-774",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-774.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010",
  "path": "section/774",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "774",
  "heading": "Accounts",
  "text": "(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.\n(2) A reference to the accounts of a person includes (if the person is a company) a reference to the consolidated group accounts of a group of companies of which it is a member.\n(3) In determining whether accounts record an amount as a financial liability in respect of an advance, assume that the period in which the advance is received ended immediately after the receipt of the advance.\n(4) If a person does not draw up accounts in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, assume that the person drew up the accounts in accordance with that practice.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 16 Ch. 2 restricted by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 196I(5)(6) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 13 para. 15 (with Sch. 13 Pt. 4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 774-776 applied by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 196J(5) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 13 para. 1 (with Sch. 13 Pt. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 774 applied by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 196L(4) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 13 para. 15 (with Sch. 13 Pt. 4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 16 Ch. 2 restricted by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 196G(2)(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 13 para. 1 (with Sch. 13 Pt. 2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/4/section/774",
    "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."
}