{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998/schedule-18/paragraph-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998/schedule-18/paragraph-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/36",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/55",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to any provision prescribing a longer or shorter period, a claim for relief under any provision of the Corporation Tax Acts must be made within 4 years from the end of the accounting period to which it relates.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 18 para. 55 substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 118(2), Sch. 39 para. 45; S.I. 2009/403, art. 2(2) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 54-60 excluded (27.7.1999 with effect in relation to accounting periods ending on or after 1.7.1999) by 1990 c. 1, s. 59C(7)(b) (as substituted (27.7.1999 with effect in relation to accounting periods ending on or after 1.7.1999) by 1999 c. 16, s. 93(1)(2), Sch. 11 para. 6)Sch. 18 paras. 54-60 excluded (28.7.2000) by 1990 c. 1, s. 76B(5)(b) (as inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 77(1))Sch. 18 paras. 54-60 applied (22.3.2001 with effect as mentioned in s. 579(1) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 2, s. 3(5)(6)Sch. 18 paras. 54-60 excluded (22.3.2001 with effect as mentioned s. 579(1) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 2, s. 201 (5)(b) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 4 paras. 54, 55)Sch. 18 paras. 54-60 excluded (22.3.2001 with effect as mentioned in s. 579(1) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 2, s. 227(5)(b) (with Sch. 3 Pt. 4 paras. 54, 55)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 18 paras. 54-60 excluded by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), s. 444ABBA(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/381, arts. 1(1), 14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/3",
      "affecting_title": "Finance Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/3",
      "affecting_title": "Finance Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/3",
      "affecting_title": "Finance Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/schedule/18/paragraph/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:30.566925+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."
}