Capital Allowances Act 2001

Chapter 19 U.K. Giving effect to allowances and charges

Trades U.K.

247 Trades U.K.

If the qualifying activity of a person who is entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period is a trade, the allowance or charge is to be given effect in calculating the profits of that person’s trade, by treating—

(a) the allowance as an expense of the trade, and

(b) the charge as a receipt of the trade.

Property businesses U.K.

248 Ordinary [F1 property] businesses U.K.

If the qualifying activity of a person who is entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period is an ordinary [F2 property] business, the allowance or charge is to be given effect in calculating the profits of that business, by treating—

(a) the allowance as an expense of that business, and

(b) the charge as a receipt of that business.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 248 substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) , s. 883(1) , Sch. 1 para. 546(b) (with Sch. 2 )

F2 Word in s. 248 substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) , s. 883(1) , Sch. 1 para. 546(a) (with Sch. 2 )

249 Furnished holiday lettings businesses U.K.

(1) If the qualifying activity of a person who is entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period is a furnished holiday lettings business, the allowance or charge is to be given effect in calculating the profits of that business, by treating—

(a) the allowance as an expense of that business, and

(b) the charge as a receipt of that business.

(2) Section 503 of ICTA (letting of furnished holiday accommodation treated as trade for purposes of loss relief rules, etc.) applies to profits calculated in accordance with subsection (1).

250 Overseas property businesses U.K.

If the qualifying activity of a person who is entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period is an overseas property business, the allowance or charge is to be given effect in calculating the profits of that business, by treating—

(a) the allowance as an expense of that business, and

(b) the charge as a receipt of that business.

Activities analogous to trades U.K.

251 Professions and vocations U.K.

If the qualifying activity of a person who is entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period is carrying on a profession or vocation, the allowance or charge is to be given effect in calculating the profits or gains of that person’s profession or vocation, by treating—

(a) the allowance as an expense of the profession or vocation, and

(b) the charge as a receipt of the profession or vocation.

252 Mines, transport undertakings etc. U.K.

If the qualifying activity of a person who is entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period is a concern listed in [F3 section 12(4) of ITTOIA 2005 or] section 55(2) of ICTA (mines, transport undertakings etc.) the allowance or charge is to be given effect in calculating the profits of the concern under [F4 Chapter 2 of Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005 or, as the case may be, under] Case I of Schedule D, by treating—

(a) the allowance as an expense of the concern, and

(b) the charge as a receipt of the concern.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in s. 252 inserted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) , s. 883(1) , Sch. 1 para. 547(a) (with Sch. 2 )

F4 Words in s. 252 inserted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) , s. 883(1) , Sch. 1 para. 547(b) (with Sch. 2 )

[F5 Companies with investment business] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F5 S. 253 heading substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Finance Act 2004, Sections 38 to 40 and 45 and Schedule 6 (Consequential Amendments of Enactments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2310) , art. 1(2) , Sch. para. 54(3)

253 [F5 Companies with investment business] U.K.

(1) This section applies if the qualifying activity of a person entitled to an allowance or liable to a charge for a chargeable period is [F6 managing the investment business].

(2) The allowance is, as far as possible, to be given effect by deducting the amount of the allowance from any income for the period of the business; and section 75(4) of ICTA (addition of allowances to company’s expenses of management) applies only in so far as it cannot be given effect in this way.

(3) The charge is to be given effect by treating the amount of the charge as income of the business.

(4) Except as provided by subsections (2) and (3), the Corporation Tax Acts apply in relation to the allowance or charge as if they were required to be given effect in calculating the profits of that person’s trade for the purposes of Case I of Schedule D.

(5) Corresponding allowances or charges in the case of the same plant or machinery are not to be made under this Part both under this section and in another way.

(6) Expenditure to which this section applies is not to be taken into account otherwise than under this Part or as provided by section 75(4) of ICTA.

(7) This section is subject to sections 768B(8) and 768C(11) of ICTA.

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in s. 253(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Finance Act 2004, Sections 38 to 40 and 45 and Schedule 6 (Consequential Amendments of Enactments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2310) , art. 1(2) , Sch. para. 54(2)

Life assurance business U.K.

254 Introductory U.K.

(1) Sections 255 and 256 apply if a company which is carrying on any life assurance business is entitled or liable to any allowances or charges for a chargeable period in respect of plant or machinery consisting of a management asset.

(2) In this Chapter “management asset” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 12 (life assurance business).

255 Apportionment of allowances and charges U.K.

[F7 (1) Except where subsection (3) applies, any allowance to which the company is entitled, and any charge to which it is liable, for a chargeable period in respect of a management asset must be apportioned between basic life assurance and general annuity business, gross roll-up business and PHI business in accordance with subsections (1A) and (1B).]

[F7 (1A) The allowance or charge is to be apportioned to a category of business using the formula—

where—

A is the amount of the allowance or charge,

B is the mean of the opening and closing liabilities of that category of business, and

C is the mean of the opening and closing liabilities of all the categories of business mentioned in subsection (1) which are carried on by the company.

(1B) If C is nil or below nil, the allowance or charge to be apportioned to a category of business is such as is just and reasonable.]

F8 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3) If—

(a) the company is charged to tax under [F9 section 436A of ICTA (gross roll-up business)], and

(b) the management asset in respect of which it is entitled to an allowance or liable to a charge for a chargeable period is [F10 held for the purposes of a permanent establishment outside the United Kingdom at or through which the company carries on gross roll-up business],

the allowance or charge must be allocated (without any apportionment) to that business.

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 255(1)-(1B) substituted for s. 255(1)(1A) (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 69(2) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 2)

F8 S. 255(2) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 69(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 2(7) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 2)

F9 Words in s. 255(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 69(4)(a) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 2)

F10 Words in s. 255(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 69(4)(b) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 S. 255 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Insurance Companies (Tax Exempt Business) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2145), regs. 1(1), 15

C10 S. 255 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Overseas Life Insurance Companies Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3271), regs. 1, 36 (as amended (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2007/2146, regs. 1(1), 21)

C11 S. 255 modified by The Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2014), reg. 43A (as inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2007/2134, regs. 1(1), 33) and amended (12.8.2008) by S.I. 2008/1937, regs. 1(1), 13)

256 Different giving effect rules for different categories of business U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) applies if a company—

(a) carries on basic life assurance and general annuity business, and

[F11 (b) is charged to tax under the I minus E basis in respect of its life assurance business.]

(2) If this subsection applies—

(a) any allowances (or parts of allowances) to which the company is entitled in respect of the basic life assurance and general annuity business are to be given effect by treating them as [F12 expenses payable which fall to brought into account at Step 3 in section 76(7)] of ICTA, and

(b) any charges (or parts of charges) to which the company is liable in respect of that business are to be given effect by treating the amount of the charges (or parts of charges) as income under Case VI of Schedule D for the chargeable period in question.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if, for a chargeable period, a company is charged to tax under [F13 section 436A of ICTA (gross roll-up business)].

(4) If this subsection applies, then, for the purpose of calculating the [F14 profits] under Case VI of Schedule D for the chargeable period in question—

(a) any allowances (or parts of allowances) to which the company is entitled in respect of [F15 gross roll-up business] are to be given effect by treating them as an expense of [F15 its gross roll-up business], and

(b) any charges (or parts of charges) to which the company is liable in respect of [F16 gross roll-up business] are to be given effect by treating them as receipts of [F16 its gross roll-up business].

Textual Amendments

F11 S. 256(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 39(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 8 para. 23 (with Sch. 8 Pt. 2)

F12 Words in s. 256(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by Finance Act 2004, Sections 38 to 40 and 45 and Schedule 6 (Consequential Amendments of Enactments) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/2310), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 55(2)

F13 Words in s. 256(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 70(2) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 2)

F14 Word in s. 256(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 70(3)(a) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 2)

F15 Words in s. 256(4)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 70(3)(b) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 2)

F16 Words in s. 256(4)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 38(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 70(3)(c) (with Sch. 7 Pt. 2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12 S. 256 modified (1.1.2002) by S.I. 1997/473, reg. 53C (as inserted by S.I. 2001/3975, reg. 8)

C13 S. 256 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by The Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2014), regs. 1(1), 44

257 Supplementary U.K.

(1) Allowances and charges to which sections 255 and 256 apply are not to be given effect otherwise than in accordance with those sections.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent any allowance which is to be given effect under those sections from being taken into account in any calculation for the purposes of—

[F17 (a) section 85A(3) of the Finance Act 1989 (excess adjusted Case I profits), or

(b) section 89 of that Act (policy holders' share of profits).]

F18 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F17 S. 257(2)(a)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 39(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 8 para. 24 (with Sch. 8 Pt. 2)

F18 S. 257(3) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 17(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 10 para. 14(8)(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 2(10)

Special leasing of plant or machinery U.K.

258 Special leasing: income tax U.K.

(1) This section applies for income tax purposes if the qualifying activity of a person entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period (“the current tax year”) is special leasing of plant or machinery.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the allowance is to be given effect by deducting it from the person’s income for the current tax year from any qualifying activity the person has of special leasing of plant or machinery.

(3) If the plant or machinery leased under the special leasing was not used for the whole or any part of the current tax year for the purposes of a qualifying activity carried on by the lessee—

(a) the allowance, or

(b) a proportionate part of it,

is to be given effect by deducting the allowance, or the part of the allowance, from the person’s income for the current tax year from that special leasing only.

[F19 (3A) The allowance or (as the case may be) the proportionate part of the allowance is given effect at Step 2 of the calculation in section 23 of ITA 2007.]

(4) Any charge is to be given effect by treating the charge as income to be [F20 assessed to income tax].

(5) If the amount to be deducted from a description of income specified in subsection (2) or (3) exceeds the person’s income of that description for the current tax year, the excess must be deducted from the person’s income of the same description for the next tax year, and so on for subsequent tax years.

(6) For the purposes of this section, income from special leasing of plant or machinery includes any charge treated as income under subsection (4).

(7) In this section, references to deducting an allowance (or a part of an allowance) from income include setting it off against income.

Textual Amendments

F19 S. 258(3A) inserted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 404 (with Sch. 2)

F20 Words in s. 258(4) substituted (6.4.2005) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) , s. 883(1) , Sch. 1 para. 548 (with Sch. 2 )

259 Special leasing: corporation tax (general) U.K.

(1) This section applies for corporation tax purposes if the qualifying activity of a company entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period (“the current accounting period”) is special leasing of plant or machinery.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the allowance is to be given effect by deducting it from the company’s income for the current accounting period from any qualifying activity it has of special leasing of plant or machinery.

(3) If the plant or machinery leased under the special leasing was not used for the whole or any part of the current accounting period for the purposes of a qualifying activity carried on by the lessee—

(a) the allowance, or

(b) a proportionate part of it,

is to be given effect by deducting the allowance, or the part of the allowance, from the company’s income for the current accounting period from that special leasing only.

(4) Any charge is to be given effect by treating the charge as income from special leasing of plant or machinery.

260 Special leasing: corporation tax (excess allowance) U.K.

(1) This section applies if the amount to be deducted from a description of income specified in section 259(2) or (3) exceeds the company’s income of that description for the current accounting period.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (6), the excess must (if the company remains within the charge to tax) be deducted from the company’s income of the same description for the next accounting period (and so on for subsequent accounting periods).

(3) The company may, on making a claim, require the excess to be deducted from any profits—

(a) of the current accounting period, and

(b) if the company was then within the charge to tax, of any previous accounting period ending within the carry-back period.

(4) The carry-back period is a period which—

(a) is of the same length as the current accounting period, and

(b) ends at the start of the current accounting period.

(5) If the preceding accounting period began before the start of the carry-back period, the total amount of deductions that may be made from the profits of the preceding accounting period under—

(a) subsection (3), and

(b) any corresponding provision of the Corporation Tax Acts relating to losses,

must not exceed a part of those profits proportionate to the part of the period falling within the carry-back period.

(6) A claim under subsection (3) must be made no later than 2 years after the end of the current accounting period.

(7) If the deduction of the allowance (or of part of it) was subject to the restriction in section 259(3)—

(a) subsections (3) to (6), and

(b) section 403 of ICTA (group relief),

do not apply in relation to the allowance (or part of it).

(8) In this section “profits” has the same meaning as in section 6 of ICTA (charge to corporation tax etc.).

261 Special leasing: life assurance business U.K.

In the case of a company which is carrying on any life assurance business—

(a) subsections (3) to (6) of section 260, and

(b) section 403 of ICTA (group relief),

do not apply in relation to an allowance to which the company is entitled under section 19 (special leasing of plant or machinery).

[F21 261A Special leasing: leasing partnerships U.K.

(1) This section applies for corporation tax purposes if—

(a) a company carries on a business in partnership with other persons in a chargeable period of the partnership,

(b) the business (“the leasing business”) is, on any day in that period, a business of leasing plant or machinery,

(c) the company is entitled to an allowance under section 19 (special leasing of plant or machinery) for any chargeable period comprised (wholly or partly) in the chargeable period of the partnership, and

(d) the interest of the company in the leasing business during the chargeable period of the partnership is not determined on an allowable basis.

(2) Subsections (3) to (6) of section 260 do not apply in relation to the allowance.

(3) For the purposes of this section—

(a) “business of leasing plant or machinery” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of Schedule 10 to FA 2006 (sale etc of lessor companies etc), and

(b) section 785ZA of ICTA applies for determining whether the interest of the company in the leasing business during the chargeable period of the partnership is determined on an allowable basis.]

Textual Amendments

F21 S. 261A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 83(4)-(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 83(3)

Employments and offices U.K.

262 Employments and offices U.K.

If the qualifying activity of a person who is entitled or liable to an allowance or charge for a chargeable period is an employment or office, the allowance or charge is to be given effect, by treating—

(a) the allowance as [F22 a deduction from the taxable earnings from] the employment or office, and

(b) the charge as [F23 earnings] of the employment or office.

Textual Amendments

F22 Words in s. 262(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) , s. 723 , Sch. 6 para. 253(a) (with Sch. 7 )

F23 Word in s. 262(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) , s. 723 , Sch. 6 para. 253(b) (with Sch. 7 )

[F24 First-year tax credits U.K.

Textual Amendments

F24 S. 262A and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 25 para. 4

262A First-year tax credits U.K.

Schedule A1 contains provision about the payment of first-year tax credits to companies in connection with certain first-year qualifying expenditure.]