Part 8Other reliefs

Chapter 1Interest payments

Loans for plant or machinery

388Loan to buy plant or machinery for partnership use

1

This section applies to a loan that is used for capital expenditure on the provision of plant or machinery to which subsection (2) applies.

2

This subsection applies to plant or machinery if—

a

it is in use for the purposes of a trade, profession or ordinary property business carried on by a partnership, and

b

the partnership is entitled to a capital allowance or liable to a balancing charge in respect of it under section 264 of CAA 2001 (partnership using property of a partner) for the period of account in which the interest is paid.

3

A partnership is treated as entitled to a capital allowance or liable to a balancing charge in respect of plant or machinery for a period of account (“the later period”) for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) if—

a

it has been so entitled or liable for a previous period of account, and

b

no disposal value has been brought into account in respect of it in the later period or any earlier period of account.

4

In this section and sections 389 and 390—

  • capital expenditure” has the meaning given in section 4 of CAA 2001,

  • period of account” has the same meaning as in that Act (see section 6(2) to (6) of that Act), and

  • ordinary property business” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of that Act (see section 16 of that Act).