# Finance Act 1996, Paragraph 6

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, the difference mentioned in paragraph 5(2) above shall be brought into account in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or (3) below in the accounting period in which the company ceases to be a party to the relationship.
(2) If—
(a) the relationship is a creditor relationship and the difference consists in an excess of the amount mentioned in paragraph 5(2)(b) above over the amount mentioned in paragraph 5(2)(a) above, or
(b) the relationship is a debtor relationship and the difference consists in an excess of the amount mentioned in paragraph 5(2)(a) above over the amount mentioned in paragraph 5(2)(b) above,
the difference shall be brought into account as a credit given for the purposes of this Chapter for the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above.
(3) In any other case, the difference shall be brought into account as a debit given for the purposes of Part 5 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 for the period so mentioned.
(4) Sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) above do not apply if the company duly made an election for the purposes of this sub-paragraph as it had effect on 30th September 1996.
(8) Where any credit or debit falls to be brought into account under this paragraph for any accounting period for the whole or any part of which the company carries on the trade in question, the credit or debit shall be brought into account under section 297 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 in relation to that trade; and, in any other case, it shall be brought into account as a non-trading credit or non-trading debit under Part 5 of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/8/schedule/15/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1996/schedule-15/paragraph-6
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