Corporation Tax Act 2009

43Caravan sites where trade carried onU.K.
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(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.