{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-990",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010/section-990.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2010",
  "path": "section/990",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "990",
  "heading": "UK Economic Interest Groupings and European Economic Interest Groupings",
  "text": "(1) The following rules about UK Economic Interest Groupings and European Economic Interest Groupings apply for the purposes of charging corporation tax in respect of income—\nRule 1\nA grouping is treated as acting as the agent of its members.\nRule 2\nThe activities of a grouping are treated as those of its members acting jointly.\nRule 3\nEach member of a grouping is treated as having a share of the grouping's property, rights and liabilities.\nRule 4\nAny trade carried on by the grouping is treated as carried on in partnership by the members of the grouping.\n(2) For the purposes of Rule 3, a member's share of any property, rights or liabilities of a grouping is determined in accordance with the contract under which the grouping is established.\n(3) If the contract does not provide for this, the member's share is determined by reference to the share of the profits of the grouping to which the member is entitled under the contract.\n(4) If the contract does not provide for this either, the members are treated as having equal shares of the property, rights and liabilities of the grouping.\n(5) Part 5 of CTA 2009 (loan relationships) applies in relation to a grouping as it applies in relation to a firm.\n(6) For the purposes of subsection (5) see in particular the following provisions of Part 5 of CTA 2009—\nChapter 9 (partnerships involving companies),\nsection 467 (connections where partnerships involved),\nsection 472 (meaning of “control”), and\nsections 473 and 474 (meaning of “major interest” etc).\n(7) “European Economic Interest Grouping” means a grouping registered in a member State and formed in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2137/85 of 25 July 1985 on the European Economic Interest Grouping as it has effect in EU law.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 990(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Taxes (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/689), regs. 1, 17(11)(b) (with regs. 39-41); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 990(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Taxes (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/689), regs. 1, 17(11)(c) (with regs. 39-41); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 990 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Taxes (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/689), regs. 1, 17(11)(a) (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/2010/4/section/990",
    "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."
}