Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill

This Bill contains taxation provisions under which the Northern Ireland Assembly will have the power to set the main rate of corporation tax in respect of certain trading profits, to be called the Northern Ireland rate. The rate, in general, will apply to all of the trading profits of a company if that company is a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) and the company's employee time and costs fall largely in Northern Ireland. It will also apply to a corporate partner's share of the profits of a partnership trade if that company and partnership are both SMEs and the partnership's employee time and costs fall largely in Northern Ireland. The rate will also apply to profits of large companies, and (in this case of a corporate partner not covered by the SME rules referred to above) to a corporate partner's share of the profits of a partnership that are attributable to a Northern Ireland trading presence, that presence being termed as a "Northern Ireland regional establishment" (NIRE). The trading profits attributable to the NIRE are computed using internationally recognised principles with some modifications and adaptations.