Finance Act 1974

38 Certain development gains from land to be taxed as income

(1) This section applies to any disposal of any interest in land situated in the United Kingdom which is made after 17th December 1973.

(2) Where a gain accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest in land to which this section applies, so much (if any) of the gain as by virtue of this Chapter is a development gain shall be treated for all the purposes of the Tax Acts as income arising at the time of the disposal and as constituting profits or gains chargeable to tax under Case VI of Schedule D for the chargeable period in which the disposal is made, and (except for the purpose of computing the development gain, if any, accruing in respect of the disposal) shall not be a chargeable gain.

(3) Where a chargeable gain accrues to a person on a disposal of an interest in land to which this section applies, then, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the development gain accruing to him in respect of that disposal shall be equal to whichever is the least of the following amounts (computed in accordance with any relevant provisions of this Chapter), that is to say—

(a) the net proceeds of the disposal reduced by an amount equal to 120 per cent, of the total sum that is by virtue of paragraph 4(1)(a) and (b) of Schedule 6 to the [1965 c. 25.] Finance Act 1965 allowable as a deduction from the consideration for the disposal in computing the chargeable gain;

(b) the net proceeds of the disposal reduced by an amount equal to 110 per cent, of the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal; and

(c) the amount of the chargeable gain reduced by the amount (if any) by which the current use value of the interest at the time of the disposal exceeds the current use value of the interest at the time of its acquisition by the person making the disposal or, if the interest was acquired by him before 6th April 1965, its current use value at that date.

(4) Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect for interpreting and supplementing this section, which is there referred to as the principal section.

(5) This section shall have effect subject to the transitional provisions in Schedule 4 to this Act.