Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

Relationship with ICTA U.K.

296 Corporation tax receipts treated as taxed receipts U.K.

(1) This section applies if in respect of a lease—

(a) there is a receipt of a Schedule A business or an overseas property business (within the meaning of section 70A(4) of ICTA) as a result of section 34 or 35 of ICTA (treatment of premiums etc. as rent and assignments for profit of lease granted at an undervalue) for an accounting period ending after 5th April 2005, or

(b) there would be such a receipt, but for the operation of section 37(2) or (3) of ICTA (reductions in certain receipts under section 34 or 35 of ICTA).

In this Chapter such a receipt is referred to as a “corporation tax receipt”.

(2) For the purposes of this Chapter—

(a) the lease is treated as a taxed lease, and

(b) the corporation tax receipt is treated as a taxed receipt.

(3) For the purposes of this Chapter, the “receipt period” of a taxed receipt which is a corporation tax receipt is—

(a) in the case of a corporation tax receipt as a result of section 34 of ICTA, the period treated in calculating the amount of the receipt as being the duration of the lease, and

(b) in the case of a corporation tax receipt as a result of section 35 of ICTA, the period treated in calculating the amount of the receipt as being the duration of the lease remaining at the date of the assignment.

(4) For the purposes of this Chapter the “unreduced amount” of a taxed receipt which is a corporation tax receipt is the amount of the corporation tax receipt as a result of section 34 or 35 of ICTA, before the operation of section 37(2) or (3) of ICTA.

(5) Subsection (6) applies to a taxed receipt which is a corporation tax receipt arising as a result of section 34(2) of ICTA (obligation on tenant to carry out work under lease).

(6) If the obligation to carry out work includes the carrying out of work which gives, or will give, rise to qualifying expenditure under CAA 2001, the unreduced amount of the taxed receipt is calculated as if the obligation had not included the carrying out of that work.

297 Taking account of reductions in corporation tax receipts U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) in calculating the amount of a corporation tax receipt, there is a reduction under section 37(2) or (3) of ICTA by reference to the amount chargeable on the superior interest for the purposes of that section, and

(b) the amount chargeable on the superior interest is the taxed receipt for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2) For the purposes of this Chapter references to a reduction under section 37(2) or (3) of ICTA in a corporation tax receipt by reference to the amount chargeable on the superior interest are to the difference between—

(a) the amount of the corporation tax receipt before the operation of section 37(2) or (3) of ICTA, and

(b) the amount of the receipt after the operation of that subsection,

so far as attributable to the amount chargeable on the superior interest for the purposes of section 37 of ICTA.

(3) In sections 290(5)(a) (meaning of “unused amount”) and 295(1)(a) (limit on reductions and deductions) references to reductions under section 288 by reference to the taxed receipt include references to reductions under section 37(2) or (3) of ICTA in corporation tax receipts by reference to the amount chargeable on the superior interest.

(4) Sections 292 to 294 apply as follows—

(a) the corporation tax receipt is treated as if it were a lease premium receipt for the purposes of sections 293 and 294,

(b) references in those sections to the reduction under section 288 by reference to the taxed receipt are, in relation to the corporation tax receipt, to the reduction under section 37(2) or (3) of ICTA by reference to the amount chargeable on the superior interest, and

(c) for the purposes of those sections the receipt period of the corporation tax receipt is—

(i) in the case of a corporation tax receipt as a result of section 34 of ICTA, the period treated in calculating the amount of the receipt as being the duration of the lease, and

(ii) in the case of a corporation tax receipt as a result of section 35 of ICTA, the period treated in calculating the amount of the receipt as being the duration of the lease remaining at the date of the assignment.

298 Taking account of deductions for rent as a result of section 37(4) or 87(2) of ICTA U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) in calculating the profits of a trade, profession or vocation for an accounting period ending after 5th April 2005, a company is treated as paying rent under section 87(2) of ICTA by reference to the amount chargeable for the purposes of that section, and

(b) the amount chargeable is the taxed receipt for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2) References in sections 290(5)(b) and 295(2)(b) to the deductions allowed for expenses under section 61 by reference to the taxed receipt include references to the deductions allowed in calculating the profits of the trade, profession or vocation for the rent that the company is treated as paying under section 87(2) of ICTA by reference to the amount chargeable.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if—

(a) in calculating the profits of a Schedule A business or an overseas property business (within the meaning of section 70A(4) of ICTA) for an accounting period ending after 5th April 2005, a company is treated as paying rent as a result of section 37(4) of ICTA by reference to the amount chargeable on the superior interest for the purposes of that section, and

(b) the amount chargeable on the superior interest is the taxed receipt for the purposes of this Chapter.

(4) References in sections 290(5)(c) and 295(1)(b) to the deductions allowed for expenses under section 292 by reference to the taxed receipt include references to the deductions allowed in calculating the profits of the Schedule A business or overseas property business (within the meaning of section 70A(4) of ICTA) for the rent that the company is treated as paying as a result of section 37(4) of ICTA by reference to the amount chargeable on the superior interest.