[F1PART 15CU.K.Theatrical Productions

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 15C inserted (17.7.2014 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 16 of the amending Act, 22.8.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 4 paras. 1, 16; S.I. 2014/2228, art. 2

Companies qualifying for reliefU.K.

1217GC“Core expenditure”U.K.

(1)In this Part “core expenditure”, in relation to a theatrical production, means expenditure on the activities involved in—

(a)producing the production, and

(b)closing the production.

(2)The reference in subsection (1)(a) to “expenditure on the activities involved in producing the production”—

(a)does not include expenditure on any matters not directly involved in producing the production (for instance, financing, marketing, legal services or storage);

(b)does not include expenditure on the ordinary running of the production; but expenditure incurred on or after the date of the first performance of the production to the paying general public may fall within subsection (1)(a) (for instance, if it is incurred in connection with a substantial recasting or a substantial redesign of the set).]