SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Tax treatment of financing costs and income

Part 2Application of this Schedule

11Relevant dealing in financial instruments

1

In this Part “financial instrument” means anything that is a financial instrument for any purpose of the FSA Handbook.

2

For the purposes of this Part, a dealing in a financial instrument is a “relevant dealing” if—

a

it is a dealing other than in the capacity of a broker, and

b

profits or losses on the dealing form part of the trading profits or losses of a business.

3

In this paragraph “broker” includes any person offering to sell securities to, or purchase securities from, members of the public generally.