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Part 3U.K.Trading income

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Chapter 9U.K.Trade profits: other specific trades

Dealers in land etcU.K.

134Purchase or sale of woodlandsU.K.

(1)This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade of dealing in land.

(2)If the company carrying on the trade buys woodlands in the United Kingdom in the course of the trade, the part of the cost of the woodlands which is attributable to trees or saleable underwood growing on the land is ignored.

(3)If—

(a)the woodlands are subsequently sold in the course of the trade, and

(b)any of the trees or underwood are still growing on the land at the time of the sale,

the part of the price that is equal to the amount ignored under subsection (2) for those trees or that underwood is ignored.

135Relief in respect of mineral royaltiesU.K.

(1)This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade carried on by a UK resident company in an accounting period if the receipts of the trade include mineral royalties—

(a)which the company is entitled to receive under a mineral lease or agreement, and

(b)which are not chargeable to tax under Chapter 7 of Part 4 (rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern) because of the priority rule in section 287.

(2)The company is treated as entitled to receive only half of the total of the mineral royalties arising under the lease or agreement in the accounting period.

(3)Sections 274 to 276 (meaning of “mineral lease or agreement” and “mineral royalties”) apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of Chapter 7 of Part 4.

(4)See also section 201 of TCGA 1992 (gains treated as accruing to a company entitled to receive mineral royalties).

136Lease premiums etc: reduction of receiptsU.K.

(1)This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade of dealing in land if a receipt of the trade falls within one of the following categories—

(a)lease premiums within section 217,

(b)sums within section 219 (sums payable instead of rent),

(c)sums within section 220 (sums payable for surrender of a lease),

(d)sums within section 221 (sums payable for variation or waiver of terms of lease),

(e)consideration for the assignment of a lease within section 222 (lease granted at an undervalue), and

(f)amounts received on the sale of an estate or interest in land within section 224 (sales with right to reconveyance) or section 225 (sale and leaseback transactions).

(2)The receipt is reduced by the relevant amount.

(3)The relevant amount is the amount which is treated as a receipt of a property business as a result of any of sections 217 to 225.

(4)But if—

(a)the company carrying on the trade makes a claim under section 238 or 239, and

(b)as a result of the claim a repayment of tax is made to that company,

the relevant amount is the amount which, for the purpose of determining the amount of the repayment of tax, is treated as brought into account as a receipt in calculating the profits of the property business.

(5)If subsection (4) applies, any adjustment of liability to tax may be made—

(a)by assessment or otherwise, and

(b)at any time at which it could be made if it related only to tax for the accounting period in which the claim under section 238 or 239 is made.