PART XVII U.K. TAX AVOIDANCE

CHAPTER VI U.K. MISCELLANEOUS

Other provisions U.K.

785 Meaning of “asset”, “capital sum” and “lease” for purposes of sections 781 to 784. U.K.

• In sections 781 to 784—

  • “asset” means any description of property or rights other than land or an interest in land;

  • “capital sum” means any sum of money, or any money’s worth, except so far as it or any part of it is to be treated for the purposes of tax as a receipt to be taken into account in computing the [F1 profits] or losses of a trade, profession or vocation, or profits or gains or losses arising from woodlands, or is, apart from section 781, chargeable [F2 to income tax under or by virtue of any provision to which section 836B applies or to corporation tax] under Case VI of Schedule D; and

  • “lease”, in relation to an asset, means any kind of agreement or arrangement under which payments are made for the use of, or otherwise in respect of, an asset, and includes, in particular, any agreement or arrangement all or any of the payments under which represent instalments of, or payments towards, a purchase price.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 785 substituted (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 46(3)(a), Sch. 7 para. 1

F2 S. 785: words in definition of "capital sum" 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. 319 (with Sch. 2)