Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

CHAPTER V U.K. COMPUTATIONAL PROVISIONS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 See—1979(C) s.122—election to take capital gain or loss into account when asset appropriated to stock in trade.1989 ss.67-74—employee share ownership trusts.Banking Act 1987 (c.22) s.66—contributions to the Deposit Protection Fund.

Deductions U.K.

74 General rules as to deductions not allowable. U.K.

F1 (1) M1 Subject to the provisions of the Tax Acts, in computing the amount of the profits or gains to be charged under Case I or Case II of Schedule D, no sum shall be deducted in respect of—

(a) any disbursements or expenses, not being money wholly and exclusively laid out or expended for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation;

(b) any disbursements or expenses of maintenance of the parties, their families or establishments, or any sums expended for any other domestic or private purposes distinct from the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation;

(c) the rent of the whole or any part of any dwelling-house or domestic offices, except any such part as is used for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation, and where any such part is so used, the sum so deducted shall not, unless in any particular case it appears that having regard to all the circumstances some greater sum ought to be deducted, exceed two-thirds of the rent bona fide paid for that dwelling-house or those offices;

(d) any sum expended for repairs of premises occupied, or for the supply, repairs or alterations of any implements, utensils or articles employed, for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation, beyond the sum actually expended for those purposes;

(e) any loss not connected with or arising out of the trade, profession or vocation;

(f) any capital withdrawn from, or any sum employed or intended to be employed as capital in, the trade, profession or vocation, but so that this paragraph shall not be treated as disallowing the deduction of any interest;

(g) any capital employed in improvements of premises occupied for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation;

(h) any interest which might have been made if any such sums as aforesaid had been laid out at interest;

[F2 (j) any debts except—

(i) a bad debt proved to be such;

(ii) a debt or part of a debt released by the creditor wholly and exclusively for the purposes of his trade, profession or vocation as part of a relevant arrangement or compromise; and

(iii) a doubtful debt to the extent estimated to be bad, meaning, in the case of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the debtor, the debt except to the extent that any amount may reasonably be expected to be received on the debt;]

(k) any average loss beyond the actual amount of loss after adjustment;

(l) any sum recoverable under an insurance or contract of indemnity;

(m) any annuity or other annual payment (other than interest) payable out of the profits or gains;

(n) any interest paid to a person not resident in the United Kingdom if and so far as it is interest at more than a reasonable commercial rate;

[F3 (o) any interest in so far as the payment of that interest is or would be, otherwise than by virtue of section 375(2), either—

(i) a payment of interest to which section 369 applies, or

(ii) a payment of interest to which that section would apply but for section 373(5);]

(p) M2 any royalty or other sum paid in respect of the user of a patent;

(q) any rent, royalty or other payment which is by section 119 or 120 declared to be subject to deduction of tax under section 348 or 349 as if it were a royalty or other sum paid in respect of the user of a patent.

[F4 (2) In paragraph (j) of subsection (1) above “relevant arrangement or compromise” means—

(a) a voluntary arrangement which has taken effect under or by virtue of the Insolvency Act 1986 or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; or

(b) a compromise or arrangement which has taken effect under section 425 of the Companies Act 1985 or Article 418 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 74 renumbered as s. 74(1) (3.5.1994) by virtue of Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 144(2)

F2 S. 74(1)(j) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 144(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 144(1)

F3 S. 74(1)(o) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 81(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 9 para. 1

F4 S. 74(2) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9) {s. 144(2)}

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 74 excluded (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 159(4) (with Sch. 18 paras. 1(3), 2(3)(4), 3(3))

C3 See 1989 ss.112-113—expenditure on security on or after 6April 1989.

C4 Other deductions, where allowed:—1988(F) s.73(2)—sums in connection with restrictive undertakings paid on or after 6June 1988.1990 s.126(1), (2), (3)—deduction for capital expenditure on improving safety etc. at football grounds as a result of reduction in pool betting duty under 1990 s.4.1990(C) s.136—expenditure on scientific research.S.I. 1987 No.530 (in Part III Vol.5) regn.8(2)—just and reasonable expenses incurred in relation to payments attributable to non resident entertainers or sportsmen.

Marginal Citations

M1 SOURCE-1970 s. 130(a)–(m); 1987 Sch. 15para. 2(9)

M2 SOURCE-1970 s. 130(n), (o)

75 Expenses of management: investment companies. U.K.

(1) M3 In computing for the purposes of corporation tax the total profits for any accounting period of an investment company resident in the United Kingdom there shall be deducted any sums disbursed as expenses of management (including commissions) for that period, except any such expenses as are deductible in computing profits apart from this section.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above there shall be deducted from the amount treated as expenses of management the amount of any income derived from sources not charged to tax, other than franked investment income, [F5 foreign income dividends,] group income and any regional development grant. In this subsection “regional development grant” means a payment by way of grant under Part II of the M4 Industrial Development Act 1982.

(3) M5 Where in any accounting period of an investment company the expenses of management deductible under subsection (1) above, together with any charges on income paid in the accounting period wholly and exclusively for purposes of the company’s business, exceed the amount of the profits from which they are deductible—

(a) the excess shall be carried forward to the succeeding accounting period; and

(b) the amount so carried forward to the succeeding accounting period shall be treated for the purposes of this section, including any further application of this subsection, as if it had been disbursed as expenses of management for that accounting period.

(4) For the purposes of this section there shall be added to a company’s expenses of management in any accounting period the amount of any allowances falling to be made to the company for that period by virtue of [F6 section 28 of the 1990 Act (capital allowances for investment and insurance companies)] in so far as effect cannot be given to them under subsection (2) of that section.

(5) M6 Where an appeal against an assessment to corporation tax or against a decision on a claim under section 242 relates exclusively to the relief to be given under subsection (1) above, the appeal shall lie to the Special Commissioners, and if and so far as the question in dispute on any such appeal which does not lie to the Special Commissioners relates to that relief, that question shall, instead of being determined on the appeal, be referred to and determined by the Special Commissioners, and the Management Act shall apply as if that reference were an appeal.

[F7 (6) In this section “foreign income dividends” shall be construed in accordance with Chapter VA of Part VI.]

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in s. 75(2) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 16 para. 12(2)

F6 1990(C) s.164and Sch.1 para.8(4).Previously

“section 306 of the 1970 Act (capital allowances for machinery and plant)”.

F7 S. 75(6) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 16 para. 12(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 See the following sections of this Act:—s.77—incidental costs of obtaining loan finance.s.78—incidental costs in securing acceptance of bills of exchange by banks.s.79—contributions to approved local enterprise agencies on or after 1April 1982and before 1April 1992.s.85—profit sharing schemes.s.86—expenditure incurred in relation to employees seconded to charities; and, from 26November 1986to 31March 1997,educational establishments.s.88—sums paid to Export Credits Guarantee Dept. under investment insurance schemes.s.90—additional payments to redundant employees.s.242(2)—set-off of losses, etc., against franked investment income.s.403—group relief.s.468—application to authorised unit trusts.s.573—losses on unquoted shares in trading companies allowed before charges against income of investment companies.s.577—exclusion of certain entertaining expenses.s.579—inclusion of statutory redundancy payments.s.586—disallowance of deductions for war risk premiums.s.587—disallowance of certain payments in respect of war injuries to employees.s.588—relief for costs of training incurred on or after 6April 1987.s.592—inclusion of employer's contribution under exempt approved retirement benefits schemes.s.779—limitation on reliefs: land sold and leased back.s.780—land sold and leased back: relief in respect of rent under new lease.s.834—definitions of “profits” and “trade” in s.6(4)to apply for purposes of s.75.

C6 See—1988(F) s.73(3)—sums in connection with restrictive undertakings paid on or after 6June 1988.1989 s.44for periods of account ending after 5April 1989involving emoluments.1989 s.67—employee share ownership trusts.1989 s.76—non-approved retirement benefit schemes.1989 ss.86-87—changes in respect of insurance companies.

Marginal Citations

M3 SOURCE-1970 s. 304(1); 1984 s. 54(2)(b); 1987 s. 41

M4 1982 c. 52.

M5 SOURCE-1970 s. 304(2), (3)

M6 SOURCE-1970 s. 304(4)

Valid from 22/07/2004

[F8 75A Accounting period to which expenses of management are referable U.K.

(1) This section has effect for the purpose of determining the accounting period to which expenses of management are referable for the purposes of section 75(1).

(2) Where—

(a) expenses of management are debited in accounts drawn up by a company for a period of account,

(b) the treatment of those expenses in those accounts is in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, and

(c) the period of account coincides with an accounting period,

the expenses of management are referable to that accounting period.

(3) Where—

(a) expenses of management are debited in accounts drawn up by a company for a period of account, and

(b) the treatment of those expenses in those accounts is in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, but

(c) the period of account does not coincide with an accounting period,

subsection (4) below applies.

(4) Where this subsection applies, the expenses of management—

(a) shall be apportioned between any accounting periods that fall within the period of account, and

(b) are referable to an accounting period to the extent that they are so apportioned to it.

(5) An apportionment under subsection (4) above shall be in accordance with section 834(4) (time basis) unless it appears that that method would work unreasonably or unjustly, in which case such other method shall be used as appears just and reasonable.

(6) Where—

(a) expenses of management are not referable to an accounting period by virtue of subsections (2) to (5) above, but

(b) accounts are drawn up by the company for a period of account, and

(c) if the expenses of management had been treated in those accounts in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, they would fall to be debited in those accounts,

the expenses of management are referable to the accounting period to which they would have been referable in accordance with subsections (2) to (5) above if they had been so debited in those accounts.

(7) Where expenses of management are not referable to an accounting period by virtue of subsections (2) to (6) above, they are referable to the accounting period to which they would be referable in accordance with subsections (2) to (5) above on the assumptions in subsection (8) below.

(8) Those assumptions are—

(a) that for each accounting period that does not coincide with, or fall within, any period of account, there is a period of account that coincides with that accounting period, and

(b) that so much of the expenses of management as would fall to be debited in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in accounts drawn up by the company for any such deemed period of account are so debited.

(9) This section is without prejudice to any other provision of the Corporation Tax Acts which provides for amounts to be treated for the purposes of section 75 as expenses of management referable to an accounting period.

(10) Any reference in this section to expenses of management being debited in accounts is a reference to those expenses being brought into account, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, as a debit—

(a) in the company’s profit and loss account, or

(b) in a statement of total recognised gains and losses or other statement of items brought into account in computing the company’s profits and losses for accounting purposes.

For this purpose “debit” means an amount which for accounting purposes reduces a profit, or increases a loss, for a period of account.]

Textual Amendments

F8 S. 75A inserted (with effect in accordance with ss. 42, 43 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 39

Valid from 22/07/2004

[F9 75B Amounts reversing expenses of management deducted: charge to tax U.K.

(1) This section applies in any case where the following conditions are satisfied—

(a) a credit is brought into account by a company in a period of account (the “reversal period”) which ends on or after the commencement date,

(b) the credit reverses (in whole or in part) a debit brought into account in a previous period of account of the company (whenever ending),

(c) the debit (in whole or in part) represents expenses of management deductible under section 75(1) for an accounting period of the company (“the period of deductibility”),

(d) the expenses of management were so deductible for that period otherwise than by virtue of section 75(9) (carry forward of unrelieved excess),

(e) the period of deductibility ends before, or at the same time as, the reversal period,

(f) the reversal period does not coincide with an accounting period beginning before the commencement date.

(2) In any such case, subsection (4) or (5) below (as the case may be) shall apply in relation to the reversal amount.

(3) In this section “the reversal amount” means so much of the credit as—

(a) reverses so much of the debit as represents the expenses of management, and

(b) does not represent sums otherwise taken into account in determining for the purposes of corporation tax the profits and losses of the company for the relevant accounting period or any earlier accounting period.

For this purpose the relevant accounting period is the latest accounting period of the company that falls wholly or partly within the reversal period.

(4) If the reversal period coincides with an accounting period of the company beginning on or after the commencement date, the reversal amount shall be dealt with for that period in accordance with subsection (7) below.

(5) If the reversal period does not coincide with an accounting period of the company—

(a) the reversal amount shall be apportioned between any accounting periods that fall within the reversal period, and

(b) any amount so apportioned to an accounting period beginning on or after the commencement date shall be dealt with for that period in accordance with subsection (7) below.

(6) An apportionment under subsection (5) above shall be in accordance with section 834(4) (time basis) unless it appears that that method would work unreasonably or unjustly, in which case such other method shall be used as appears just and reasonable.

(7) Where an amount falls to be dealt with in accordance with this subsection for an accounting period—

(a) it shall, so far as possible, be applied in reducing or further reducing (but not below nil) the company’s expenses of management deductible for that period otherwise than by virtue of section 75(9) (carry forward of unrelieved excess), and

(b) so much of the amount as cannot be so applied shall be regarded as income of the company chargeable under Case VI of Schedule D for that accounting period.

(8) In subsection (1) above “brought into account”, in relation to a period of account of a company, means brought into account in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in determining, for accounting purposes, profit and loss for that period of account.

(9) If (apart from this subsection) an accounting period does not coincide with, or fall within, any period of account, it shall be assumed for the purposes of this section that there is a period of account of the company that coincides with that accounting period.

(10) It shall be assumed for the purposes of this section that, in determining for accounting purposes profit and loss for any period of account of any company, amounts fall to be brought into account in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice.

(11) For the purposes of this section a credit reverses a debit in whole or in part in any case where the sum represented in whole or in part by the debit is paid and then in whole or in part repaid (as well as in a case where the sum represented by the debit is never paid).

(12) In this section—

• “the commencement date” means 1st April 2004;

• “credit” means an amount which for accounting purposes increases or creates a profit, or reduces a loss, for a period of account;

• “debit” means an amount which for accounting purposes reduces a profit, or increases or creates a loss, for a period of account.]

Textual Amendments

F9 S. 75B inserted (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 45(1) (with s. 45(2)(3))

76 Expenses of management: insurance companies. U.K.

(1) M7 Subject to the provisions of this section and of section 432, section 75 shall apply for computing the profits of a company carrying on life assurance business, whether mutual or proprietary, (and not charged to corporation tax in respect of it under Case I of Schedule D), whether or not the company is resident in the United Kingdom, as that section applies in relation to an investment company except that—

(a) there shall be deducted from the amount treated as the expenses of management for any accounting period the amount of any fines, fees or profits arising from reversions, and

(b) no deduction shall be made under section 75(2) [F10 ; and

(c) there shall be deducted from the amount treated as the expenses of management for any accounting period any repayment or refund (in whole or in part) of a sum disbursed by the company (for that or any earlier period) as acquisition expenses; and

[F11 (ca) there shall also be deducted from the amount treated as the expenses of management for any accounting period any reinsurance commission earned in the period which is referable to [F12 basic life assurance and general annuity business]; and]

(d) the amount treated as expenses of management shall not include any amount in respect of expenses referable to F13 . . . [F14 , pension business or overseas life assurance business]; and

(e) the amount of profits from which expenses of management may be deducted for any accounting period shall not exceed the net income and gains of that accounting period referable to [F12 basic life assurance and general annuity business];

and for this purpose “net income and gains” means income and gains after deducting any reliefs or exemptions which fall to be applied before taking account of this section.]

(2) M8 Relief in respect of management expenses shall not be given to any such company, whether under section 242 or subsection (1) above, so far as it would, if given in addition to all other reliefs to which the company is entitled, reduce the corporation tax borne by the company on the income and gains of its life assurance business for any accounting period to less than would have been paid if the company had been charged to tax in respect of that business under Case I of Schedule D.

In this subsection the references to reliefs do not include references to any set-off under section 239.

(3) M9 For the purposes of subsection (2) above—

(a) any tax credit to which the company is entitled in respect of a distribution received by it shall be treated as an equivalent amount of corporation tax borne or paid in respect of that distribution; and

(b) any payment in respect of that credit under section 242 shall be treated as reducing the tax so treated as borne or paid.

(4) In applying subsection (2) above to an accounting period in which a company—

(a) carries on any business in addition to life assurance business, or

(b) carries on both ordinary life assurance business and industrial life assurance business,

the tax that would have been paid if the company had been charged under Case I of Schedule D in respect of its life assurance business, or its life assurance business of either of those classes, shall be calculated as if any advance corporation tax set against the company’s liability to corporation tax for that accounting period were apportioned to the corporation tax attributable to each business in proportion to the profits of that business charged to corporation tax for that accounting period.

(5) M10 Where relief has been withheld in respect of any accounting period by virtue of subsection (2) above, the excess to be carried forward by virtue of section 75(3) shall be increased accordingly.

(6) M11 The relief under this section available to an overseas life insurance company (within the meaning of section 431) in respect of its expenses of management shall be limited to expenses attributable to the life assurance business carried on by the company at or through its branch or agency in the United Kingdom.

(7) M12 For the purposes of this section any sums paid by a company under [F15 (a)]a long term business levy imposed by virtue of the M13 Policyholders Protection Act 1975 [F16 or

(b) a levy imposed in pursuance of a scheme established by rules under section 54 of the 1986 Act (compensation fund for unsatisfied claims),]

shall be treated as part of its expenses of management.

[F17 (7A) The Treasury may by regulations make provision for any sums paid by a company under a prescribed levy imposed under a prescribed investor protection scheme established under the rules of a prescribed recognised self-regulating organisation to be treated for the purposes of this section as part of the company’s expenses of management; and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, regulations under this subsection may, in particular—

(a) provide for only a prescribed part of any sums so paid to be so treated;

(b) provide for sums paid before, as well as after, the coming into force of the regulations to be so treated; and

(c) make different provision for different cases or in relation to different levies, schemes or organisations.]

[F18 (8) In this section—

• “the 1986 Act” means the Financial Services Act 1986;

• “acquisition expenses” means expenses falling within paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (1) of section 86 of the Finance Act 1989;

• “authorised person” has the same meaning as it has in the 1986 Act by virtue of section 207(1) of that Act;

• “investment business” has the same meaning as it has in the 1986 Act by virtue of section 1(2) of that Act;

• “investor” includes a person who is an investor for the purposes of the 1986 Act;

• “investor protection scheme” means a scheme established under the rules of a recognised self-regulating organisation for purposes which consist of or include the compensating of investors in cases where persons, or persons of some class or description, who are or have been authorised persons, are, or are likely to be, unable to satisfy claims in respect of any description of civil liability incurred by them in connection with their investment businesses;

• “prescribed” means specified in regulations made by the Treasury under subsection (7A) above;

• “recognised self-regulating organisation” has the same meaning as it has in the 1986 Act;

and other expressions have the same meaning as in Chapter I of Part XII.]

Textual Amendments

F10 1989 s.87(2)with respect to accounting periods beginning on or after 1January 1990 (see s.87(5)re straddling periods).

F11 1990 s.44(3)with respect to accounting periods beginning on or after 1January 1990 (see 1989 s.87(5)re straddling periods).

F12 Words in s. 76(1)(ca)(e) substituted (1.1.1992) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 48, Sch. 7 paras. 1(a), 18

F13 Words in s. 76(1)(d) repealed (1.1.1992) by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), ss. 48, 123, Sch. 7 paras. 1(b), 18, Sch. 19 Pt. V Note 3

F14 1990 s.42and Sch.7 para.1for accounting periods beginning on or after 1January 1990 (see para.10).Previously

“or pension business”.

F15 '(a)' in s. 76(7) inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 47(1)(with effect as mentioned in s. 47(4))

F16 Words in s. 76(7) inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 47(1)(with effect as mentioned in s. 47(4))

F17 S. 76(7A) inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 47(2)

F18 S. 76(8) substituted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 47(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 See 1989 s. 44 - periods of assessment ending after 5 April 1989 involving endowments. 1989 ss. 85-88 - changes in respect of insurance companies.

C8 See the following sections of this Act:

—s.85—

profit sharing schemes.

s.88—

sums paid to Exports Credits Guarantee Dept. under investment insurance scheme.

s.90—

additional payments to redundant employees.

s.242—

set-off of losses etc., against franked investment income.

s.403—

management expenses of life assurance companies excluded from group relief.

s.573(4)—

losses on unquoted shares in trading companies allowed before charges against income of investment companies.

s.579—

deduction for statutory redundancy payments.

s.586—

disallowance of deductions for war risk premiums.

s.587—

disallowance of certain payments in respect of war injuries to employees.

s.779—

limitation on reliefs: land sold and leased back.

s.780—

land sold and leased back: relief in respect of rent under new lease.

s.781—

assets leased to traders and others: cancellation of reliefs.

s.834—

definitions of “profits” and “trade” in

s.6(4)

to apply for purposes of

s.76

C9 See S.I. 1989 No.2417 (in Part III Vol.5)for modifications applicable to life or endowment business carried on by registered friendly societies.

C10 S. 76(7) modified (31.7.1992 with effect as stated in reg. 1 of the amending instrument) by The Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) Regulations (S.I. 1992/1655), {reg. 4}

C11 S. 76(7) amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 1992/1655 reg. 4 (31.12.1993 with effect as stated in reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending instrument) by The Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/3111) {reg. 5}

Marginal Citations

M7 SOURCE-1970 s. 305(1)

M8 SOURCE-1970 s. 305(2); 1972 Sch. 18 para. 1(2)

M9 SOURCE-1972 Sch. 18 para. 1(1), (3)

M10 SOURCE-1970 s. 305(2)

M11 SOURCE-1970 s. 317

M12 SOURCE-1976 s. 47

M13 1975 c. 75.

Valid from 01/12/2001

76A Levies and repayments under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. U.K.

(1) In computing the amount of the profits to be charged under Case I of Schedule D arising from a trade carried on by an authorised person (other than an investment company)—

(a) to the extent that it would not be deductible apart from this section, any sum expended by the authorised person in paying a levy may be deducted as an allowable expense;

(b) any payment which is made to the authorised person as a result of a repayment provision is to be treated as a trading receipt.

[F19 (2) “Levy” means—

(a) a payment required under rules made under section 136(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act of 2000”);

(b) a levy imposed under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme;

(c) a payment required under rules made under section 234 of the Act of 2000;

(d) a payment required under scheme rules in accordance with paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 17 to the Act of 2000;

(e) a payment required in accordance with the standard terms fixed under paragraph 18 of Schedule 17 to the Act of 2000 other than an award which is not an award of costs under cost rules.]

[F20 (3) “Repayment provision” means—

(a) any provision made by virtue of section 136(7) or 214(1)(e) of the Act of 2000;

(b) any provision by scheme rules for fees to be refunded in specified circumstances.]

(4) “Authorised person” has the same meaning as in the Act of 2000.

[F21 (5) “Scheme rules” means the rules referred to in paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 17 to the Act of 2000.

(6) “Costs rules” means—

(a) rules made under section 230 of the Act of 2000;

(b) provision relating to costs contained in the standard terms fixed under paragraph 18 of Schedule 17 to the Act of 2000.]

Textual Amendments

F19 S. 76A(2) substituted (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 16(3)

F20 S. 76A(3) substituted (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 16(4)

F21 S. 76A(5)(6) added (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 16(5)

Valid from 01/12/2001

76B Levies and repayments under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000: investment companies. U.K.

(1) For the purposes of section 75 any sums paid by an investment company—

(a) by way of a levy, or

(b) as a result of an award of costs under costs rules,

shall be treated as part of its expenses of management.

(2) If a payment is made to an investment company as a result of a repayment provision, the company shall be charged to tax under Case VI of Schedule D on the amount of that payment.

(3) “Levy” has the meaning given in section [F22 76A(2)].

[F23 (4) “Costs rules” has the meaning given in section 76A(6).]

(5) “Repayment provision” has the meaning given in section 76A(3).

Textual Amendments

F22 Words in s. 76B(3) substituted (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 16(7)

F23 S. 76B(4) substituted (1.12.2001 in accordance with art. 1(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3629), art. 16(8)

77 Incidental costs of obtaining loan finance. U.K.

(1) M14 Subject to subsection (5) below, in computing the profits or gains to be charged under Case I or II of Schedule D there may be deducted the incidental costs of obtaining finance by means of a qualifying loan or the issue of qualifying loan stock or a qualifying security; and the incidental costs of obtaining finance by those means shall be treated for the purposes of section 75 as expenses of management.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, in this section—

(a) M15 “a qualifying loan” and “qualifying loan stock” mean a loan or loan stock the interest on which is deductible—

(i) in computing for tax purposes the profits or gains of the person by whom the incidental costs in question are incurred; or

(ii) under section 338 against his total profits; and

(b) M16 “qualifying security” means any deep discount security, as defined by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4, in respect of which the income elements, as defined by paragraph 4 of that Schedule, are deductible under paragraph 5(1) of that Schedule in computing the total profits of the company by which the incidental costs in question are incurred.

(3) M17 Except as provided by subsection (4) below, a loan or loan stock which carries the right of conversion into or to the acquisition of—

(a) shares, or

(b) other securities not being a qualifying loan or qualifying loan stock,

is not a qualifying loan or qualifying loan stock if that right is exercisable before the expiry of the period of three years from the date when the loan was obtained or the stock issued.

(4) M18 A loan or loan stock—

(a) which carries such a right as is referred to in subsection (3) above, and

(b) which by virtue of that subsection is not a qualifying loan or qualifying loan stock,

shall nevertheless be regarded as a qualifying loan or qualifying loan stock, as the case may be, if the right is not, or is not wholly, exercised before the expiry of the period of three years from the date when the loan was obtained or the stock was issued.

(5) For the purposes of the application of subsection (1) above in relation to a loan or loan stock which is a qualifying loan or qualifying loan stock by virtue of subsection (4) above—

(a) if the right referred to in subsection (4)(a) above is exercised as to part of the loan or stock within the period referred to in that subsection, only that proportion of the incidental costs of obtaining finance which corresponds to the proportion of the stock in respect of which the right is not exercised within that period shall be taken into account; and

(b) in so far as any of the incidental costs of obtaining finance are incurred before the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (4) above they shall be treated as incurred immediately after that period expires.

(6) M19 In this section “the incidental costs of obtaining finance” means expenditure on fees, commissions, advertising, printing and other incidental matters (but not including stamp duty), being expenditure wholly and exclusively incurred for the purpose of obtaining the finance (whether or not it is in fact obtained), or of providing security for it or of repaying it.

(7) This section shall not be construed as affording relief—

(a) for any sums paid in consequence of, or for obtaining protection against, losses resulting from changes in the rate of exchange between different currencies; or

(b) for the cost of repaying a loan or loan stock or a qualifying security so far as attributable to its being repayable at a premium or to its having been obtained or issued at a discount.

Marginal Citations

M14 SOURCE-1980 s. 38(1); 1984 s. 43(1), Sch. 9 para. 3(6)

M15 SOURCE-1980 s. 38(2); 1984 s. 43(1)

M16 SOURCE-1984 Sch. 9 para. 3(7)

M17 SOURCE-1980 S. 38(3); 1984 S. 43(1)

M18 SOURCE-1980 s. 38(3A), (3B); 1984 s. 43(2)

M19 SOURCE-1980 s. 38(4), (5); 1984 Sch. 9 para. 3(6)

78 Discounted bills of exchange. U.K.

(1) M20 This section applies in any case where—

(a) a bill of exchange drawn by a company is or was accepted by a bank and discounted by that or any other bank or by a discount house; and

(b) the bill becomes or became payable on or after 1st April 1983; and

(c) the discount suffered by the company is not (apart from this section) deductible in computing the company’s profits or any description of those profits for purposes of corporation tax.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, in computing, in a case where this section applies, the corporation tax chargeable for the accounting period of the company in which the bill of exchange is paid, an amount equal to the discount referred to in subsection (1)(c) above shall be allowed as a deduction against the total profits for the period as reduced by any relief other than group relief and, except for the purposes of an allowance under section 338(1), that amount shall be treated for the purposes of the Corporation Tax Acts as a charge on income.

(3) Subsection (2) above shall not apply if the discount is not ultimately suffered by the company and shall not apply unless—

(a) the company exists wholly or mainly for the purposes of carrying on a trade; or

(b) the bill is drawn to obtain funds which are wholly and exclusively expended for the purposes of a trade carried on by the company; or

(c) the company is an investment company.

(4) Where an amount falls to be allowed as mentioned in subsection (2) above, there may be deducted, in computing the profits or gains of the company to be charged under Case I of Schedule D, the incidental costs incurred on or after 1st April 1983 in securing the acceptance of the bill by the bank; and those incidental costs shall be treated for the purposes of section 75 as expenses of management.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4) above “incidental costs” means fees, commission and any other expenditure wholly and exclusively incurred for the purpose of securing the acceptance of the bill.

(6) In this section “bank” means a bank carrying on a bona fide banking business in the United Kingdom and “discount house” means a person bona fide carrying on the business of a discount house in the United Kingdom.

Marginal Citations

M20 SOURCE-1984 s. 42

79 Contributions to local enterprise agencies. U.K.

(1) M21 Notwithstanding anything in section 74, but subject to the provisions of this section, where a person carrying on a trade, profession or vocation makes any contribution (whether in cash or in kind) to an approved local enterprise agency, any expenditure incurred by him in making the contribution may be deducted as an expense in computing the profits or gains of the trade, profession or vocation for the purposes of tax if it would not otherwise be so deductible.

(2) Where any such contribution is made by an investment company any expenditure allowable as a deduction under subsection (1) above shall for the purposes of section 75 be treated as expenses of management.

(3) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a contribution made by any person if either he or any person connected with him receives or is entitled to receive a benefit of any kind whatsoever for or in connection with the making of that contribution, whether from the agency concerned or from any other person.

(4) In this section “approved local enterprise agency” means a body approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section; but he shall not so approve a body unless he is satisfied that—

(a) its sole objective is the promotion or encouragement of industrial and commercial activity or enterprise in a particular area in the United Kingdom with particular reference to encouraging the formation and development of small businesses; or

(b) one of its principal objectives is that set out in paragraph (a) above and it maintains or is about to maintain a fund separate from its other funds which is or is to be applied solely in pursuance of that objective;

and where the Secretary of State approves a body by virtue of paragraph (b) above, the approval shall specify the fund concerned and, in relation to a body so approved, any reference in this section to a contribution is a reference to a contribution which is made wholly to or for the purposes of that fund.

(5) M22 A body may be approved under subsection (4) above whether or not it is a body corporate or a body of trustees or any other association or organisation and whether or not it is described as a local enterprise agency.

(6) A body may not be approved under subsection (4) above unless it is precluded, by virtue of any enactment, contractual obligation, memorandum or otherwise, from making any direct or indirect payment or transfer to any of its members, or to any person charged with the control and direction of its affairs, of any of its income or profit by way of dividend, gift, division, bonus or otherwise howsoever by way of profit.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (6) above, the payment—

(a) of reasonable remuneration for goods, labour or power supplied or for services rendered, or

(b) of reasonable interest for money lent, or

(c) of reasonable rent for any premises,

does not constitute a payment or transfer which is required to be so precluded.

(8) M23 Any approval given by the Secretary of State may be made conditional upon compliance with such requirements as to accounts, provision of information and other matters as he considers appropriate; and if it appears to the Secretary of State that—

(a) an approved local enterprise agency is not complying with any such requirement, or

(b) one or other of the conditions for his approval contained in subsection (4) above or the precondition for his approval in subsection (6) above has ceased to be fulfilled with respect to an approved local enterprise agency,

he shall by notice withdraw his approval from the body concerned with effect from such date as he may specify in the notice (which may be a date earlier than the date on which the notice is given).

(9) In any case where—

(a) a contribution has been made to an approved local enterprise agency in respect of which relief has been given under subsection (1) above, and

(b) any benefit received in any chargeable period by the contributor or any person connected with him is in any way attributable to that contribution,

the contributor shall in respect of that chargeable period be charged to tax under Case I or Case II of Schedule D or, if he is not chargeable to tax under either of those Cases for that period, under Case VI of Schedule D on an amount equal to the value of that benefit.

(10) Section 839 applies for the purposes of subsections (3) and (9) above.

(11) This section applies to contributions made on or after 1st April 1982 and before 1st April [F24 2000].

Textual Amendments

F24 Word substituted in s. 79(11) (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 145(1)

Marginal Citations

M21 SOURCE-1982 s. 48(1)–(4)

M22 SOURCE-1982 s. 48(5)

M23 SOURCE-1982 s. 48(6)–(9)

[F25 79A Contributions to training and enterprise councils and local enterprise companies. U.K.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 74, but subject to the provisions of this section, where a person carrying on a trade, profession or vocation makes any contribution (whether in cash or in kind) to a training and enterprise council, [F26 business link organisation] or a local enterprise company, any expenditure incurred by him in making the contribution may be deducted as an expense in computing the profits or gains of the trade, profession or vocation for the purposes of tax if it would not otherwise be so deductible.

(2) Where any such contribution is made by an investment company any expenditure allowable as a deduction under subsection (1) above shall for the purposes of section 75 be treated as expenses of management.

(3) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a contribution made by any person if either he or any person connected with him receives or is entitled to receive a benefit of any kind whatsoever for or in connection with the making of that contribution, whether from the council, [F27 organisation] or company concerned or from any other person.

(4) In any case where—

(a) relief has been given under subsection (1) above in respect of a contribution, and

(b) any benefit received in any chargeable period by the contributor or any person connected with him is in any way attributable to that contribution,

the contributor shall in respect of that chargeable period be charged to tax under Case I or Case II of Schedule D, or if he is not chargeable to tax under either of those Cases for that period under Case VI of Schedule D, on an amount equal to the value of that benefit.

(5) In this section—

[F28 (aa) “business link organisation” means any person authorised by or on behalf of the Secretary of State to use a service mark (within the meaning of the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 1984) designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph]

(a) “training and enterprise council” means a body with which the Secretary of State has made an agreement (not being one which has terminated) under which it is agreed that the body shall carry out the functions of a training and enterprise council, and

(b) “local enterprise company” means a company with which an agreement (not being one which has terminated) under which it is agreed that the company shall carry out the functions of a local enterprise company has been made by the Scottish Development Agency, the Highlands and Islands Development Board, Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

(6) Section 839 applies for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) above.

(7) This section applies to contributions made on or after 1st April 1990 [F29 or, in the case of a contribution to a business link organisation, 30th November 1993] and before 1st April [F30 2000].]

Textual Amendments

F25 1990 s.76.

F26 Words in s. 79A(1) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 145(3)

F27 Word in s. 79A(3) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 145(3)

F28 S. 79A(5)(aa) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 145(4)

F29 Words in s. 79A(7) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 145(5)

F30 Word in s. 79A(7) substituted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 145(1)

Valid from 10/07/2003

79B Contributions to urban regeneration companies U.K.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 74, but subject to the provisions of this section, where a person carrying on a trade, profession or vocation makes any contribution (whether in cash or in kind) to a designated urban regeneration company, any expenditure incurred by him in making the contribution may be deducted as an expense in computing the profits of the trade, profession or vocation if it would not otherwise be so deductible.

(2) Where any such contribution is made by an investment company, any expenditure allowable as a deduction under subsection (1) above shall for the purposes of section 75 be treated as expenses of management.

(3) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a contribution made by any person if either he or any person connected with him receives or is entitled to receive a benefit of any kind whatsoever for or in connection with the making of that contribution, whether from the urban regeneration company concerned or from any other person.

(4) In any case where—

(a) relief has been given under subsection (1) above in respect of a contribution, and

(b) any benefit received in any chargeable period by the contributor or any person connected with him is in any way attributable to that contribution,

the contributor shall in respect of that chargeable period be charged to tax under Case I or Case II of Schedule D or, if he is not chargeable to tax under either of those Cases for that period, under Case VI of Schedule D on an amount equal to the value of that benefit.

(5) In this section “urban regeneration company” means any body of persons (whether corporate or unincorporate) which the Treasury by order designates as an urban regeneration company for the purposes of this section.

(6) The Treasury may only make an order under subsection (5) above designating a body as an urban regeneration company for the purposes of this section if they consider that each of the criteria in subsection (7) below is satisfied in the case of the body.

(7) The criteria are that—

(a) the sole or main function of the body is to co-ordinate the regeneration of a specific urban area in the United Kingdom;

(b) the body is expected to seek to perform that function by creating a plan for the development of that area and endeavouring to secure that the plan is carried into effect;

(c) in co-ordinating the regeneration of that area, the body is expected to work together with some or all of the public or local authorities which exercise functions in relation to the whole or part of that area.

(8) An order under subsection (5) above may be framed so as to take effect on a date earlier than the making of the order, but not earlier than—

(a) 1st April 2003, in the case of the first order under that subsection, or

(b) three months before the date on which the order is made, in the case of any subsequent order.

(9) Section 839 (connected persons) applies for the purposes of this section.

(10) This section applies to contributions made on or after 1st April 2003.

80 Expenses connected with foreign trades etc. U.K.

(1) M24 This section applies in the case of a trade, profession or vocation carried on wholly outside the United Kingdom by an individual (“the taxpayer”) who does not satisfy the Board as mentioned in section 65(4); and it is immaterial in the case of a trade or profession whether the taxpayer carries it on solely or in partnership.

(2) Expenses of the taxpayer—

(a) in travelling from any place in the United Kingdom to any place where the trade, profession or vocation is carried on;

(b) in travelling to any place in the United Kingdom from any place where the trade, profession or vocation is carried on; or

(c) on board and lodging for the taxpayer at any place where the trade, profession or vocation is carried on;

shall, subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, be treated for the purposes of section 74(a) as having been wholly and exclusively expended for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation.

(3) Subsection (2) above does not apply unless the taxpayer’s absence from the United Kingdom is occasioned wholly and exclusively for the purpose of performing the functions of the trade, profession or vocation or of performing those functions and the functions of any other trade, profession or vocation (whether or not one in the case of which this section applies).

(4) Where subsection (2) above applies and more than one trade, profession or vocation in the case of which this section applies is carried on at the place in question, the expenses shall be apportioned on such basis as is reasonable between those trades, professions or vocations; and the expenses so apportioned to a particular trade, profession or vocation shall be treated for the purposes of section 74(a) as having been wholly and exclusively expended for the purposes of that trade, profession or vocation.

(5) Where the taxpayer is absent from the United Kingdom for a continuous period of 60 days or more wholly and exclusively for the purpose of performing the functions of one or more trades, professions or vocations in the case of which this section applies, expenses to which subsection (6) below applies shall be treated in accordance with subsection (7) or (8) below (as the case may be).

(6) This subsection applies to the expenses of any journey by the taxpayer’s spouse, or any child of his, between any place in the United Kingdom and the place of performance of any of those functions outside the United Kingdom, if the journey—

(a) is made in order to accompany him at the beginning of the period of absence or to visit him during that period; or

(b) is a return journey following a journey falling within paragraph (a) above;

but this subsection does not apply to more than two outward and two return journeys by the same person in any year of assessment.

(7) The expenses shall be treated for the purposes of section 74(a) as having been wholly and exclusively expended for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation concerned (if there is only one).

(8) The expenses shall be apportioned on such basis as is reasonable between the trades, professions or vocations concerned (if there is more than one) and the expenses so apportioned to a particular trade, profession or vocation shall be treated for the purposes of section 74(a) as having been wholly and exclusively expended for the purposes of that trade, profession or vocation.

(9) In subsection (6) above “child” includes a stepchild and an illegitimate child but does not include a person who is aged 18 or over at the beginning of the outward journey.

(10) Nothing in this section shall permit the same sum to be deducted for more than one trade, profession or vocation in respect of expenses in computing profits or gains.

Marginal Citations

M24 SOURCE-1986 s. 35

81 Travel between trades etc. U.K.

(1) M25 Where a taxpayer (within the meaning of section 80) travels between a place where he carries on a trade, profession or vocation in the case of which section 80 applies and a place outside the United Kingdom where he carries on another trade, profession or vocation (whether or not one in the case of which that section applies) expenses of the taxpayer on such travel shall, subject to subsections (3) to (5) below, be treated for the purposes of section 74(a) as having been wholly and exclusively expended for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation mentioned in subsection (2) below.

(2) The trade, profession or vocation is—

(a) the one carried on at the place of the taxpayer’s destination; or

(b) if that trade, profession or vocation is not one in the case of which section 80 applies, the one carried on at the place of his departure.

(3) This section does not apply unless the journey was made—

(a) after performing functions of the trade, profession or vocation carried on at the place of departure; and

(b) for the purpose of performing functions of the trade, profession or vocation carried on at the place of destination.

(4) This section does not apply unless the taxpayer’s absence from the United Kingdom is occasioned wholly and exclusively for the purpose of performing the functions of both the trades, professions or vocations concerned or of performing those functions and the functions of any other trade, profession or vocation.

(5) Where this section applies and more than one trade, profession or vocation in the case of which section 80 applies is carried on at the place of the taxpayer’s destination or (in a case falling within subsection (2)(b) above) at the place of his departure, the expenses shall be apportioned on such basis as is reasonable between those trades, professions or vocations; and the expenses so apportioned to a particular trade, profession or vocation shall be treated for the purposes of section 74(a) as having been wholly and exclusively expended for the purposes of that trade, profession or vocation.

(6) Nothing in this section shall permit the same sum to be deducted for more than one trade, profession or vocation in respect of expenses in computing profits or gains.

Marginal Citations

M25 SOURCE-1986 s. 36

82 Interest paid to non-residents. U.K.

(1) M26 In computing the profits or gains arising from a trade, profession or vocation, no sum shall be deducted in respect of any annual interest paid to a person not resident in the United Kingdom unless—

(a) the person making the payment has deducted income tax from the payment in accordance with section 349(2) and accounts for the tax so deducted, or

(b) the conditions set out in subsection (2) below are satisfied.

(2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(b) above are as follows—

(a) that the trade, profession or vocation is carried on by a person residing in the United Kingdom, and

(b) that the liability to pay the interest was incurred exclusively for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation, and

(c) that either—

(i) the liability to pay the interest was incurred wholly or mainly for the purposes of activities of the trade, profession or vocation carried on outside the United Kingdom, or

(ii) the interest is payable in a currency other than sterling, and

(d) that, under the terms of the contract under which the interest is payable, the interest is to be paid, or may be required to be paid, outside the United Kingdom, and

(e) that the interest is in fact paid outside the United Kingdom.

(3) Where the trade, profession or vocation is carried on by a partnership, subsection (1)(b) above shall not apply to any interest which is payable to any of the partners, or is payable in respect of the share of any partner in the partnership capital.

(4) Subsection (1)(b) above shall not apply where—

(a) the trade, profession or vocation is carried on by a body of persons over whom the person entitled to the interest has control; or

(b) the person entitled to the interest is a body of persons over whom the person carrying on the trade, profession or vocation has control; or

(c) the person carrying on the trade, profession or vocation and the person entitled to the interest are both bodies of persons and some other person has control over both of them.

• In this subsection, the references to a body of persons include references to a partnership, and “control” has the meaning given by section 840.

(5) If interest paid under deduction of tax in accordance with section 349(2) is deductible in computing the profits or gains of a trade, profession or vocation the amount so deductible shall be the gross amount.

(6) This section does not apply for the purposes of corporation tax.

Marginal Citations

M26 SOURCE-1970 s. 131(1)–(5), (7); 1982 s. 64(1)

Valid from 28/07/2000

82A Expenditure on research and development. U.K.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 74, where a person carrying on a trade incurs expenditure not of a capital nature on research and development—

(a) related to that trade, and

(b) directly undertaken by him or on his behalf,

the expenditure incurred may be deducted as an expense in computing the profits of the trade for the purposes of tax.

(2) For this purpose expenditure on research and development does not include expenditure incurred in the acquisition of rights in, or arising out of, research and development.

Subject to that, it includes all expenditure incurred in carrying out, or providing facilities for carrying out, research and development.

(3) The reference in subsection (1) above to research and development related to a trade includes—

(a) research and development which may lead to or facilitate an extension of that trade;

(b) research and development of a medical nature which has a special relation to the welfare of workers employed in that trade.

(4) The same expenditure may not be taken into account under this section in relation to more than one trade.

(5) In this section “research and development” has the meaning given by section 837A and includes oil and gas exploration and appraisal.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 S. 82A modified (1.1.2005 with effect in accordance with art. 2 of the commencing S.I.) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 53(2); S.I. 2004/3268, art. 2

Valid from 28/07/2000

82B Payments to research associations, universities etc. U.K.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 74, where a person carrying on a trade—

(a) pays any sum to a scientific research association that—

(i) has as its object the undertaking of scientific research related to the class of trade to which the trade he is carrying on belongs, and

(ii) is for the time being approved for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State, or

(b) pays any sum to be used for such scientific research as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above to any such university, college research institute or other similar institution as is for the time being approved for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State,

the sum paid may be deducted as an expense in computing the profits of the trade for the purposes of tax.

(2) In this section “scientific research” means any activities in the fields of natural or applied science for the extension of knowledge.

(3) The reference in this section to scientific research related to a class of trade includes—

(a) scientific research which may lead to or facilitate an extension of trades of that class;

(b) scientific research of a medical nature which has a special relation to the welfare of workers employed in trades of that class.

(4) If a question arises under this section whether, or to what extent, any activities constitute or constituted scientific research, the Board shall refer the question for decision to the Secretary of State.

The decision of the Secretary of State is final.

(5) The same expenditure may not be taken into account under this section in relation to more than one trade.

83 Patent fees etc. and expenses. U.K.

M27 Notwithstanding anything in section 74, in computing the profits or gains of a trade there may be deducted as expenses any fees paid or expenses incurred—

(a) in obtaining for the purposes of the trade the grant of a patent, an extension of the term of a patent, the registration of a design or trade mark, [F31 an extension of the period for which the right in a registered design subsists] or the renewal of registration of a trade mark, or

(b) in connection with a rejected or abandoned application for a patent made for the purposes of the trade.

References in this section to a trade mark include references to a service mark within the meaning of the M28 Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 1984.

Textual Amendments

F31 Sch.7 para.36(2) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c.48)—in force on 1August 1989. (Commencement order—S.I. 1989 No.816—not reproduced.)Previously

“the extension of the period of copyright in a design”.

Marginal Citations

M27 SOURCE-1970 s. 132

M28 1984 c. 19.

Valid from 27/07/1999

83A Gifts in kind to charities etc. U.K.

(1) This section applies where a person carrying on a trade, profession or vocation gives an article falling within subsection (2) below to—

(a) a charity within the meaning of section 506, or

(b) a body listed in section 507(1).

(2) An article falls within this subsection if—

(a) it is an article manufactured, or of a class or description sold, by the donor in the course of his trade; or

(b) it is an article used by the donor in the course of his trade, profession or vocation which for the purposes of Part II of the 1990 Act constitutes machinery or plant used by him wholly or partly in the course of that trade, profession or vocation.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) below, where this section applies in the case of the gift of an article—

(a) no amount shall be required, in consequence of the donor’s disposal of that article from trading stock, to be brought into account for the purposes of the Tax Acts as a trading receipt of the donor; and

(b) section 24(6) of the 1990 Act shall not require the donor to bring into account any disposal value in respect of the article for the purposes of that section.

(4) In any case where—

(a) relief is given under subsection (3) above in respect of the gift of an article, and

(b) any benefit received in any chargeable period by the donor or any person connected with him is in any way attributable to the making of that gift,

the donor shall in respect of that chargeable period be charged to tax under Case I or Case II of Schedule D or, if he is not chargeable to tax under either of those Cases for that period, under Case VI of Schedule D on an amount equal to the value of that benefit.

(5) Section 839 applies for the purposes of this section.

[84 F32 Gifts to educational establishments. U.K.

(1) This section applies where a person carrying on a trade, profession or vocation (“the donor”) makes a gift for the purposes of a designated educational establishment of—

(a) an article manufactured, or of a class or description sold, by the donor in the course of his trade which qualifies as machinery or plant in the hands of the educational establishment; or

(b) an article used by the donor in the course of his trade, profession or vocation—

(i) which, for the purposes of Part II of the 1990 Act (capital allowances for machinery and plant), constitutes machinery or plant used by him wholly or partly in the course of that trade, profession or vocation; and

(ii) in respect of which he has claimed an allowance under that Part of that Act.

(2) For the purposes of this section, an article “qualifies as machinery or plant in the hands of an educational establishment” if, and only if, it is an article such that—

(a) were the activities carried on by the educational establishment regarded as a trade carried on by a body of persons, and

(b) had that body, at the time of the gift, incurred capital expenditure wholly and exclusively on the provision of an identical article for the purposes of those activities, and

(c) had the identical article belonged to that body in consequence of the incurring of that expenditure,

the identical article would be regarded for the purposes of Part II of the 1990 Act as machinery or plant provided by the body for the purposes of that trade.

(3) Where this section applies—

(a) if the gift is of an article falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, then, for the purposes of the Tax Acts, no amount shall be required to be brought into account as a trading receipt of the donor in consequence of his disposal of that article from trading stock; and

(b) if the gift is of an article falling within paragraph (b) of that subsection, subsection (6) of section 24 of the 1990 Act shall not require the donor to bring into account any disposal value in respect of the article for the purposes of that section;

but this subsection shall not apply unless, within two years of making the gift, the donor makes a claim for relief under this subsection, specifying the article given and the name of the educational establishment in question.

(4) In any case where—

(a) relief is given under subsection (3) above in respect of the gift of an article, and

(b) any benefit received in any chargeable period by the donor or any person connected with him is in any way attributable to the making of that gift,

the donor shall in respect of that chargeable period be charged to tax under Case I or Case II of Schedule D or, if he is not chargeable to tax under either of those Cases for that period, under Case VI of Schedule D on an amount equal to the value of that benefit.

(5) In this section “designated educational establishment” means any educational establishment designated, or of a category designated,—

(a) as respects Great Britain, in regulations made by the Secretary of State; or

(b) as respects Northern Ireland, in regulations made by the Department of Education for Northern Ireland;

and any such regulations may make different provision for different areas.

(6) If any question arises as to whether a particular establishment falls within a category designated in regulations under subsection (5) above, the Board shall refer the question for decision—

(a) in the case of an establishment in Great Britain, to the Secretary of State, or

(b) in the case of an establishment in Northern Ireland, to the Department of Education for Northern Ireland.

(7) The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations under subsection (5) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and a statutory instrument containing any such regulations shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

(8) Regulations made under subsection (5) above for Northern Ireland—

(a) shall be a statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979; and

(b) shall be subject to negative resolution within the meaning of section 41(6) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(9) Section 839 applies for the purposes of subsection (4) above.]

Textual Amendments

F32 S. 84 substituted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 68(1)(2)

[84A F33 Costs of establishing share option or profit sharing schemes: relief. U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) below applies where—

(a) a company incurs expenditure on establishing a share option scheme which the Board approve and under which no employee or director obtains rights before such approval is given, or

(b) a company incurs expenditure on establishing a profit sharing scheme which the Board approve and under which the trustees acquire no shares before such approval is given.

(2) In such a case the expenditure—

(a) shall be deducted in computing for the purposes of Schedule D the profits or gains of a trade carried on by the company, or

(b) if the company is an investment company or a company in the case of which section 75 applies by virtue of section 76, shall be treated as expenses of management.

(3) In a case where—

(a) subsection (2) above applies, and

(b) the approval is given after the end of the period of nine months beginning with the day following the end of the period of account in which the expenditure is incurred,

for the purpose of applying subsection (2) above the expenditure shall be treated as incurred in the period of account in which the approval is given (and not the period of account mentioned in paragraph (b) above).

(4) References in this section to approving are to approving under Schedule 9.

(5) This section applies where the expenditure is incurred on or after 1st April 1991.]

Textual Amendments

F33 S. 84A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 42

85 Payments to trustees of approved profit sharing schemes. U.K.

(1) M29 Any sum expended in making a payment to the trustees of an approved profit sharing scheme by a company which is in relation to that scheme the grantor or a participating company—

(a) shall be deducted in computing for the purposes of Schedule D the profits or gains of a trade carried on by that company; or

(b) if that company is an investment company or a company in the case of which section 75 applies by virtue of section 76, shall be treated as expenses of management,

if, and only if, one of the conditions in subsection (2) below is fulfilled.

(2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) above are—

(a) that before the expiry of the relevant period the sum in question is applied by the trustees in the acquisition of shares for appropriation to individuals who are eligible to participate in the scheme by virtue of their being or having been employees or directors of the company making the payment; and

(b) that the sum is necessary to meet the reasonable expenses of the trustees in administering the scheme.

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) above “the relevant period” means the period of nine months beginning on the day following the end of the period of account in which the sum in question is charged as an expense of the company incurring the expenditure or such longer period as the Board may allow by notice given to that company.

(4) For the purposes of this section, the trustees of an approved profit sharing scheme shall be taken to apply sums paid to them in the order in which the sums are received by them.

(5) In this section—

• “approved profit sharing scheme” means a profit sharing scheme approved under Schedule 9; and

• “the grantor” and “participating company” have the meaning given by paragraph 1(3) and (4) of that Schedule.

Marginal Citations

M29 SOURCE-1978 s. 60

[85A F34 Costs of establishing employee share ownership trusts: relief. U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) below applies where a company incurs expenditure on establishing a qualifying employee share ownership trust.

(2) In such a case the expenditure—

(a) shall be deducted in computing for the purposes of Schedule D the profits or gains of a trade carried on by the company, or

(b) if the company is an investment company or a company in the case of which section 75 applies by virtue of section 76, shall be treated as expenses of management.

(3) In a case where—

(a) subsection (2) above applies, and

(b) the trust is established after the end of the period of nine months beginning with the day following the end of the period of account in which the expenditure is incurred,

for the purpose of applying subsection (2) above the expenditure shall be treated as incurred in the period of account in which the trust is established (and not the period of account mentioned in paragraph (b) above).

(4) In this section “qualifying employee share ownership trust” shall be construed in accordance with Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1989.

(5) For the purposes of this section the trust is established when the deed under which it is established is executed.

(6) This section applies where the expenditure is incurred on or after 1st April 1991.]

Textual Amendments

F34 S. 85A inserted by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31, SIF 63:1), s. 43

Valid from 06/04/2003

85B Approved share incentive plans U.K.

Schedule 4AA (which provides for deductions relating to approved share incentive plans) shall have effect.

86 Employees seconded to charities and educational establishments. U.K.

(1) M30 If a person (“the employer”) carrying on a trade, profession, vocation or business for the purposes of which he employs a person (“the employee”) makes available to a charity, on a basis which is expressed and intended to be of a temporary nature, the services of the employee then, notwithstanding anything in section 74 or 75, any expenditure incurred (or disbursed) by the employer which is attributable to the employment of that employee shall continue to be deductible in the manner and to the like extent as if, during the time that his services are so made available to the charity, they continued to be available for the purposes of the employer’s trade, business, profession or vocation.

(2) In subsection (1) above—

• “charity” has the same meaning as in section 506;

• “deductible” means deductible as an expense in computing the profits or gains of the employer to be charged under Case I or II of Schedule D or, as the case may be, deductible as expenses of management for the purposes of section 75.

(3) With respect to expenditure attributable to the employment of a person on or after 26th November 1986 F35 . . . , this section shall have effect as if the references to a charity included references to any of the following bodies, that is to say—

(a) in England and Wales, any local education authority and any educational institution maintained by such an authority;

(b) in Scotland, any education authority, any educational establishment maintained by such an authority, and any college of education or central institution within the meaning of the M31 Education (Scotland) Act 1980;

(c) in Northern Ireland, any education and library board, college of education or controlled school within the meaning of the M32 Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and any institution of further education which is under the management of an education and library board by virtue of Article 28 of that Order; and

(d) any other educational body which is for the time being approved for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State or, in Northern Ireland, the Department of Education for Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F35 Words in s. 86(3) repealed (retrospectively) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 58(2)(5), Sch. 20 Pt. 3(14), Note

Marginal Citations

M30 SOURCE-1983 s. 28; 1984 s. 33; 1987 s. 34

M31 1980 c. 44.

M32 S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3).

[F36 86A Charitable donations: contributions to agent’s expenses. U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) a person (the employer) is liable to make to any individual payments from which income tax falls to be deducted by virtue of section 203 and regulations under that section, and

(b) the employer withholds sums from those payments in accordance with a scheme falling within subsection (3) of section 202 and pays the sums to an agent (within the meaning of subsection (4)(a) of that section).

(2) Any relevant expenditure incurred by the employer on or after 16th March 1993—

(a) shall be deducted in computing for the purposes of Schedule D the profits or gains of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by the employer, or

(b) if the employer is an investment company or a company in the case of which section 75 applies by virtue of section 76, shall be treated as expenses of management.

(3) Relevant expenditure is expenditure incurred in making to the agent any payment in respect of expenses which have been or are to be incurred by the agent in connection with his functions under the scheme.]

Textual Amendments

F36 S. 86A inserted (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s.69

87 Taxable premiums etc. U.K.

(1) M33 This section applies where in relation to any land used in connection with a trade, profession or vocation—

(a) tax has become chargeable under section 34 or 35 on any amount (disregarding any reduction in that amount under section 37(2) and (3)); or

(b) tax would have become so chargeable on that amount but for the operation of section 37(2) and (3) or but for any exemption from tax;

and that amount is referred to below as “the amount chargeable”.

(2) M34 Subject to subsections (3) to (8) below, where—

(a) during any part of the relevant period the land in relation to which the amount chargeable arose is occupied by the person for the time being entitled to the lease as respects which it arose, and

(b) that occupation is for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by him,

he shall be treated, in computing the profits or gains of the trade, profession or vocation chargeable to tax under Case I or II of Schedule D, as paying in respect of that land rent for the period (in addition to any actual rent), becoming due from day to day, of an amount which bears to the amount chargeable the same proportion as that part of the relevant period bears to the whole.

(3) As respects any period during which a part only of the land in relation to which the amount chargeable arose is occupied as mentioned in subsection (2) above, that subsection shall apply as if the whole were so occupied, but the amount chargeable shall be treated as reduced by so much thereof as, on a just apportionment, is attributable to the remainder of the land.

(4) M35 Where a person, although not in occupation of the land or any part of the land, deals with his interest in the land or that part as property employed for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by him, subsections (2) and (3) above shall apply as if the land or part were occupied by him for those purposes.

(5) M36 Where section 37(2) and (3) has effect in relation to a lease granted out of the interest referred to in subsection (4) above, subsections (5) and (6) of that section shall apply for modifying the operation of subsections (2) and (3) above as they apply for modifying the operation of subsection (4) of that section.

(6) M37 In computing profits or gains chargeable under Case I or II of Schedule D for any chargeable period, rent shall not by virtue of subsection (4) above be treated as paid by a person for any period in respect of land in so far as rent treated under section 37(4) as paid by him for that period in respect of the land has in any previous chargeable period been deducted, or falls in that chargeable period to be deducted under Part II.

(7) M38 Where, in respect of expenditure on the acquisition of his interest in the land in relation to which the amount chargeable arose, a person has become entitled to an allowance under [F37 Part IV of the 1990 Act in respect of expenditure falling within section 105(1)(b) of that Act] (mineral depletion) for any chargeable period, then—

(a) if the allowance is in respect of the whole of the expenditure, no deduction shall be allowed him under this section for that or any subsequent chargeable period; or

(b) if the allowance is in respect of part only of the expenditure (“the allowable part”), a deduction allowed him under this section for that or any subsequent chargeable period shall be the fraction—

of the amount which apart from this subsection would fall to be deducted, where—

A is the whole of the expenditure, and

B is the allowable part of the expenditure;

. . . F38

(8) Where the amount chargeable arose under section 34(2) by reason of an obligation which included the carrying out of work in respect of which any capital allowance has fallen or will fall to be made, this section shall apply as if the obligation had not included the carrying out of that work and the amount chargeable had been calculated accordingly.

(9) M39 In this section “the relevant period” means—

(a) where the amount chargeable arose under section 34, the period treated in computing that amount as the duration of the lease;

(b) where the amount chargeable arose under section 35, the period treated in computing that amount as the duration of the lease remaining at the date of the assignment.

Textual Amendments

F37 1990(C) s.164and Sch.1 para.8(5).Previously

“section 60 of the 1968 Act”.

F38 Words repealed by 1990(C) s.164(4)and Sch.2.See 1989edition for these provisions.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 See—1976(D) Sch.6 para.4(4)—no account to be taken of any deduction of realised development value. 1976(D)repealed by 1985 ss.93, 98(6)and Sch.27 Part Xfrom 19March 1985.1990(C) s.111—reduction of qualifying expenditure for premium relief.

C14 S. 87 excluded (19.9.1994) by Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21), s. 68(4), Sch. 4 para. 15(2) (with s. 40(7)); S. I. 1994/2189, art. 2, Sch.

Marginal Citations

M33 SOURCE-1970 s. 134(1); 1978 s. 32

M34 SOURCE-1970 s. 134(2), (3); 1978 s. 32

M35 SOURCE-1970 s. 134(4)

M36 SOURCE-1970 s. 134(4)(a)

M37 SOURCE-1970 s. 134(4)(b)

M38 SOURCE-1970 s. 134(5), (6); 1986 Sch. 13 para. 26

M39 SOURCE-1970 s. 134(1)(i), (ii)

Valid from 06/04/2005

87A Section 87(2) and (3) and reductions in receipts under ITTOIA 2005 U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a lease has been granted out of the interest referred to in section 87(4),

(b) in calculating the amount that falls to be treated as a receipt of a UK property business under Chapter 4 of Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005 in respect of the lease, there is a reduction under section 288 of that Act by reference to a taxed receipt, and

(c) the taxed receipt is the amount chargeable for the purposes of section 87.

(2) Section 37A (section 37(4) and reductions in receipts under ITTOIA 2005) shall apply for modifying the operation of section 87(2) and (3) as it applies for modifying the operation of section 37(4).

(3) In this section the following expressions have the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005—

• “reduction under section 288 by reference to a taxed receipt” (see section 290(6) of that Act), and

• “taxed receipt” (see section 287(4) of that Act).

88 Payments to Export Credit Guarantee Department. U.K.

M40 Any sums paid by a person to the Export Credits Guarantee Department under an agreement entered into under arrangements made by the Secretary of State in pursuance of section 11 of the M41 Export Guarantees and Overseas Investment Act 1978, or with a view to entering into such an agreement, shall be included—

(a) in the sums to be deducted in computing for the purposes of Case I or Case II of Schedule D the profits or gains of any trade, profession or vocation carried on by that person; or

(b) if that person is an investment company or a company in the case of which section 75 applies by virtue of section 76, in the sums to be deducted as expenses of management in computing the company’s profits for the purposes of corporation tax;

whether or not they would fall to be so included apart from this section.

Marginal Citations

M40 SOURCE-1972 s. 124(1)

M41 1978 c. 18.

[F39 88A Debts of overseas governments etc. U.K.

(1) For any period of account of a company ending on or after 20th March 1990, section 88B shall have effect for the purpose of restricting the extent to which a debt to which subsection (2) below applies may be estimated to be bad for the purposes of section 74(j); and—

(a) any deduction which may fall to be made in computing the company’s profits or gains for the period, and

(b) any addition which may fall to be so made (for example because the relevant percentage of the debt for the period is smaller than the amount estimated to be bad for an earlier period),

shall be determined accordingly.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, this subsection applies to any debt—

(a) which is owed by an overseas State authority, or

(b) payment of which is guaranteed by an overseas State authority, or

(c) which is estimated to be bad for the purposes of section 74(j) wholly or mainly because due payment is or may be prevented, restricted or subjected to conditions—

(i) by virtue of any law of a State or other territory outside the United Kingdom or any act of an overseas State authority, or

(ii) under any agreement entered into in consequence or anticipation of such a law or act.

(3) Subsection (2) above does not apply to interest on a debt or to a debt which represents the consideration for the provision of goods or services.

(4) In this section “overseas State authority” means—

(a) a State or other territory outside the United Kingdom,

(b) the government of such a State or territory,

(c) the central bank or other monetary authority of such a State or territory,

(d) a public or local authority in such a State or territory, or

(e) a body controlled by such a State, territory, government, bank or authority;

and for this purpose “controlled” shall be construed in accordance with section 840.]

Textual Amendments

F39 1990 s.74.

88B Section 88A debts: restriction on deductions under section 74(j). U.K.

(1) Where this section has effect in relation to a debt, no more than the relevant percentage of the debt shall be estimated to be bad for the purposes of section 74(j).

(2) The relevant percentage of a debt for any period of account of the company is such percentage (which may be zero) as may be determined in accordance with regulations by reference to the position at the end of that period.

(3) Subsection (2) above has effect subject to the following provisions of this section, and in those provisions—

(a) “the base period” means the last period of account of the company ending before 20th March 1990, and

(b) “the base percentage”, in relation to a debt, means such percentage (which may be zero) as may be determined in accordance with regulations by reference to the position at the end of the base period.

(4) If for any period of account of the company which ends less than two years after the base period the percentage provided for in subsection (2) above in relation to a debt is greater than the base percentage, the base percentage shall be the relevant percentage for the first-mentioned period.

(5) If for any later period of account of the company the percentage provided for in subsection (2) above in relation to a debt is greater than the base percentage increased by five percentage points for each complete year (except the first) that has elapsed between—

(a) the end of the base period, and

(b) the end of the later period in question,

then the base percentage as so increased shall be the relevant percentage for the later period.

(6) In relation to a company which had no periods of account ending before 20th March 1990, the relevant percentage in relation to a debt shall be the same as it would have been on the assumption that the company had had such periods of account (and that any notional periods of account before its first actual period of account had been of one year each).

(7) In this section “regulations” means regulations made by the Treasury; but the Treasury shall not make any regulations under this section unless a draft of them has been laid before and approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

88C Section 88A debts: restriction on other deductions. U.K.

(1) Where—

(a) on or after 20th March 1990 a company incurs in respect of a debt a loss which would be allowed as a deduction in computing the amount of the company’s profits or gains under Case I or Case II of Schedule D,

(b) section 88A(2) applies to the debt,

(c) either—

(i) a deduction is made in respect of the debt in accordance with section 74(j) for any period of account of the company before that in which the loss is incurred, or

(ii) the debt was acquired by the company on or after 20th March 1990 for a consideration greater than the price which it might reasonably have been expected to fetch on a sale in the open market at the time of acquisition, and

(d) the amount of the loss is greater than 5 per cent. of the debt,

then, subject to subsection (3) below, only such part of the loss as equals 5 per cent. of the debt shall be allowed as a deduction for the period of account in which the loss is incurred; but further parts calculated in accordance with subsection (2) below may be allowed for subsequent periods until the loss is exhausted.

(2) The part of the loss allowed as a deduction for any period of account after that in which the loss is incurred shall not exceed such amount as, together with any parts allowed under this section for earlier periods, is equal to 5 per cent. of the debt for each complete year that has elapsed between—

(a) the beginning of the period in which the loss was incurred, and

(b) the end of the period in question.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) above shall not apply to a loss incurred on a disposal of the debt to an overseas State authority if the State or territory by reference to which it is an overseas State authority is the same as that by reference to which section 88A(2) applies to the debt.

(4) References in subsections (1) and (2) above to the incurring of a loss in respect of a debt include references to the making of a deduction, otherwise than in accordance with section 74(j), in respect of a reduction in the value of a debt; and for the purposes of those subsections such a deduction shall be treated as made immediately before the end of the period of account for which it is made.

Valid from 07/05/2005

88D Restriction of deductions in respect of certain debts U.K.

(1) This section applies to debts to which the following provisions do not apply—

(a) Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 (loan relationships, etc);

(b) Schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2002 (derivative contracts);

(c) Schedule 29 to that Act (intangible fixed assets).

(2) In calculating the profits of a company's trade for the purposes of corporation tax, no deduction is allowed in respect of a debt owed to the company, except—

(a) by way of impairment loss, or

(b) to the extent that the debt is released wholly and exclusively for the purposes of that trade as part of a statutory insolvency arrangement.

(3) In this section “debt” includes an obligation or liability that falls to be discharged otherwise than by the payment of money.

(4) In this section “trade” has the meaning given by section 6(4).

89 Debts proving irrecoverable after event treated as discontinuance. U.K.

M42 Where section 113 or 337(1) applies to treat a trade, profession or vocation as discontinued by reason of any event, then, in computing for tax purposes the profits or gains of the trade, profession or vocation in any period after the event, there may be deducted a sum equal to any amount proved during that period to be irrecoverable in respect of any debts credited in computing for tax purposes the profits or gains for any period before the event (being debts the benefit of which was assigned to the persons carrying on the trade, profession or vocation after the event) in so far as the total amount proved to be irrecoverable in respect of those debts exceeds any deduction allowed in respect of them under section 74(j) in a computation for any period before the event.

Marginal Citations

M42 SOURCE-1970 s. 135

90 Additional payments to redundant employees. U.K.

(1) M43 Where a payment is made by way of addition to a redundancy payment or to the corresponding amount of any other employer’s payment and the additional payment would be—

(a) allowable as a deduction in computing for the purposes of Schedule D the profits or gains or losses of a trade, profession or vocation; or

(b) eligible for relief under section 75 or 76 as expenses of management of a business,

but for the permanent discontinuance of the trade, profession, vocation or business, the additional payment shall, subject to subsection (2) below, be so allowable or so eligible notwithstanding that discontinuance and, if made after the discontinuance, shall be treated as made on the last day on which the trade, profession, vocation or business was carried on.

(2) Subsection (1) above applies to an additional payment only so far as it does not exceed three times the amount of the redundancy payment or of the corresponding amount of the other employer’s payment.

(3) In this section references to the permanent discontinuance of a trade, profession, vocation or business include references to any occasion on which it is treated as permanently discontinued by virtue of section 113(1) or 337(1).

(4) In this section references to a redundancy payment or to the corresponding amount of an employer’s payment shall be construed as in sections 579 and 580.

Marginal Citations

M43 SOURCE-1980 s. 41

91 Cemeteries. U.K.

(1) M44 In computing the profits or gains or losses for any period of a trade which consists of or includes the carrying on of a cemetery, there shall be allowed as a deduction—

(a) any capital expenditure incurred by the person engaged in carrying on the trade in providing any land in the cemetery sold during that period for the purpose of interments, and

(b) the appropriate fraction of the residue at the end of that period of the relevant capital expenditure.

(2) M45 Subject to subsection (3) below, the relevant capital expenditure is capital expenditure incurred for the purposes of the trade in question by the person engaged in carrying it on, being—

(a) expenditure on any building or structure other than a dwelling-house, being a building or structure in the cemetery likely to have little or no value when the cemetery is full; and

(b) expenditure incurred in providing land taken up by any such building or structure, and any other land in the cemetery not suitable or adaptable for use for interments and likely to have little or no value when the cemetery is full.

(3) Relevant capital expenditure—

(a) does not include expenditure incurred on buildings or structures which have been destroyed before the beginning of the first period to which subsection (1) above applies in the case of the trade in question; and

(b) of other expenditure incurred before that time, includes only the fraction—

where—

A is the number of grave-spaces which at that time were or could have been made available in the cemetery for sale, and

B is the number already sold.

(4) M46 For the purposes of this section—

(a) the residue of any expenditure at the end of a period is the amount incurred before that time which remains after deducting—

(i) any amount allowed in respect of that expenditure under subsection (1)(b) above in computing the profits or gains or losses of the trade for any previous period, and

(ii) if, after the beginning of the first period to which subsection (1) above applies in the case of a trade and before the end of the period mentioned at the beginning of this subsection, any asset representing that expenditure is sold or destroyed, the net proceeds of sale or, as the case may be, any insurance money or other compensation of any description received by the person carrying on the trade in respect of the destruction and any money received by him for the remains of the asset; and

(b) the appropriate fraction of the residue of any expenditure at the end of any period is—

where—

A is the number of grave-spaces in the cemetery sold in the period, and

B is the number of grave-spaces which at the end of the period are or could be made available in the cemetery for sale.

(5) Where in any chargeable period there is a change in the persons engaged in carrying on a trade which consists of or includes the carrying on of a cemetery, any allowance to be made under this section to the persons carrying on the trade after the change shall, whether or not it is to be assumed for other purposes that the trade was discontinued and a new trade set up and commenced, be computed—

(a) as if they had at all times been engaged in carrying on the trade;

(b) as if everything done to or by any of their predecessors in carrying on the trade had been done to or by them; and

(c) without regard to the price paid on any sale on the occasion of any such change.

(6) No expenditure shall be taken into account under both paragraph (a) and paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above, whether for the same or different periods.

(7) This section shall apply in relation to a trade which consists of or includes the carrying on of a crematorium and, in connection therewith, the maintenance of memorial garden plots, as it applies in relation to a trade which consists of or includes the carrying on of a cemetery, but subject to the modifications that—

(a) references to the cemetery or land in the cemetery shall be taken as references to the land which is devoted wholly to memorial garden plots, and

(b) references to grave-spaces shall be taken as references to memorial garden plots, and

(c) references to the sale or use of land for interments shall be taken as references to its sale or use for memorial garden plots.

(8) In this section—

(a) references to the sale of land include references to the sale of a right of interment in land, and to the appropriation of part of a memorial garden in return for a dedication fee or similar payment;

(b) references to capital expenditure incurred in providing land shall be taken as references to the cost of purchase and to any capital expenditure incurred in levelling or draining it or otherwise rendering it suitable for the purposes of a cemetery or a memorial garden; and

(c) the reference in subsection (4)(a)(ii) to subsection (1) above includes a reference to section 141 of the 1970 Act and section 22 of the M47 Finance Act 1952 (which made similar provision to that made by this section).

(9) [F40 Section 153 of the 1990 Act] (which relates to expenditure which is reimbursed to a person carrying on a trade) shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of [F40 that Act].

Textual Amendments

F40 1990(C) Sch.1 para.8(6).Previously

“Section 84 of the 1968 Act”

and

“Part I of that Act”

respectively.

Marginal Citations

M44 SOURCE-1970 s. 141(1)

M45 SOURCE-1970 s. 141(2)

M46 SOURCE-1970 s. 141(3)–(8)

M47 1952 c. 33.

[F41 91A Waste disposal: restoration payments. U.K.

(1) This section applies where on or after 6th April 1989 a person makes a site restoration payment in the course of carrying on a trade.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) below, for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax the payment shall be allowed as a deduction in computing the profits or gains of the trade for the period of account in which the payment is made.

(3) Subsection (2) above shall not apply to so much of the payment as—

(a) represents expenditure which has been allowed as a deduction in computing the profits or gains of the trade for any period of account preceding the period of account in which the payment is made, or

(b) represents capital expenditure in respect of which an allowance has been, or may be, made under the enactments relating to capital allowances.

(4) For the purposes of this section a site restoration payment is a payment made—

(a) in connection with the restoration of a site or part of a site, and

(b) in order to comply with any condition of a relevant licence, or any condition imposed on the grant of planning permission to use the site for the carrying out of waste disposal activities, or [F42 any relevant obligation].

(5) For the purposes of this section waste disposal activities are the collection, treatment, conversion and final depositing of waste materials, or any of those activities.

(6) For the purposes of this section a relevant icence is—

(a) a disposal licence under Part I of the M48 Control of Pollution Act 1974 or Part II of the M49 Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, or

(b) a waste management licence under Part II of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 or any corresponding provision for the time being in force in Northern Ireland [F43 or

(c) any authorisation under the M50 Radioactive Substances Act 1960 or the M51 Radioactive Substances Act 1993 for the disposal of radioactive waste or any nuclear site licence under the M52 Nuclear Installations Act 1965.]

[F44 (7) For the purposes of this section a relevant obligation is—

(a) an obligation arising under an agreement made under—

(i) section 106 of the M53 Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as originally enacted;

(ii) section 50 of the M54 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972;

(b) a planning obligation entered into under section 106 of the Act of 1990, as substituted by section 12 of the M55 Planning and Compensation Act 1991, or under section 299A of the Act of 1990;

(c) an obligation arising under or under an agreement made under any provision—

(i) corresponding to section 106 of the M53 Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as originally enacted or as substituted by the Act of 1991 or to section 299A of the Act of 1990; and

(ii) for the time being in force in Northern Ireland.]

(8) For the purposes of this section a period of account is a period for which an account is made up.]

Textual Amendments

F41 Ss. 91A, 91B inserted by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), s. 78.

F42 Words in s. 91A(4)(b) substituted (25.10.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 83(a); S.I. 1991/2272, art. 3(2)

F43 S. 91A(6)(c) and the word “or” immediately preceding it inserted (27.7.1993 with effect in relation to any case where the trade in question is begun after 31.3.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 110(1)(3)

F44 S. 91A(7) substituted (25.10.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 83(b); S.I. 1991/2272, art. 3(2)

Marginal Citations

M48 1974 c. 40.

M49 S.I. 1978/1049 (N.I.19).

M50 1960 c. 34.

M51 1993 c. 12.

M52 1965 c. 57.

M53 1990 c. 8.

M54 1972 c. 52.

M55 1991 c. 34.

91B Waste disposal: preparation expenditure. U.K.

(1) This section applies where a person—

(a) incurs, in the course of carrying on a trade, site preparation expenditure in relation to a waste disposal site (the site in question),

(b) holds, at the time the person first deposits waste materials on the site in question, a relevant licence which is then in force,

(c) makes a claim for relief under this section in such form as the Board may direct, and

(d) submits such plans and other documents (if any) as the Board may require;

and it is immaterial whether the expenditure is incurred before or after the coming into force of this section.

(2) In computing the profits or gains of the trade for a period of account ending after 5th April 1989, the allowable amount shall be allowed as a deduction for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax.

(3) In relation to a period of account (the period in question) the allowable amount shall be determined in accordance with the formula—

(4) A is the site preparation expenditure incurred by the person at any time before the beginning of, or during, the period in question—

(a) in relation to the site in question, and

(b) in the course of carrying on the trade;

but this subsection is subject to subsections (5) and (9) below.

(5) A does not include any expenditure—

(a) which has been allowed as a deduction in computing the profits or gains of the trade for any period of account preceding the period in question, or

(b) which constitutes capital expenditure in respect of which an allowance has been, or may be, made under the enactments relating to capital allowances.

(6) B is an amount equal to any amount allowed as a deduction under this section, if allowed—

(a) in computing the profits or gains of the trade for any period of account preceding the period in question, and

(b) as regards expenditure incurred in relation to the site in question;

and if different amounts have been so allowed as regards different periods, B is the aggregate of them.

(7) C is the volume of waste materials deposited on the site in question during the period in question; but if the period is one beginning before 6th April 1989 C shall be reduced by the volume of any waste materials deposited on the site during the period but before that date.

(8) D is the capacity of the site in question not used up for the deposit of waste materials, looking at the state of affairs at the end of the period in question.

(9) Where any of the expenditure which would be included in A (apart from this subsection) was incurred before 6th April 1989, A shall be reduced by an amount determined in accordance with the formula—

(10) For the purposes of subsection (9) above—

(a) E is so much of the initial expenditure (that is, the expenditure which would be included in A apart from subsection (9) above) as was incurred before 6th April 1989,

(b) F is the volume of waste materials deposited on the site in question before 6th April 1989, and

(c) G is the capacity of the site in question not used up for the deposit of waste materials, looking at the state of affairs immediately before 6th April 1989.

[F45 (10A) For the purposes of this section any expenditure incurred for the purposes of a trade by a person about to carry it on shall be treated as if it had been incurred by that person on the first day on which he does carry it on and in the course of doing so.]

(11) For the purposes of this section—

(a) a waste disposal site is a site used (or to be used) for the disposal of waste materials by their deposit on the site,

(b) in relation to such a site, site preparation expenditure is expenditure on preparing the site for the deposit of waste materials (and may include expenditure on earthworks),

(c) in relation to such a site, “capacity” means capacity expressed in volume,

(d) “relevant licence” has the same meaning as in section 91A, and

(e) a period of account is a period for which an account is made up.

Textual Amendments

F45 S. 91B(10A) inserted (27.7.1993 with effect in relation to any case where the trade in question is begun after 31.3.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 110(2)(3)

Valid from 28/07/2000

91BA Waste disposal: entitlement of successor to allowances. U.K.

(1) This section applies where—

(a) site preparation expenditure has been incurred in relation to a waste disposal site,

(b) that expenditure was incurred by a person in the course of carrying on a trade, and

(c) on or after 21st March 2000—

(i) that person (“the predecessor”) ceases to carry on that trade, or ceases to carry it on so far as it relates to that site, and

(ii) another person (“the successor”) begins to carry on that trade, or to carry on in the course of a trade the activities formerly carried on by the predecessor in relation to that site.

(2) If the conditions specified in the following provisions of this section are met, then, for the purposes of section 91B above—

(a) the trade carried on by the successor shall be treated as the same trade as that carried on by the predecessor, and

(b) allowances shall be made to the successor (and not to the predecessor) as if everything done to or by the predecessor had been done to or by the successor.

(3) The first condition is that the whole of the site in question is transferred to the successor.

Provided the successor holds an estate or interest in the whole of the site, it need not be the same as that held by the predecessor.

(4) The second condition is that the successor, at the time he first deposits waste material at the site, holds a relevant licence in respect of the site which is then in force.

(5) Expressions used in this section have the same meaning as in section 91B.

Valid from 19/03/1997

91C Mineral exploration and access. U.K.

Where—

(a) a person carrying on a trade incurs expenditure on mineral exploration and access as defined in section 121(1) of the M56 Capital Allowances Act 1990 in an area or group of sands in which the presence of mineral deposits in commercial quantities has already been established, and

(b) if the presence in that area or group of sands of mineral deposits in commercial quantities had not already been established, that expenditure would not have been allowed to be deducted in computing the profits or gains of the trade for the purposes of tax,

that expenditure shall not be so deducted.

Marginal Citations

M56 1990 c. 1.

Valid from 01/04/2009

[F46 Payments for restrictive undertakings U.K.

Textual Amendments

F46 S. 76ZA and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 31 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

76ZA Payments for restrictive undertakings U.K.

(1) This section applies if a payment—

(a) is treated as earnings of an employee by virtue of section 225 of ITEPA 2003 (payments for restrictive undertakings), and

(b) is made, or treated as made for the purposes of section 226 of that Act (valuable consideration given for restrictive undertakings), by a company in relation to which section 76 applies.

(2) The payment is treated as expenses payable which fall to be brought into account at Step 1 in section 76(7), so far as it otherwise would not be.]

Valid from 01/04/2009

[F47 Seconded employees U.K.

Textual Amendments

F47 S. 76ZB and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 32 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

76ZB Employees seconded to charities and educational establishments U.K.

(1) This section applies if a company to which section 76 applies makes the services of a person employed for the purposes of the company's life assurance business available to—

(a) a charity, or

(b) an educational establishment,

on a basis that is stated and intended to be temporary.

(2) Expenses of the employer that are attributable to the employee's employment during the period of the secondment are treated as expenses payable which fall to be brought into account at Step 1 in section 76(7).

(3) In this section—

• “educational establishment” has the same meaning as in section 70 of CTA 2009, and

• “the period of the secondment” means the period for which the employee's services are made available to the charity or educational establishment.]

Valid from 01/04/2009

[F48 Counselling and retraining expenses U.K.

Textual Amendments

F48 S. 76ZC and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 33 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

76ZC Counselling and other outplacement services U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a company carrying on life assurance business (“the employer”) incurs counselling expenses,

(b) the expenses are incurred in relation to a person (“the employee”) who holds or has held an office or employment under the employer, and

(c) the relevant conditions are met.

(2) The expenses are brought into account under section 76 as expenses payable (so far as they otherwise would not be).

(3) In this section “counselling expenses” means expenses incurred—

(a) in the provision of services to the employee in connection with the cessation of the office or employment,

(b) in the payment or reimbursement of fees for such provision, or

(c) in the payment or reimbursement of travelling expenses in connection with such provision.

(4) In this section “the relevant conditions” means—

(a) conditions A to D for the purposes of section 310 of ITEPA 2003 (employment income exemptions: counselling and other outplacement services), and

(b) in the case of travel expenses, condition E for those purposes.

[F49 76ZD Retraining courses U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a company carrying on life assurance business (“the employer”) incurs training course expenses,

(b) they are incurred in relation to a person (“the employee”) who holds or has held an office or employment under the employer, and

(c) the relevant conditions are met.

(2) The expenses are brought into account under section 76 as expenses payable (so far as they otherwise would not be).

(3) In this section—

• “retraining course expenses” means expenses incurred in the payment or reimbursement of retraining course expenses within the meaning given by section 311(2) of ITEPA 2003, and

• “the relevant conditions” means—

  (a)

  the conditions in subsections (3) and (4) of section 311 of ITEPA 2003 (employment income exemptions: retraining courses), and

  (b)

  in the case of travel expenses, the conditions in subsection (5) of that section.]

Textual Amendments

F49 S. 76ZD inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 34 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

[F50 76ZE Retraining courses: recovery of tax] U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an employer's liability to corporation tax for an accounting period is determined on the assumption that it is entitled by virtue of section 76ZD to bring an amount into account in determining the amount of a deduction to be made under section 76, and

(b) without section 76ZD the employer would not have been so entitled.

(2) If, subsequently—

(a) the condition in section 311(4)(a) of ITEPA 2003 is not met because of the employee's failure to begin the course within the period of one year after ceasing to be employed, or

(b) the condition in section 311(4)(b) of ITEPA 2003 is not met because of the employee's continued employment or re-employment,

an assessment of an amount or further amount of corporation tax due as a result of the condition not being met may be made under paragraph 41 of Schedule 18 to FA 1998.

(3) Such an assessment must be made before the end of the period of 6 years immediately following the end of the accounting period in which the failure to meet the condition occurred.

(4) If subsection (2) applies, the employer must give an officer of Revenue and Customs a notice containing particulars of—

(a) the employee's failure to begin the course,

(b) the employee's continued employment, or

(c) the employee's re-employment,

within 60 days of coming to know of it.

(5) If an officer of Revenue and Customs has reason to believe that the employer has failed to give such a notice, the officer may by notice require the employer to provide such information as the officer may reasonably require for the purposes of this section about—

(a) the failure to begin the course,

(b) the continued employment, or

(c) the re-employment.

(6) A notice under subsection (5) may specify a time (not less than 60 days) within which the required information must be provided.]

Textual Amendments

F50 S. 76ZE inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 35 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C15 S. 76ZE applied (with modifications) (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the affecting Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 2 para. 139(3)(4) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

Valid from 01/04/2009

[F51 Redundancy payments etc U.K.

Textual Amendments

F51 S. 76ZF and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 36 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

76ZF Redundancy payments and approved contractual payments U.K.

(1) Sections 76ZG to 76ZI apply if—

(a) a company to which section 76 applies (“the employer”) makes a redundancy payment or an approved contractual payment to another person (“the employee”), and

(b) the payment is in respect of the employee's employment wholly in the employer's life assurance business or partly in the employer's life assurance business and partly in one or more other capacities.

(2) For the purposes of this section and sections 76ZG to 76ZH “redundancy payment” means a redundancy payment payable under—

(a) Part 11 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, or

(b) Part 12 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

(3) For the purposes of this section and those sections—

• “contractual payment” means a payment which, under an agreement, an employer is liable to make to an employee on the termination of the employee's contract of employment, and

• a contractual payment is “approved” if, in respect of that agreement, an order is in force under—

  (a)

  section 157 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, or

  (b)

  Article 192 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

[F52 76ZG Payments in respect of employment wholly in employer's business U.K.

(1) This section applies if the payment is in respect of the employee's employment wholly in the employer's life assurance business.

(2) The payment is treated as expenses payable which fall to be brought into account at Step 1 in section 76(7), so far as it otherwise would not be.

(3) The amount brought into account by virtue of this section for an approved contractual payment must not exceed the amount which would have been due to the employee if a redundancy payment had been payable.

(4) If the payment is referable to an accounting period beginning after the business has permanently ceased to be carried on, it is treated as referable to the last accounting period in which the business was carried on.]

Textual Amendments

F52 S. 76ZG inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 37 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

[F53 76ZH Payments in respect of employment in more than one capacity U.K.

(1) This section applies if the payment is in respect of the employee's employment with the employer—

(a) partly in the employer's life assurance business, and

(b) partly in one or more other capacities.

(2) The amount of the redundancy payment, or the amount which would have been due if a redundancy payment had been payable, is to be apportioned on a just and reasonable basis between—

(a) the employment in the life assurance business, and

(b) the employment in the other capacities.

(3) The part of the payment apportioned to the employment in the life assurance business is treated as a payment in respect of the employee's employment wholly in the life assurance business for the purposes of section 76ZG.]

Textual Amendments

F53 S. 76ZH inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 38 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

[F54 76ZI Additional payments U.K.

(1) This section applies if the employer's business, or part of it, ceases (permanently) to be carried on and the employer makes a payment to the employee in addition to—

(a) the redundancy payment, or

(b) if an approved contractual payment is made, the amount that would have been due if a redundancy payment had been payable.

(2) If—

(a) the additional payment would not otherwise be regarded as expenses payable for the purposes of section 76, but

(b) that is only because the business, or the part of the business, has ceased to be carried on,

the additional payment is regarded as expenses payable for the purposes of section 76.

(3) So far as the additional payment would, apart from this subsection, be regarded as expenses payable for the purposes of Step 5 in subsection (7) of section 76, it is not to be so regarded for the purposes of that subsection (or of subsection (2) above so far as relating to section 76).

(4) The amount treated under this section as expenses payable for the purposes of section 76 is limited to 3 times the amount of—

(a) the redundancy payment, or

(b) if an approved contractual payment is made, the amount that would have been due if a redundancy payment had been payable.

(5) If the payment is referable to an accounting period beginning after the business or the part of the business has ceased to be carried on, it is treated as referable to the last accounting period in which the business, or the part concerned, was carried on.]

Textual Amendments

F54 S. 76ZI inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 39 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

[F55 76ZJ Payments by the Government] U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a redundancy payment or an approved contractual payment is payable by a company to which section 76 applies (“the employer”), and

(b) a payment to which subsection (2) applies is made in respect of the payment.

(2) This subsection applies to—

(a) payments made by the Secretary of State under section 167 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, and

(b) payments made by the Department for Employment and Learning under Article 202 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

(3) So far as the employer reimburses the Secretary of State or Department for the payment, sections 76ZG to 76ZI apply as if the payment were—

(a) a redundancy payment, or

(b) an approved contractual payment,

made by the employer.]

Textual Amendments

F55 S. 76ZJ inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 40 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

Valid from 01/04/2009

[F56 Contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies U.K.

Textual Amendments

F56 S. 76ZK and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 41 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

76ZK Contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies U.K.

(1) This section applies if a company to which section 76 applies (“the contributor”) incurs expenses in making a contribution (whether in cash or in kind)—

(a) to a local enterprise organisation, or

(b) to an urban regeneration company.

(2) The expenses are treated for the purposes of section 76 as expenses payable which fall to be brought into account at Step 1 in section 76(7).

(3) But if, in connection with the making of the contribution, the contributor or a connected person—

(a) receives a disqualifying benefit of any kind, or

(b) is entitled to receive such a benefit,

the amount treated in accordance with subsection (2) is restricted to the amount of the expenses less the value of the benefit.

(4) For this purpose it does not matter whether a person receives, or is entitled to receive, the benefit—

(a) from the local enterprise organisation or urban regeneration company concerned, or

(b) from anyone else.

(5) Subsection (6) applies if—

(a) an amount has been brought into account in accordance with subsection (2), and

(b) the contributor or a connected person receives a disqualifying benefit that is in any way attributable to the contribution.

(6) The contributor is to be treated as receiving, when the benefit is received, an amount—

(a) which is equal to the value of the benefit (so far as not brought into account in determining the amount of the deduction), and

(b) to which the charge to corporation tax on income applies.

(7) In this section—

• “disqualifying benefit” means a benefit the expenses of obtaining which, if incurred by the contributor directly in a transaction at arm's length, would not be expenses payable for the purposes of section 76,

• “local enterprise organisation” has the meaning given by section 83 of CTA 2009,

• “urban regeneration company” has the meaning given by section 86 of CTA 2009.

(8) Section 839 (“connected person”) applies for the purposes of subsections (3) and (5).]

Valid from 01/04/2009

[F57 Unpaid remuneration U.K.

Textual Amendments

F57 S. 76ZL and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 42 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

76ZL Unpaid remuneration U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an amount is charged in respect of employees' remuneration in the accounts for a period of a company to which section 76 applies,

(b) the amount would apart from this section be brought into account under section 76 as expenses payable, and

(c) the remuneration is not paid before the end of the period of 9 months immediately following the end of the period of account.

(2) If the remuneration is paid after the end of that period of 9 months, the amount is brought into account for the period of account in which it is paid.

(3) But—

(a) subsection (2) is subject to section 86 of FA 1989 (spreading of relief for acquisition expenses), and

(b) in interpreting that section the remuneration is treated as expenses payable which fall to be included at Step 1 in section 76(7) for the period of account in which the remuneration is paid.

(4) The amount is not brought into account under section 76 as expenses payable if it is not paid.

[F58 76ZM Unpaid remuneration: supplementary] U.K.

(1) For the purposes of section 76ZL an amount charged in the accounts in respect of employees' remuneration includes an amount for which provision is made in the accounts with a view to its becoming employees' remuneration.

(2) For the purposes of section 76ZL it does not matter whether an amount is charged for—

(a) particular employments, or

(b) employments generally.

(3) If the profits of the company are calculated before the end of the 9 month period mentioned in section 76ZL(1)(c)—

(a) it must be assumed, in making the calculation, that any remuneration which is unpaid when the calculation is made will not be paid before the end of that period, but

(b) if the remuneration is subsequently paid before the end of that period, nothing in this subsection prevents the calculation being revised and any tax return being amended accordingly.

(4) For the purposes of this section and section 76ZL remuneration is paid when it—

(a) is treated as received by an employee for the purposes of ITEPA 2003 by section 18 or 19 of that Act (receipt of money and non-money earnings), or

(b) would be so treated if it were not exempt income.

(5) In this section and section 76ZL—

• “employee” includes an office-holder and “employment” therefore includes an office, and

• “remuneration” means an amount which is or is treated as earnings for the purposes of Parts 2 to 7 of ITEPA 2003.]

Textual Amendments

F58 S. 76ZM inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 43 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

Valid from 01/04/2009

[F59 Car or motor cycle hire] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F59 S. 76ZN and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 44 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

[F60 76ZN Car or motor cycle hire U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) in calculating the corporation tax to which a company is liable for an accounting period, an amount representing expenses incurred on the hiring of a car or motor cycle can be brought into account under section 76 as expenses payable,

(b) the car or motor cycle is not a qualifying hire car or motor cycle, and

(c) the retail price of the car or motor cycle when new exceeds £12,000.

(2) The amount that would otherwise be capable of being brought into account as expenses payable is reduced by multiplying the amount by the fraction—

where RP is the retail price of the car or motor cycle when new.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if an amount is reduced as a result of subsection (2), or a corresponding provision, and—

(a) subsequently—

(i) there is a rebate (however described) of the hire charges, or

(ii) a debt in respect of any of the hire charges is released otherwise than as part of a statutory insolvency agreement, and

(b) an amount is brought into account in respect of the rebate or release.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3)(b) an amount is brought into account in respect of a rebate of hire charges or the release of a debt if—

(a) the amount of a reversal representing the rebate or release falls to be deducted under Step 4 in section 76(7), or

(b) (in the case of a rebate of hire charges) an amount representing the rebate is chargeable under section 85(1) of the Finance Act 1989 (c. 26).

(5) The amount that would otherwise be deductible as mentioned in subsection (4)(a) or chargeable as mentioned in subsection (4)(b) is reduced by multiplying it by the fraction set out in subsection (2).

(6) In this section “corresponding provision” means—

(a) section 56(2) of CTA 2009 (car or motor cycle hire: trade profits and property income),

(b) section 1251(2) of CTA 2009 (car or motor cycle hire: companies with investment business), and

(c) section 48(2) of ITTOIA 2005 (car or motor cycle hire: trade profits and property income).

(7) The power under section 74(4) of CAA 2001 to increase or further increase the sums of money specified in Chapter 8 of Part 2 of CAA 2001 includes the power to increase or further increase the sum of money specified in subsection (1)(c) or (2).

(8) In this section “car or motor cycle” and “qualifying hire car or motor cycle” have the meanings given by section 57 of CTA 2009.]

Textual Amendments

F60 S. 76ZN and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 44 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

[F61 76ZO Hiring cars (but not motor cycles) with low CO₂ emissions before 1 April 2013 U.K.

(1) Section 76ZN does not apply to expenses incurred on the hiring of a car with low CO₂ emissions, or an electrically-propelled car, if—

(a) the car was first registered on or after 17 April 2002, and

(b) the period of hire begins before 1 April 2013 under a contract entered into before that date.

(2) For this purpose—

• “car with low CO₂ emissions” has the meaning given by section 45D of CAA 2001, and

• “electrically-propelled car” has the meaning given by that section.]

Textual Amendments

F61 S. 76ZO inserted (1.4.2009 with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), Sch. 1 para. 45 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

Treatment of regional development and other grants and debts released etc. U.K.

92 Regional development grants. U.K.

(1) M57 A regional development grant which, apart from this subsection, would be taken into account as a receipt in computing the profits of a trade, profession or vocation which are chargeable under Case I or II of Schedule D, shall not be taken into account as a receipt in computing those profits.

(2) M58 A regional development grant which is made to an investment company—

(a) shall not be taken into account as a receipt in computing its profits under Case VI of Schedule D; and

(b) shall not be deducted, by virtue of section 75(2), from the amount treated as expenses of management.

(3) In this section “regional development grant” means a payment by way of grant under Part II of the M59 Industrial Development Act 1982.

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M57 SOURCE-1984 s. 54(1), (4)

M58 SOURCE-1984 s. 54(2), (3)

M59 1982 c. 52.

93 Other grants under Industrial Development Act 1982 etc. U.K.

(1) M60 A payment to which this section applies which is made to a person carrying on a trade the profits of which are chargeable under Case I of Schedule D shall be taken into account as a receipt in computing those profits; and any such payment which is made to an investment company shall be taken into account as a receipt in computing its profits under Case VI of Schedule D.

(2) M61 This section applies to any payment which would not, apart from this section, be taken into account as mentioned in subsection (1) above, being a payment by way of a grant under—

(a) section 7 or 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 or section 7 or 8 of the M62 Industry Act 1972; or

(b) section 1 of the M63 Industries Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 or section 4 of the M64 Industries Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1971; or

(c) M65 any of Articles 7, 9 and 30 of the M66 Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order 1982;

other than a grant designated as made towards the cost of specified capital expenditure or as made by way of compensation for the loss of capital assets and other than a grant falling within subsection (3) below.

(3) M67 A payment by way of grant which is made—

(a) under Article 7 of the Order referred to in subsection (2)(c) above, and

(b) in respect of a liability for corporation tax (including a liability which has already been met),

shall not be taken into account as mentioned in subsection (1) above, whether by virtue of this section or otherwise.

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M60 SOURCE-1980 s. 42(1)

M61 SOURCE-1980 s. 42(2)

M62 1972 c. 63.

M63 1966 c. 36 (N.I.).

M64 1971 c. 22 (N.I.).

M65 SOURCE-1980 s. 42(2); 1984 s. 55(1)

M66 S.I. 1982/1083 (N.I. 15).

M67 SOURCE-1980 s. 42(3); 1984 s. 55(2)

94 Debts deducted and subsequently released. U.K.

[F62 (1)] M68 Where, in computing for tax purposes the profits or gains of a trade, profession or vocation, a deduction has been allowed for any debt incurred for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation, then, if the whole or any part of the debt is thereafter released [F63 otherwise than as part of a relevant arrangement or compromise], the amount released shall be treated as a receipt of the trade, profession or vocation arising in the period in which the release is effected.

[F64 (2) In subsection (1) above “relevant arrangement or compromise” has the same meaning as in section 74.]

Textual Amendments

F62 S. 94 renumbered as s. 94(1) (3.5.1994) by virtue of Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 144(4)

F63 Words in s. 94(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 144(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 144(3)(a)

F64 S. 94(2) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 144(4)

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M68 SOURCE-1970 s. 136

95 Taxation of dealer’s receipts on purchase by company of own shares. U.K.

(1) M69 Where a company purchases its own shares from a dealer, the purchase price shall be taken into account in computing the profits of the dealer chargeable to tax under Case I or II of Schedule D; and accordingly—

(a) tax shall not be chargeable under Schedule F in respect of any distribution represented by any part of the price, and

(b) the dealer shall not be entitled in respect of the distribution to a tax credit under section 231, and

(c) sections 208 and 234(1) shall not apply to the distribution.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above a person is a dealer in relation to shares of a company if the price received on their sale by him otherwise than to the company would be taken into account in computing his profits chargeable to tax under Case I or II of Schedule D.

(3) Subject to subsection (4) below, in subsection (1) above—

(a) the reference to the purchase of shares includes a reference to the redemption or repayment of shares and to the purchase of rights to acquire shares, and

(b) the reference to the purchase price includes a reference to any sum payable on redemption or repayment.

(4) Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to—

(a) the redemption of fixed-rate preference shares, or

(b) the redemption, on terms settled or substantially settled before 6th April 1982, of other preference shares issued before that date,

if in either case the shares were issued to and continuously held by the person from whom they are redeemed.

(5) In this section—

• “fixed-rate preference shares” means shares which—

  (a)

  were issued wholly for new consideration, and

  (b)

  do not carry any right either to conversion into shares or securities of any other description or to the acquisition of any additional shares or securities, and

  (c)

  do not carry any right to dividends other than dividends which—

  (i)

  are of a fixed amount or at a fixed rate per cent. of the nominal value of the shares, and

  (ii)

  together with any sum paid on redemption, represent no more than a reasonable commercial return on the consideration for which the shares were issued;

• “new consideration” has the meaning given by section 254; and

• “shares” includes stock.

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M69 SOURCE-1982 s. 54

Valid from 21/07/2008

[F65 95ZA Taxation of UK distributions received by insurance companies U.K.

(1) If the total amount of relevant distributions received by a company in an accounting period exceeds £50,000, those distributions are to be taken into account in calculating for corporation tax purposes the profits of the company in that period (and accordingly section 208 does not apply in relation to those distributions).

(2) A company (“company A”) receives a “relevant distribution” if—

(a) it receives a distribution made by a company resident in the United Kingdom (“company B”),

(b) the value of the shares or stock in respect of which the distribution is made (“the holding”) is materially reduced by reason of the distribution,

(c) a profit on the sale of the holding (to anyone other than company B) would be taken into account in calculating company A's profits in respect of relevant insurance business, and

(d) either—

(i) the holding amounts to, or is an ingredient in a holding amounting to, 10% of all holdings of the same class in company B, or

(ii) the period between the acquisition by company A of the holding and that company first taking steps to dispose of the holding does not exceed 30 days.

(3) In this section “relevant insurance business” means any kind of insurance business other than life assurance business.

(4) Section 177(7) of TCGA 1992 (provision supplementing provision corresponding to subsection (2)(d)(i) above) applies for the purposes of subsection (2)(d)(i).

(5) Section 731(4) below (interpretation of “taking steps to dispose of securities”) applies for the purposes of subsection (2)(d)(ii) as if the reference to the securities were to the holding.]

Textual Amendments

F65 S. 95ZA inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 17 para. 16(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 17 para. 16(1)

Special provisions U.K.

Valid from 11/05/2001

[F66 95A Creative artists: relief for fluctuating profits U.K.

Schedule 4A (which enables individuals to make an averaging claim in respect of profits derived wholly or mainly from creative works) shall have effect.

The provisions of that Schedule apply for the year 2000-01 and subsequent years of assessment (so that the first years which may be the subject of an averaging claim are 2000-01 and 2001-02).]

Textual Amendments

F66 S. 95A inserted (11.5.2001) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 71(1)

96 Farming and market gardening: relief for fluctuating profits. U.K.

(1) M70 Subject to the provisions of this section, a person who is or has been carrying on a trade of farming or market gardening in the United Kingdom may claim that subsection (2) or (3) below shall have effect in relation to his profits from that trade for any two consecutive years of assessment if his profits for either year do not exceed such part of his profits for the other year as is there specified.

(2) If the claimant’s profits for either year do not exceed seven-tenths of his profits for the other year or are nil, his profits for each year shall be adjusted so as to be equal to one-half of his profits for the two years taken together or, as the case may be, for the year for which there are profits.

(3) If the claimant’s profits for either year exceed seven-tenths but are less than three-quarters of his profits for the other year, his profits for each year shall be adjusted by adding to the profits that are lower and deducting from those that are higher an amount equal to three times the difference between them less three-quarters of those that are higher.

(4) No claim shall be made under this section—

(a) in respect of any year of assessment before a year in respect of which a claim has already been made under this section; or

(b) in respect of a year of assessment in which the trade is (or by virtue of section 113(1) is treated as) set up and commenced or permanently discontinued.

(5) Any adjustment under this section shall have effect for all the purposes of the Income Tax Acts (including any further application of this section where the second of any two years of assessment is the first of a subsequent pair) except that—

(a) subsection (2) above shall not prevent a person obtaining relief under those Acts for a loss sustained by him in any year of assessment;

(b) any adjustment under this section shall be disregarded for the purposes of section 63(1)(b); and

(c) where, after a claim has been made under this section in respect of the profits for any two years of assessment, the profits for both or either of those years are adjusted for any other reason, this section shall have effect as if the claim had not been made but without prejudice to the making of a further claim in respect of those profits as so adjusted.

(6) This section applies to the profits of a trade carried on by a person in partnership as it applies to the profits of a sole trader F67 . . . .

(7) In this section references to profits from a trade for a year of assessment are references to the profits or gains from that trade which are chargeable to income tax for that year before—

(a) any deduction for losses sustained in any year of assessment;

(b) F68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) any deduction for relief under Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 1981 (stock relief).

(8) Any claim under this section shall be made by notice given to the inspector not later than [F69 twelve months from the 31st January next following] the second of the years of assessment to which the claim relates but any such further claim as is mentioned in subsection (5)(c) above shall not be out of time if made [F70 before the 31st January next following] the year of assessment following that in which the adjustment is made.

(9) Where a person makes a claim under this section in respect of any year of assessment, any claim by him for relief for that year under any other provision of the Income Tax Acts—

(a) shall not be out of time if made before the end of the period in which the claim under this section is required to be made; and

(b) if already made, may be revoked or amended before the end of that period;

but no claim shall by virtue of this subsection be made, revoked or amended after the determination of the claim under this section.

(10) There shall be made all such alterations of assessments or repayments of tax (whether in respect of such profits as are mentioned in subsection (1) above or of other income of the person concerned) as may be required in consequence of any adjustment under this section.

(11) Nothing in this section shall be construed as applying to profits chargeable to corporation tax.

(12) This section applies where the first of the two years mentioned in subsection (1) above is the year 1987-88 or a subsequent year of assessment.

Textual Amendments

F67 Words in s. 96(6) repealed (with effect in accordance with ss. 215(4)(5), 216(5) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 216(3)(a), Sch. 26 Pt. 5(24), Note 2 (with Sch. 20) (as s. 215(5) of that Act is modified (1.5.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 125(1))

F68 S. 96(7)(b) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 214(7) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 214(1)(a), Sch. 26 Pt. 5(24), Note 3 (with Sch. 20)

F69 Words in s. 96(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2), Sch. 19 para. 37(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 37(1)(a)

F70 Words in s. 96(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2), Sch. 19 para. 37(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 37(1)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C16 S. 96(8) modified for the year of assessment 1988-89 by S.I. 1991/851, regs. 1(1), 9, Sch.2.

S. 96(8) modified for the year of assessment 1989-90 by S.I. 1992/511, regs. 1(1), 9, Sch.2.

S. 96(8) applied (with modifications) for the year of assessment 1990-91 by S.I. 1993/415, regs. 1(1), 9, Sch.2

C17 S. 96(8) modified (5.4.1994 with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the modifying S.I.) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Tax) (1991-92) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/728) {reg. 9}, Sch. 2

C18 S. 96(8) modified (9.3.1995 with effect in accordance with regs. 14(2), 15(2) of the modifying S.I.) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Tax) (1992-93 to 1996-97) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/352), regs. 14(1), 15(1), Sch.

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M70 SOURCE-1978 s. 28; 1981 s. 35(4)

97 Treatment of farm animals etc. U.K.

M71 Schedule 5 shall have effect with respect to the treatment, in computing profits or gains for the purposes of Case I of Schedule D, of animals and other living creatures kept for the purposes of farming or any other trade.

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M71 SOURCE-1970 s. 139

98 Tied premises. U.K.

(1) M72 In computing for tax purposes the profits or gains or losses of a trade carried on by a lessor of tied premises—

(a) there shall be taken into account as a trading receipt any rent payable for the premises to him, and there shall be allowed as deduction any rent paid for the premises by him, but

(b) no deduction shall be allowed in respect of the premises either by reference to his being entitled to a rent for the premises which is less than the rent which might have been obtained (or less than their annual value or the rent payable by him for them) or in respect of the annual value of the premises.

(2) For the purposes of this section, premises shall be deemed to be tied premises in relation to any lessor of the premises, and in relation to any trade carried on by him, if, but only if, in the course of that trade, he is concerned (whether as principal or agent) in the supply of goods sold or used on the premises and accordingly deals with the premises or his interest in the premises as property employed for the purposes of that trade; and in this section “the relevant trade”, in relation to any tied premises and to any lessor thereof, means any trade carried on by him in relation to which they are tied premises.

(3) Where part only of premises in respect of which rent is paid by or payable to a lessor of the premises are tied premises in relation to him, the rent paid or payable for the tied premises shall for the purposes of this section be taken to be that part of the entire rent which, on a fair and just apportionment, is attributable to them.

(4) Subject to subsection (5) below, a lessor of tied premises who is chargeable to tax for any chargeable period in respect of the profits or gains of the relevant trade shall not be liable for that period (or for the part of it during which he carries on that trade) to any tax in respect of the premises under Schedule A.

(5) Where, for any chargeable period or part of a chargeable period, a lessor of tied premises becomes entitled to any rent under a lease comprising the tied premises and other premises, but is by virtue of subsection (4) above relieved of liability to tax in respect of the tied premises under Schedule A—

(a) his liability in respect of the rent shall be computed in the first instance as it would be apart from this section, but

(b) his total liability (so computed) in respect of the rent shall be reduced by the part which, on a fair and just apportionment, is attributable to the tied premises for the chargeable period or part thereof for which he is so relieved of liability in respect of them.

(6) If the lessor of tied premises outside the United Kingdom is chargeable to tax for any chargeable period in respect of the profits or gains of the relevant trade, he shall not be liable for that period (or for the part of it during which he carries on that trade) to tax under Case V of Schedule D in respect of any rent for the premises.

(7) Where the person carrying on a trade is, in the case of any premises, entitled in equity to the interest of any lessor of those premises, then, in relation to that person, subsections (1) to (3) above shall apply as if he were the lessor of the premises, and as if any rent payable to or paid by the lessor were payable to or paid by him; and, in relation to the lessor of the premises, subsections (4) and (5) above (or, in the case of premises outside the United Kingdom, subsection (6) above) shall apply as they would apply to the person carrying on the trade if the lessor’s interest in the premises and in any other relevant land were vested in him.

(8) In this section “lease” includes an agreement for a lease if the term to be covered by the lease has begun, and any tenancy, but does not include a mortgage or heritable security, and “lessor” shall be construed accordingly, and includes the successors in title of a lessor.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C19 S. 98(2) applied (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss.156, 289 (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3)).

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M72 SOURCE-1970 s. 140

99 Dealers in land. U.K.

(1) M73 In computing for tax purposes the profits or gains of a trade of dealing in land, there shall be disregarded—

(a) so much of the cost of woodlands in the United Kingdom purchased in the course of the trade as is attributable to trees or saleable underwood growing on the land; and

(b) where any amount has been disregarded under paragraph (a) above and, on a subsequent sale of the woodlands in the course of the trade, all or any of the trees or underwood to which the amount disregarded was attributable are still growing on the land, so much of the price for the land as is equal to the amount so disregarded in respect of those trees or underwood.

(2) M74 In computing the profits or gains of a trade of dealing in land, any trading receipt falling within subsection (1), (4) or (5) of section 34 or section 35 or 36 shall be treated as reduced by the amount on which tax is chargeable by virtue of that section.

(3) Where, on a claim being made under subsection (2)(b) of section 36, the amount on which tax was chargeable by virtue of that section is treated as reduced, subsection (2) above shall be deemed to have applied to the amount as reduced, and any such adjustment of liability to tax shall be made (for all relevant chargeable periods) whether by means of an assessment or otherwise, as may be necessary, and may be so made at any time at which it could be made if it related only to tax for the chargeable period in which that claim is made.

(4) M75 Subsection (1) above shall not apply where the purchase mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection was made under a contract entered into before 1st May 1963.

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M73 SOURCE-1970 s. 142(1)

M74 SOURCE-1970 s. 142(2), (4)

M75 SOURCE-1970 s. 142(2), (4)