F1Part 12ASale and lease-back etc
F2Chapter 3Leased trading assets
Pt. 12A Ch. 3 inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 4 para. 4 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)
Relief: restriction and carrying forward
681CCTax deduction not to exceed commercial rent
1
The rules in subsection (3) apply to the calculation of the deduction by way of relevant income tax relief allowed in a relevant period—
a
for the non-excluded element of the payment within section 681CB(2), or
b
if there are two or more such payments, for the non-excluded elements of those payments.
2
For the purposes of this section—
a
“relevant period” means—
i
a period of account of the trade, or
ii
if no accounts of the trade are drawn up for a period, F3... a tax year, and
b
the non-excluded element of a payment is the element of the payment not excluded under section 681CD (long funding finance leases).
3
The rules are—
Rule 1 —meaning of amount E For any relevant period, amount E (which may be nil) is the expense or total expenses to be brought, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, into account in the period in respect of—
- a
the non-excluded element of the payment, or
- b
the non-excluded elements of the payments.
- a
Rule 2 — calculations For every relevant period—
- a
calculate the total of amount E for the period and amount E for every previous relevant period ending on or after the date of the creation of the lease mentioned in section 681CB(2)(a),
- b
calculate the total of the deductions by way of relevant income tax relief for every previous relevant period ending on or after that date, and
- c
subtract the total at (b) from the total at (a) to give the cumulative unrelieved expenses for the period.
- a
Rule 3 — meaning of post-spread period A relevant period is a post-spread period if for that relevant period, and every later relevant period, there are no payments within section 681CB(2).
Rule 4 — the deduction allowed in a relevant period If a relevant period is not a post-spread period, the deduction allowed for the period is equal to the cumulative unrelieved expenses for the period, but is the commercial rent for the period if that is less (see section 681CE).
Rule 5— relevant periods in which no deduction allowed If a relevant period is a post-spread period, no deduction is allowed for the period.
Pt. 12A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 4 para. 2 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)