Part 3Property income

Chapter 3Profits of property businesses: basic rules

Calculation of profits

272Profits of a property business: application of trading income rules

(1)

The profits of a property business are calculated in the same way as the profits of a trade.

(2)

But the provisions of Part 2 (trading income) which apply as a result of subsection (1) are limited to the following—

In Chapter 3 (basic rules)—

section 25

generally accepted accounting practice

section 26

losses calculated on same basis as profits

section 27

receipts and expenses

section 28

items treated under CAA 2001 as receipts and expenses

section 29

interest

In Chapter 4 (rules restricting deductions)—

section 33

capital expenditure

section 34

expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses

section 35

bad and doubtful debts

sections 36 and 37

unpaid remuneration

sections 38 to 44

employee benefit contributions

sections 45 to 47

business entertainment and gifts

sections 48 to 50

car or motor cycle hire

section 51

patent royalties

section 52

exclusion of double relief for interest

section 53

social security contributions

section 54

penalties, interest and VAT surcharges

section 55

crime-related payments

In Chapter 5 (rules allowing deductions)—

section 57

pre-trading expenses

sections 58 and 59

incidental costs of obtaining finance

section 68

replacement and alteration of trade tools

section 69

payments for restrictive undertakings

sections 70 and 71

seconded employees

section 72

payroll deduction schemes: contributions to agents' expenses

sections 73 to 75

counselling and retraining expenses

sections 76 to 80

redundancy payments etc.

section 81

personal security expenses

sections 82 to 86

contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies

sections 87 and 88

scientific research

sections 89 and 90

expenses connected with patents, designs and trade marks

section 91

payments to Export Credits Guarantee Department

In Chapter 6 (receipts)—

section 96

capital receipts

section 97

debts incurred and later released

section 104

distribution of assets of mutual concerns

section 105

industrial development grants

section 106

sums recovered under insurance policies etc.

In Chapter 7 (gifts to charities etc.)—

section 109

receipt by donor or connected person of benefit attributable to certain gifts

In Chapter 11 (other specific trades)—

section 155

levies and repayments under FISMA 2000

In Chapter 13 (deductions from profits)—

sections 188 to 191

unremittable amounts

(3)

In those provisions the expression “this Part” is to be read as a reference to those provisions as applied by subsection (2) and to the other provisions of Part 3.

273Amounts not brought into account as part of a property business

(1)

The rules for calculating the profits of a property business need to be read with the following provisions of Part 2 (trading income)—

(a)

section 19 (tied premises),

(b)

section 20 (caravan sites where trade carried on),

(c)

section 21 (surplus business accommodation), and

(d)

section 22(3) (payments for wayleaves).

(2)

Those provisions secure that amounts which would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of the business are, or may be, brought into account instead in calculating the profits of a trade.

274Relationship between rules prohibiting and allowing deductions

(1)

Any relevant permissive rule in this Part—

(a)

has priority over any relevant prohibitive rule in this Part, but

(b)

is subject to sections 48 (car or motor cycle hire) and 55 (crime-related payments), as applied by section 272.

(2)

In this section “any relevant permissive rule in this Part” means any provision of this Part (apart from sections 291 to 294) which allows a deduction in calculating the profits of a property business.

(3)

In this section “any relevant prohibitive rule in this Part”, in relation to any deduction, means any provision of this Part (apart from sections 48 and 55, as applied by section 272) which might otherwise be read as—

(a)

prohibiting the deduction, or

(b)

restricting the amount of the deduction.

(4)

In this section any reference to any provision of this Part includes any provision applied by section 272.