Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. 4 Ch. 6 heading repealed (with application in accordance with Sch. 27 Pt. 3(6) Note of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(6)
(1)M1The following provisions have effect for the purposes of [F2sections 103 to 106].
[F3(1A)In the case of a trade carried on by a person other than a company or a profession or vocation within the charge to income tax carried on by any person, any reference to the permanent discontinuance of a trade, profession or vocation includes a reference to—
(a)a person permanently ceasing to carry on a trade, profession or vocation, or
(b)in relation to a trade or profession carried on by a person in partnership with other persons, the occurrence of an event treated under section 246(4) of ITTOIA 2005 (basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt”) as a person permanently ceasing to carry on a trade or profession.
(1B)In the case of a trade carried on by a company, any reference to the permanent discontinuance of a trade includes a reference to the occurrence of an event treated under section 337(1) below as a discontinuance or treated under section 18 of ITTOIA 2005 (companies beginning or ceasing to carry on trade) as the company permanently ceasing to carry on the trade.
(1C)In the case of a UK property business carried on by a person other than a company, any reference to the permanent discontinuance of a UK property business includes a reference to—
(a)a person permanently ceasing to carry on a UK property business, or
(b)in relation to a UK property business carried on by a person in partnership with other persons, the occurrence of an event treated under section 353(3) of ITTOIA 2005 (basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt”) as a person permanently ceasing to carry on a UK property business.
(1D)In the case of a UK property business carried on by a company, any reference to the permanent discontinuance of a UK property business includes a reference to the occurrence of an event treated under section 362 of ITTOIA 2005 (companies beginning or ceasing to be within the charge to income tax) as the company permanently ceasing to carry on the business.]
(3)M2The [F4profits] of a trade, profession or vocation in any period shall be treated as computed by reference to earnings where all credits and liabilities accruing during that period as a consequence of its being carried on are brought into account in computing those [F4profits] for tax purposes, and not otherwise, and “earnings basis” shall be construed accordingly.
(4)“Conventional basis” has the meaning given by section 103(2), so that [F4profits] are computed on a conventional basis if computed otherwise than by reference to earnings.
(5)There is a change from a conventional basis to the earnings basis at the end of a period the [F4profits] of which were computed on a conventional basis if the [F4profits] of the next succeeding period are computed by reference to earnings; and, if the [F4profits] of two successive periods are computed on different conventional bases, a change of conventional basis occurs at the end of the earlier period.
(6)In sections 103 and 104—
(a)“trading stock” has the meaning given by section 100(2);
(b)references to work in progress at the discontinuance of a profession or vocation, and to the transfer of work in progress, are to be construed in accordance with section 101(3); and
(c)the reference to work in progress at the time of a change of basis is also to be construed in accordance with section 101(3), substituting therein for this purpose references to the change of basis for references to the discontinuance.
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 110(1) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 12 (with Sch. 2)
F3S. 110(1A)-(1D) subsituted for s. 110(2) (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 90 (with Sch. 2)
F4Words in s. 110(3)(4)(5) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a)(b), Sch. 7 para. 1
Marginal Citations
M1Source—1970 s.151(1)
M2Source—1970 s.151(2)-(5)