Trading income and property incomeU.K.
42Tied premisesU.K.
(1)This section applies if —
(a)in the course of carrying on a trade a company (“the trader”) supplies, or is concerned in the supply of, goods sold or used on premises occupied by another person,
(b)the trader has an estate or interest in the premises,
(c)the estate or interest is dealt with as property employed for the purposes of the trade, and
(d)receipts and expenses in connection with the premises would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of a property business of the trader.
(2)Both the receipts and the expenses are instead brought into account in calculating the profits of the trade.
(3)Any apportionment of receipts or expenses that is necessary because—
(a)the receipts or expenses do not relate only to the premises, or
(b)the above conditions are met only in relation to part of the premises,
is to be made on a just and reasonable basis.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 42 excluded by 2006 c. 25, s. 104(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 34 para. 2(2) of the commencing Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 34 para. 2(1))
43Caravan sites where trade carried onU.K.
(1)This section applies if—
(a)a company (“the trader”) carries on material activities connected with the operation of a caravan site,
(b)the activities are, or are part of, a trade, and
(c)receipts from, and expenses of, lettings of caravans or pitches for caravans on the site would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of a property business of the trader.
(2)The trader may instead bring both the receipts and the expenses into account in calculating the profits of the trade.
(3)But if the conditions in subsection (1)(a) and (b) are met for only part of an accounting period of the trader, subsection (2) applies only to the receipts and expenses that would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of the property business for that part of the accounting period.
(4)In this section—
“caravan site” means—
(a)land on which a caravan is stationed for the purposes of human habitation, and
(b)land which is used in conjunction with land on which a caravan is so stationed, and
“letting” includes a licence to occupy.
44Surplus business accommodationU.K.
(1)This section applies if—
(a)a company (“the trader”) carrying on a trade obtains receipts from a letting of business accommodation that is temporarily surplus to requirements (see subsections (3) and (4)),
(b)the accommodation is not held as trading stock,
(c)the receipts are in respect of part of a building of which another part is used to carry on the trade,
(d)the receipts are relatively small, and
(e)the receipts, and the expenses of the letting, would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of a property business of the trader.
(2)The trader may instead bring both the receipts and the expenses into account in calculating the profits of the trade.
(3)Accommodation is temporarily surplus to requirements only if—
(a)it has been used within the last 3 years to carry on the trade or acquired within the last 3 years,
(b)the trader intends to use it to carry on the trade at a later date, and
(c)the letting is for a term of not more than 3 years.
(4)If accommodation is temporarily surplus to requirements at the beginning of an accounting period, it continues to be temporarily surplus to requirements until the end of that period.
(5)If under this section any of the receipts from and expenses of a letting are brought into account in calculating the profits of the trade, all subsequent receipts from and expenses of the letting must be dealt with in the same way (but only so long as this section continues to apply).
(6)In this section “letting” includes a licence to occupy.
45Payments for wayleavesU.K.
(1)This section applies if—
(a)a company (“the trader”) carries on a trade on some or all of the land to which a wayleave relates,
(b)rent is receivable, or expenses are incurred, by the trader in respect of the wayleave, and
(c)apart from any rent or expenses in respect of a wayleave, no other receipts or expenses in respect of any of the land are brought into account in calculating the profits of any property business of the trader.
(2)If—
(a)the trader would otherwise be liable to tax under Chapter 8 of Part 4 in respect of the rent for the wayleave (rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves), or
(b)expenses incurred by the trader in respect of the wayleave would otherwise be brought into account in calculating profits charged under that Chapter,
the trader may instead bring both the rent and the expenses into account in calculating the profits of the trade.
(3)If—
(a)rent for the wayleave would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of a property business of the trader, or
(b)expenses incurred by the trader in respect of the wayleave would otherwise be so brought into account,
the trader may instead bring both the rent and the expenses into account in calculating the profits of the trade.
(4)In this section “rent” includes—
(a)a receipt mentioned in section 207(3), and
(b)any other receipt in the nature of rent.
(5)In this section “wayleave” means an easement, servitude or right in or over land which is enjoyed in connection with—
(a)an electric, telegraph or telephone wire or cable,
(b)a pipe for the conveyance of any thing, or
(c)any apparatus used in connection with such a pipe.
(6)The reference to the enjoyment of an easement, servitude or right in connection with an electric, telegraph or telephone wire or cable includes (in particular) its enjoyment in connection with—
(a)a pole or pylon supporting such a wire or cable, or
(b)apparatus used in connection with such a wire or cable.