Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

272 Profits of a property business: application of trading income rules U.K.

(1) The profits of a property business are calculated in the same way as the profits of a trade.

(2) But the provisions of Part 2 (trading income) which apply as a result of subsection (1) are limited to the following—

In Chapter 3 (basic rules)—
section 25	generally accepted accounting practice
section 26	losses calculated on same basis as profits
section 27	receipts and expenses
section 28	items treated under CAA 2001 as receipts and expenses
[F1 section 28A	money's worth]
section 29	interest
In Chapter 4 (rules restricting deductions)—
section 33	capital expenditure
section 34	expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses
section 35	bad and doubtful debts
sections 36 and 37	unpaid remuneration
sections 38 to 44	employee benefit contributions
sections 45 to 47	business entertainment and gifts
sections 48 to [F2 50B]	car F3 ... hire
F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
section 52	exclusion of double relief for interest
section 53	social security contributions
section 54	penalties, interest and VAT surcharges
section 55	crime-related payments
[F5 section 55A	expenditure on integral features]
In Chapter 5 (rules allowing deductions)—
section 57	pre-trading expenses
sections 58 and 59	incidental costs of obtaining finance
F6 . . .	F6 . . .
section 69	payments for restrictive undertakings
sections 70 and 71	seconded employees
section 72	payroll deduction schemes: contributions to agents' expenses
sections 73 to 75	counselling and retraining expenses
sections 76 to 80	redundancy payments etc.
section 81	personal security expenses
sections 82 to 86	contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies
[F7 sections 86A and 86B	contributions to flood and coastal erosion risk management projects]
sections 87 and 88	scientific research
sections 89 and 90	expenses connected with patents, designs and trade marks
section 91	payments to Export Credits Guarantee Department
[F8 section 94A	costs of setting up SAYE option scheme or CSOP scheme]
[F9 section 94AA	deductions in relation to salaried members of limited liability partnerships]
In Chapter 6 (receipts)—
section 96	capital receipts
section 97	debts incurred and later released
section 104	distribution of assets of mutual concerns
section 105	industrial development grants
section 106	sums recovered under insurance policies etc.
In Chapter 7 (gifts to charities etc.)—
section 109	receipt by donor or connected person of benefit attributable to certain gifts
[F10 In Chapter 10A (long funding leases)—
Sections 148A to 148J	Leases of plant or machinery: special rules for long funding leases]
In Chapter 11 (other specific trades)—
section 155	levies and repayments under FISMA 2000
In Chapter 13 (deductions from profits)—
sections 188 to 191	unremittable amounts

(3) In those provisions the expression “this Part” is to be read as a reference to those provisions as applied by subsection (2) and to the other provisions of Part 3.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 272(2) Table inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 71(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 71(3)

F2 Word in s. 272(2) Table substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 paras. 65-67 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 11 para. 41(a)

F3 Words in s. 272(2) Table omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 paras. 65-67 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 11 para. 41(b)

F4 S. 272(2) Table: entry repealed (6.4.2007 with effect as stated in s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss, 1027, 1031, 1034, Sch. 1 para. 507, {Sch. 3 Pt. 1} (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2)

F5 Words in s. 272(2) Table inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 73(5)

F6 Words in s. 272(2) Table omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 72(4) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 72(2)(b)

F7 Words in s. 272(2) Table inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), Sch. 5 para. 2

F8 Words in s. 272(2) Table inserted (1.4.2010) (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. 7 para. 29 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F9 Words in s. 272(2) Table inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 17 paras. 3(3), 6

F10 S. 272(2) Table: entry relating to Ch. 10A (long funding leases) inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 8 para. 15 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 81, Sch. 8 para. 14(2)