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M1(1)Subject to section 782, where—
(a)a deduction by way of tax relief which is one of the kinds listed in subsection (4) below is allowable in respect of a payment made under a lease of an asset of any description, and
(b)before, at or after the time when the payment is made, either—
(i)the person who made the payment has obtained or obtains a capital sum in respect of the lessee’s interest in the lease, or
(ii)the lessor’s interest in the lease, or any other interest in the asset, has belonged to an associate of the person who made the payment, and that associate has obtained a capital sum in respect of that interest,
the person obtaining that sum shall be charged [F1to tax (in the case of corporation tax, under Case VI of Schedule D) for the chargeable period in which the sum is obtained] on an amount equal to the amount of the payment in respect of which tax relief is so allowed.
[F2(1A)An amount charged to income tax under subsection (1) above is treated for income tax purposes as an amount of income.]
(2)A person shall not be assessed to tax under subsection (1) above on any amount to the extent to which it exceeds the capital sum by reference to which he is so assessed.
(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to payments under a lease created on or before 14th April 1964.
(4)The kinds of deductions by way of tax relief to which subsection (1) above applies are as follows—
(a)a deduction in computing [F3profits] or losses of a trade, profession or vocation for the purposes of tax;
[F4(ab)a deduction in computing profits or other income or gains chargeable to income tax under or by virtue of any provision to which [F5section 1016 of ITA 2007] applies, or in computing any loss for which relief is allowable under [F6section 152 of ITA 2007];]
(b)a deduction in computing profits or gains chargeable under Case VI of Schedule D, or in computing any loss for which relief is allowable under section F7. . . 396;
(c)[F8a deduction] under section 75 or 76;
(d)[F9a deduction from earnings allowed under section 336 of ITEPA 2003 (expenses)] or allowable in computing losses in an employment for tax purposes;
(e)a deduction allowable for tax purposes in computing profits or gains or losses arising from woodlands.
(5)Where—
(a)the deduction by way of tax relief mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above is a deduction in computing, for income tax purposes, profits or gains or losses of a trade, profession or vocation, or arising from woodlands, and
(b)any part of the payments made under the lease by the person obtaining the capital sum is a payment in respect of which a deduction is not allowed for the reason that the whole or any part of the period in which the payment would fall to be allowed is not a period on the [F3profits] of which income tax falls to be computed in respect of the trade, profession or vocation,
for the reference in subsection (2) above to the amount of the capital sum there shall be substituted a reference to that amount after deducting the amount of the payment in respect of which a deduction is not allowed for that reason.
(6)So far as in respect of a capital sum any part of a payment allowed as a deduction by way of tax relief of a kind to which this section applies is taken into account in making an assessment under subsection (1) above, that part of the payment shall be left out of account in determining whether any and if so what amount should be assessed by reference to any other capital sum; and the order in which this subsection is applied shall be the order in which the capital sums are obtained.
(7)There shall be made all such adjustments of tax, whether by way of making assessments or by repayment of tax, as are required after the making of any such payment as is described in subsection (1) above to give effect to the charge under that subsection in respect of a sum obtained before the making of the payment.
(8)Notwithstanding anything in the Tax Acts limiting the time within which an assessment may be made or a claim for relief may be admitted any such adjustment may be made, by making an assessment or otherwise, at any time [F10within the period specified in subsection (8A) below].
[F11(8A)The period mentioned in subsection (8) above is—
(a)in the case of adjustments with respect to income tax, the period ending with the fifth anniversary of the 31st January next following the year of assessment in which the payment was made;
(b)in the case of adjustments with respect to corporation tax, the period of six years beginning at the end of the accounting period in which the payment was made.]
(9)This section shall not apply if the capital sum obtained in respect of the lessee’s interest in a lease constituting a hire-purchase agreement for machinery or plant is a sum which is required to be brought into account as the whole or part of the disposal value of the machinery or plant under [F12section 68 of the Capital Allowances Act].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 781(1) substituted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 316(2) (with Sch. 2)
F2S. 781(1A) inserted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 189(2) (with Sch. 2)
F3Words in s. 781(4)(a)(5)(b) substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a), Sch. 7 para. 1
F4S. 781(4)(ab) inserted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 316(3) (with Sch. 2)
F5Words in s. 781(4)(ab) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 189(3)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F6Words in s. 781(4)(ab) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 189(3)(b) (with Sch. 2)
F7Words in s. 781(4)(b) repealed (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the repealing Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 316(4), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)
F8Words in s. 781(4)(c) substituted (28.9.2004 with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Finance Act 2004, Sections 38 to 40 and 45 and Schedule 6 (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2310), art. 2, Sch. para. 33(2)
F9Words in s. 781(4)(d) substituted (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 102 (with Sch. 7)
F10Words in s. 781(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 135(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 21 para. 21(2)
F11S. 781(8A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 135(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 21 para. 21(3)
F12Words in s. 781(9) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 579 of the amending Act) by Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2), Sch. 2 para. 57
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 781 modified (11.1.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 252(3), Sch. 24 para. 19(1)-(4)
C2S. 781 excluded (11.1.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 252(3), Sch. 24 para. 19(6)
C3S. 781 modified (19.9.1994) by Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21), s. 68(4), Sch. 4 para. 18(1) (with s. 40(7)); S.I. 1994/2189, art. 2, Sch.
C4S. 781 modified (8.11.1995) by Atomic Energy Authority Act 1995 (c. 37), Sch. 3 para. 11(1)
C5S. 781 modified (24.7.1996) by Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55), s. 149(1)(f), Sch. 7 para. 24(1) (with s. 43)
C6S. 781 excluded (12.1.2000) by Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29), s. 425(2), Sch. 33 para. 13(2); S.I. 1999/3434, art. 2
C7S. 781 modified (8.6.2005) by Railways Act 2005 (c. 14), s. 60(2), Sch. 10 paras. 8, 20; S.I. 2005/1444, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
C8S. 781 modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 13 paras. 16, 25
C9 See 1979(C) s.106and Sch.3 para.9—amounts charged under s.781to be excluded in computing capital gains.
Marginal Citations
M1Source—1970 s.492 (1)-(5), (7)-(9); 1971 Sch.8 16(7)
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