Part 2Trading income

Chapter 5Trade profits: rules allowing deductions

Expenses connected with foreign trades

93Allocation of expenses

1

Expenses within section 92(3)(a), (b) or (c) are allocated to the foreign trade.

2

If—

a

the expenses are within section 92(3)(a) or (b), and

b

the trader carries on more than one foreign trade at the place in question outside the United Kingdom,

those expenses are allocated between the foreign trades on a just and reasonable basis.

3

If—

a

the expenses are within section 92(3)(c), and

b

the trader's absence is for the purpose of carrying on more than one foreign trade,

those expenses are allocated between the foreign trades on a just and reasonable basis.

4

Expenses within section 92(3)(d) are allocated—

a

to the trade carried on at the trader's place of destination, if that trade is a foreign trade, and

b

in any other case, to the foreign trade carried on at the trader's place of departure.

5

If the trader carries on more than one foreign trade at—

a

the place of destination (in a case falling within subsection (4)(a)), or

b

the place of departure (in a case falling within subsection (4)(b)),

the expenses are allocated between the foreign trades on a just and reasonable basis.