SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18Relief for community amateur sports clubs

Part 2Exemptions for registered clubs

4Exemption for trading income

1

Where—

a

a club is a registered club throughout an accounting period,

b

its trading income for that period (before deduction of any expenses) does not exceed £15,000,

c

the whole of that income is applied for qualifying purposes, and

d

the club makes a claim under this paragraph to the Inland Revenue,

it shall be exempt from corporation tax on that income.

2

In relation to an accounting period that is shorter than 12 months, sub-paragraph (1)(b) has effect as if the amount specified there were proportionately reduced.

3

Where a club is a registered club for only part of an accounting period, sub-paragraph (1) has effect as if—

a

that part were a separate accounting period;

b

the club’s trading income for that part were the proportionately reduced amount of its trading income for the actual accounting period.

4

In this paragraph “trading income” means income that (apart from this paragraph) is chargeable under Case I of Schedule D.