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This guidance note is intended to cover the main strategies that a group of companies should consider in advance of the year end. The strategies outlined are aimed at reducing the group’s overall liability to corporation tax and other costs by:

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   ensuring that losses within a group are relieved as quickly as possible

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   reducing the compliance burden on the group overall, resulting in both time and cost savings

This note should be read in conjunction with the following notes:

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   Introduction to year-end tax planning for companies

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   Chargeable gains planning

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   Year end tax planning ― international issues

See also Checklist - corporation tax review - year-end tax planning for more information.

For the definition of a group company, see the definition of group for group relief purposes in the Group relief guidance note.