# Finance Act 1995, Section 113: Allowable losses: capital gains tax.


(1) After subsection (2) of section 16 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (computation of losses) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A) A loss accruing to a person in a year of assessment shall not be an allowable loss for the purposes of this Act unless, in relation to that year, he gives a notice to an officer of the Board quantifying the amount of that loss; and sections 42 and 43 of the Management Act shall apply in relation to such a notice as if it were a claim for relief.”
(2) Deductions under that Act in respect of allowable losses shall be given preference as follows—
(a) a deduction in respect of a loss accruing to a person in the year 1996-97 or a subsequent year of assessment shall be preferred to a deduction in respect of a loss accruing to him in an earlier year of assessment; and
(b) a deduction in respect of a loss accruing to a company in an accounting period ending on or after the appointed day for the purposes of Chapter III of Part IV of the Finance Act 1994 shall be preferred to a deduction in respect of a loss accruing to the company in an accounting period ending before that day.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/4/section/113 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1995/section-113
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