108 Election for carry-back.U.K.
M1Where any sum is—
(a)chargeable to tax by virtue of section 103 or 104, and
(b)received in any year of assessment beginning not later than six years after the discontinuance or, as the case may be, change of basis by the person by whom the trade, profession or vocation was carried on before the discontinuance or change, or by his personal representatives,
that person or (in either case) his personal representatives may, by notice sent to [F1an officer of the Board within one year from the 31st January next following] that year of assessment, elect that the tax so chargeable shall be charged as if the sum in question were received on the date on which the discontinuance took place or, as the case may be, on the last day of the period at the end of which the change of basis took place F2. . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 108 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 128(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 128(4)(a)
F2Words in s. 108 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 128(11) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 128(4)(b), Sch. 41 Pt. 5(6), Note 1
Marginal Citations
M1Source—1970 s.149