Part 4Property income

Chapter 3Profits of property businesses: basic rules

Charge to tax on profits of a property business

209Charge to tax on profits of a property business

The charge to corporation tax on income applies to the profits of a property business.

Calculation of profits

210Profits of a property business: application of trading income rules

(1)

The profits of a property business are calculated in the same way as the profits of a trade.

(2)

But the provisions of Part 3 (trading income) which apply as a result of subsection (1) are limited to the following—

In Chapter 3 (basic rules)—

section 46

generally accepted accounting practice

section 47

losses calculated on same basis as profits

section 48

receipts and expenses

section 52

apportionment etc of profits and losses to accounting period

In Chapter 4 (rules restricting deductions)—

section 53

capital expenditure

section 54

expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses

section 55

bad debts

sections 56 to 58

car or motor cycle hire

section 59

patent royalties

In Chapter 5 (rules allowing deductions)—

section 61

pre-trading expenses

section 68

replacement and alteration of trade tools

section 69

payments for restrictive undertakings

sections 70 and 71

seconded employees

section 72

payroll deduction schemes: contributions to agents' expenses

sections 73 to 75

counselling and retraining expenses

sections 76 to 81

redundancy payments etc

sections 82 to 86

contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies

sections 87 and 88

scientific research

sections 89 and 90

expenses connected with patents, designs and trade marks

section 91

payments to Export Credits Guarantee Department

section 92

levies under FISMA 2000

In Chapter 6 (receipts)—

section 93

capital receipts

section 94

debts incurred and later released

section 101

distribution of assets of mutual concerns

section 102

industrial development grants

section 103

sums recovered under insurance policies etc

section 104

repayments under FISMA 2000

In Chapter 7 (gifts to charities etc)—

section 108

receipt of benefits by donor or connected person

In Chapter 9 (other specific trades)—

section 131

incidental costs of issuing qualifying shares (building societies)

section 133

annual payments paid by a credit union

In Chapter 12 (deductions from profits)—

sections 172 to 175

unremittable amounts

211Loan relationships and derivative contracts

(1)

The profits of a property business are calculated without regard to items giving rise to—

(a)

credits or debits within Part 5 (loan relationships), or

(b)

credits or debits within Part 7 (derivative contracts).

(2)

This section does not affect the width of the provision made by—

(a)

section 464 (priority of Part 5 for corporation tax purposes), or

(b)

section 699 (priority of Part 7 for corporation tax purposes).

212Items treated as receipts and expenses

The rules for calculating the profits of a property business need to be read with—

(a)

the provisions of CAA 2001 which treat allowances as expenses of a property business,

(b)

the provisions of CAA 2001 which treat charges as receipts of a property business, and

(c)

section 748 (credits and debits in respect of an intangible fixed asset held by a company for the purposes of a property business carried on by it treated as receipts and expenses of the business).

213Certain amounts brought into account under Part 3

(1)

The rules for calculating the profits of a property business need to be read with the following provisions of Part 3 (trading income)—

(a)

section 42 (tied premises),

(b)

section 43 (caravan sites where trade carried on),

(c)

section 44 (surplus business accommodation), and

(d)

section 45(3) (payments for wayleaves).

(2)

Those provisions secure that amounts which would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of the business are, or may be, brought into account instead in calculating the profits of a trade.

214Relationship between rules prohibiting and allowing deductions

(1)

Any relevant permissive rule in this Part—

(a)

has priority over any relevant prohibitive rule, but

(b)

is subject to the following provisions—

(i)

section 56 (car or motor cycle hire), as applied by section 210,

(ii)

section 1288 (unpaid remuneration),

(iii)

section 1290 (employee benefit contributions),

(iv)

section 1304 (crime-related payments).

(2)

In this section “any relevant permissive rule in this Part” means any provision of this Part (apart from sections 231 to 234) which allows a deduction in calculating the profits of a property business.

(3)

In this section “any relevant prohibitive rule”, in relation to any deduction, means any provision of this Part or Chapter 1 of Part 20 (apart from those mentioned in subsection (1)(b)) which might otherwise be read as—

(a)

prohibiting or deferring the deduction, or

(b)

restricting the amount of the deduction.

(4)

In this section any reference to any provision of this Part includes any provision applied by section 210.