26 Deductions from rent: land managed as one estate.U.K.
[F1(1)M1Where this section applies to an estate for a chargeable period, the owner shall be treated—
(a)in relation to a part of the estate which for any portion of that period is not comprised in a lease under which he is the landlord, as if he were entitled under a lease of that part F2. . . to rent for that portion, becoming due from day to day, at a rate per annum equal to the relevant annual value, and
(b)in relation to a part of the estate which for any portion of that period is comprised in a lease under which he is the landlord, [F3as if the rent, so far as it relates to that part and would otherwise be treated as being at a lower rate, were at a rate per annum equal to the relevant annual value.]
(2)In any case where subsection (1) above applies—
(a)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)paragraph (a) of that subsection shall not apply to premises occupied by the owner wholly and exclusively for purposes connected with the management of the estate or for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation.
[F4(2A)Where subsection (1) above applies, the following rules apply in computing the profits on which the owner is charged under Schedule A—
(a)disbursements and expenses relating to any of that part of the estate which comprises land the rent in respect of which is determined under that subsection (“the relevant part of the estate") shall not be deductible from any receipts which are not so determined except to the extent that—
(i)the amount of the disbursements and expenses exceeds the amount of the rent so determined, and
(ii)the receipts against which the remainder is set are receipts in respect of land comprised in the estate;
(b)any excess for a chargeable period of the disbursements and expenses relating to the relevant part of the estate (including any excess carried forward under this paragraph) over the receipts for that period from which they are deductible in accordance with paragraph (a) above—
(i)shall be disregarded in computing any loss in respect of which relief may be given under section 379A or 392A, but
(ii)may be carried forward to the following chargeable period and treated in relation to the later period as if it were a disbursement or expense relating to the relevant part of the estate;
(c)disbursements and expenses relating to any land not comprised in the relevant part of the estate shall be deductible from the deemed receipts in respect of the land which is so comprised to the extent only that the deemed receipts exceed the aggregate of—
(i)the actual disbursements and expenses for that period relating to the relevant part of the estate, and
(ii)any amounts carried forward to that period under paragraph (b) above;
and
(d)any excess of the disbursements and expenses for that period relating to land not comprised in the relevant part of the estate over the amounts from which they are deductible shall be treated for the purposes of section 379A or 392A as a loss for that period in the Schedule A business in question.]
(3)M2This section shall apply to an estate if, at the end of the year 1962-63, the land comprised in the estate was managed as one estate and the owner for the time being of the estate by notice to the inspector so elects; but such an election—
(a)must be made within 12 months after the end of the first chargeable period for which the person making it became entitled to make it or such further time as the Board may allow;
(b)except in the case of the first election that can be made under this subsection or the first election made under section 73(2) of the 1970 Act, shall not have effect unless an election under this section has had effect as respects the immediately preceding ownership;
(c)shall apply in relation to the estate throughout the ownership of the person making it.
(4)M3Where in any chargeable period the estate comprises premises not included in it at the end of the year 1962-63, subsection (1) above (but not subsection (2)) shall apply in relation to the chargeable period as if the premises were not included in the estate in that period.
(5)M4Subsection (4) above shall not have effect in relation to any premises if—
(a)at the end of the year 1962-63 the owner of the remainder of the estate as then subsisting was entitled under trusts arising under a settlement or on an intestacy, or in Scotland, under a disposition by way of liferent and fee, to an interest such that, on the occurrence of some future event or events, he might become the owner of the premises in question, and
(b)before the end of that year, the premises and the remainder of the estate, as then subsisting, were together managed as one estate.
(6)M5In this section—
“estate” means land in one ownership managed as one estate (but without prejudice to section 27); and
“relevant annual value”, in relation to any part of an estate, means the annual value of that part ascertained in accordance with section 837.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 26 repealed (with effect as mentioned in s. 39 of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 165, Sch. 27 Pt. 3(5), Note
F2Words in s. 26(1)(a), and the whole of s. 26(2)(a), repealed (with effect as mentioned in s. 38(2)(3) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), ss. 38(1), 165, Sch. 5 para. 7(2)(a)(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(4), Note (with Sch. 5 para. 73)
F3Words in S. 26(1) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 38(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 38(1), Sch. 5 para. 7(2)(b) (with Sch. 5 para. 73)
F4S. 26(2A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 38(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 38(1), Sch. 5 para. 7(4) (with Sch. 5 para. 73)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 26 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 39(4)(5) of the modifying Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 39(3), Sch. 6 para. 5
Marginal Citations
M1SOURCE-1970 s. 73(1)
M2SOURCE-1970 s. 73(2)
M3SOURCE-1970 s. 73(3)
M4SOURCE-1970 s. 73(3)
M5SOURCE-1970 s. 73(4)