Part 2Trading income

Chapter 10Trade profits: certain telecommunication rights

147Expenditure and receipts treated as revenue in nature

1

This section applies if, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, an amount in respect of—

a

expenditure on the acquisition of a relevant telecommunication right, or

b

a receipt from the disposal of a relevant telecommunication right,

is recognised in the accounts of a trade as an item in the calculation of profit or loss.

2

The amount is treated for income tax purposes as an item of a revenue nature.

3

The acquisition of a relevant telecommunication right” includes—

a

the extension of rights attached to a relevant telecommunication right, and

b

if a relevant telecommunication right is subject to a derivative right, the cancellation or restriction of rights attached to the derivative right.

4

The disposal of a relevant telecommunication right” includes—

a

the cancellation or restriction of rights attached to a relevant telecommunication right, and

b

the granting of a derivative right or the extension of rights attached to a derivative right.