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(II) as not forming part of the income of the company for the purposes of calculating a surcharge under section 440.

(9)(a) Any claim in respect of the credit under subsection (1) (whether the amount of the credit is to be treated as an overpayment of tax under subsection (6)(a) or paid to the company under subsection (6)(b)) shall, for the purposes of sections 851A and 851B, Chapter 4 of Part 38 and Part 47, be treated as a claim for a credit and the amount so claimed shall be treated as an amount of tax refundable.

(9)(a) Any claim in respect of the credit under subsection (1) (whether the amount of the credit is to be treated as an overpayment of tax under subsection (6)(a) or paid to the company under subsection (6)(b)) shall, for the purposes of sections 851A and 851B, Chapter 4 of Part 38 and Part 47, be treated as a claim for a credit and the amount so claimed shall be treated as an amount of tax refundable.

(12) Where a company specifies that the first instalment, under subsection (5)(a), is to be treated, under subsection (6)(a), as an overpayment of tax, and where that amount is, under section 960H, offset in whole or in part against the company’s corporation tax payable (within the meaning of Part 41A) for the accounting period, then, for the purposes of calculating the amount of preliminary tax due in respect of that accounting period and the subsequent accounting period under section 959AR or 959AS, as the case may be, the amount of corporation tax payable by the company for that accounting period shall be reduced by the amount so offset.

(12) Where a company specifies that the first instalment, under subsection (5)(a), is to be treated, under subsection (6)(a), as an overpayment of tax, and where that amount is, under section 960H, offset in whole or in part against the company’s corporation tax payable (within the meaning of Part 41A) for the accounting period, then, for the purposes of calculating the amount of preliminary tax due in respect of that accounting period and the subsequent accounting period under section 959AR or 959AS, as the case may be, the amount of corporation tax payable by the company for that accounting period shall be reduced by the amount so offset.

where the amount specified under subparagraph (ii) is in excess of that company’s liabilities (within the meaning of section 960H), and the difference between that amount so specified and those liabilities shall be referred to in this subsection as ‘the excess’.

(c) A surrendering company may, on making a claim in that behalf, specify that all or part of the excess is to be treated as an amount of an overpayment (within the meaning of section 960H) by another company which is a member of that group for that other company’s corresponding accounting period.

(a) treated as an overpayment of tax, for the purposes of section 960H, or

(d) Where in accordance with paragraph (c) an assessment is made the amount so charged shall, for the purposes of section 1080, be deemed to be tax due and payable and shall carry interest as determined in accordance with subsection (2)(c) of section 1080 as if a reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the date the amount was paid or offset, under section 960H, by the Revenue Commissioners.

(12) Where a company specifies that the first instalment, under subsection (5)(a), is to be treated, under subsection (6)(a), as an overpayment of tax, and where that amount is, under section 960H, offset in whole or in part against the company’s corporation tax payable (within the meaning of Part 41A) for the accounting period, then, for the purposes of calculating the amount of preliminary tax due in respect of that accounting period and the subsequent accounting period under section 959AR or 959AS, as the case may be, the amount of corporation tax payable by the company for that accounting period shall be reduced by the amount so offset.

(14) In this section, a reference to an amount payable, in so far as the reference is in respect of the credit, shall be construed as a reference to any amount to be offset under section 960H pursuant to subsection (6)(a) or to be paid under subsection (6)(b), as the case may be.

(b) In respect of a claim in respect of the credit that remains unpaid, for the purposes of determining an amount in accordance with subsections (3) or (4) of section 1077F, a reference to an amount of tax that would have been payable for the relevant period by the person concerned shall be read as if it were a reference to the amount so claimed.

(d) Where in accordance with paragraph (c) an assessment is made the amount so charged shall, for the purposes of section 1080, be deemed to be tax due and payable and shall carry interest as determined in accordance with subsection (2)(c) of section 1080 as if a reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the date the amount was paid or offset, under section 960H, by the Revenue Commissioners.

(d) Where in accordance with paragraph (c) an assessment is made the amount so charged shall, for the purposes of section 1080, be deemed to be tax due and payable and shall carry interest as determined in accordance with subsection (2)(c) of section 1080 as if a reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the date the amount was paid or offset, under section 960H, by the Revenue Commissioners.