Part 5Miscellaneous income

Chapter 2Receipts from intellectual property

Disposals of know-how

585Income charged under section 583

1

Tax is charged under section 583 on the full amount of the profits arising in the tax year.

2

The profits charged under section 583 are—

a

the amount of the consideration, less

b

any expenditure incurred by the recipient wholly and exclusively in the acquisition or disposal of the know-how.

3

Such expenditure may not be taken into account more than once, whether under this section or otherwise.

4

This section needs to be read with section 603 (contributions to expenditure).