PART IVU.K. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SCHEDULE D CHARGE

CHAPTER VU.K. COMPUTATIONAL PROVISIONS

DeductionsU.K.

90 Additional payments to redundant employees.U.K.

(1)M1Where 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 [F1profits] 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.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1SOURCE-1980 s. 41