137 The trading requirement

Qualifying trading companies: the requirements

137  The trading requirement

(1)     The trading requirement is that—

(a)     the company, ignoring any incidental purposes, exists wholly for the purpose of carrying on one or more qualifying trades, or

(b)     the company is a parent company and the business of the group does not consist wholly or as to a substantial part in the carrying on of non- qualifying activities.

(2)     If the company intends that one or more other companies should become its qualifying subsidiaries with a view to their carrying on one or more qualifying trades—

(a)     the company is treated as a parent company for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), and

(b)     the reference in subsection (1)(b) to the group includes the company and any existing or future company that will be its qualifying subsidiary after the intention in question is carried into effect.

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