(1)Where any company that is an investment trust has eligible rental income for any accounting period—
(a)the rate of corporation tax chargeable for any financial year on the trust’s housing investment profits for that period shall be deemed to be the small companies’ rate for that year; and
(b)its housing investment profits for that period shall be treated for the purposes of section 13 as excluded from its basic profits for that period.
(2)For the purposes of this section—
(a)a company’s eligible rental income for any period is so much of its income for that period as consists in rents or other receipts deriving from lettings by the company of eligible properties; and
(b)its housing investment profits for any period are so much of its profits for that period as represents the amount chargeable to tax under Schedule A in respect of its eligible rental income for that period.
(3)In computing the amount mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above for any period, deductions shall be made which (except in so far as they exceed the amount from which they are deducted) are, in aggregate, not less than the sum of the following amounts—
(a)every amount which is both—
(i)deductible (otherwise than as a debit brought into account under Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996) in the computation of any income of the company, or of its total profits, for that period, and
(ii)referable to, or to activities connected with, the letting by the company on assured tenancies of dwelling-houses that are eligible properties when so let,
and
(b)any amount that is so referable that would represent a non-trading deficit on the company’s loan relationships for that period.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (3) above any question—
(a)whether for any period there is an amount referable to any matter that would represent a non-trading deficit on a company’s loan relationships, or
(b)as to what that amount is for that period,
shall be determined by computing whether and to what extent there would for that period have been a non-trading deficit on the company’s loan relationships if debits and credits fell to be brought into account under Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1996 to the extent only that they are referable to that matter.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 508A, 508B inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 30 para. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 30 para. 1