Corporation Tax Act 2010

Chapter 2 U.K. Finance leases with return in capital form

Introduction U.K.

899 Arrangements to which this Chapter applies U.K.

(1) This Chapter applies to arrangements involving the lease of an asset that meet conditions A and B.

(2) Condition A is that in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice the arrangements fall to be treated as a finance lease or loan.

(3) Condition B is that the effect of the arrangements is that some or all of the return on investment in respect of the finance lease or loan—

(a) is or may be in the form of a sum that is not rent, and

(b) would not, apart from this Part and Part 11A of ITA 2007, be wholly brought into account for tax purposes as rent from the lease of the asset.

(4) It does not matter—

(a) when the arrangements are or have been entered into, or

(b) whether they are or have been entered into by companies or other persons.

900 Purposes of this Chapter U.K.

(1) This section sets out the main purposes of this Chapter where there are any arrangements to which this Chapter applies.

(2) The first main purpose is, in relation to a company entitled to the lessor's interest under the lease of the asset, to apply the charge to corporation tax on income to amounts determined as mentioned in subsections (3) and (4).

(3) The amounts referred to in subsection (2) are determined by reference to the amounts that fall for accounting purposes to be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, as the income return on and after 26 November 1996 on investment in respect of the finance lease or loan.

(4) The amounts referred to in subsection (2) are also determined taking into account the substance of the matter as a whole, including, in particular, the state of affairs—

(a) as between connected persons, or

(b) within a group of companies,

as reflected or falling to be reflected in accounts of any of those persons or in consolidated group accounts.

(5) The second main purpose of this Chapter is, if the sum mentioned in section 899(3)(a) that is not rent falls due, to recover by reference to that sum the whole or any part of the capital expenditure reliefs.

(6) In subsection (5) “the capital expenditure reliefs” means any reliefs, allowances or deductions that are or have been allowed or made in respect of capital expenditure incurred in respect of the leased asset.

Leases to which this Chapter applies U.K.

901 Application of this Chapter U.K.

(1) This Chapter applies if—

(a) a lease of an asset is or has been granted, and

(b) the conditions in section 902 are or have been met in relation to the lease at some time in a period of account of the current lessor.

(2) But this Chapter does not apply so far as, in relation to the current lessor, the lease falls to be regarded as a long funding lease for the purposes of Part 2 of CAA 2001 (plant and machinery allowances) in accordance with Chapter 6A of that Part (interpretation of provisions about long funding leases) (see section 70G of that Act).

(3) If the conditions in section 902 have been met at some time in a period of account of the person who was at that time the lessor, they are taken to continue to be met for the purposes of this Chapter unless and until one of the conditions in subsection (4) is met.

(4) The conditions are that—

(a) the asset ceases to be leased under the lease, or

(b) the lessor's interest under the lease is assigned to a person who is not connected with any of the persons specified in subsection (5).

(5) Those persons are—

(a) the assignor,

(b) any person who was the lessor at some time before the assignment, and

(c) any person who at some time after the assignment becomes the lessor pursuant to arrangements made by a person who was the lessor, or was connected with the lessor, at some time before the assignment.

(6) If at any time the person who was the lessor at that time was a person within the charge to income tax, the reference in subsection (3) to the conditions in section 902 having been met at that time includes a reference to the conditions in section 614BC of ITA 2007 having been so met.

(7) Nothing in subsection (3) prevents this Chapter from applying again in relation to the lease where the lessor's interest is assigned if the conditions for its application are met after the assignment.

902 The conditions referred to in section 901(1) U.K.

(1) This section sets out the conditions required by section 901(1) to be met for this Chapter to apply (conditions A to E).

(2) Condition A is that at the relevant time—

(a) the leasing arrangements fall for accounting purposes to be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, as a finance lease or a loan, and

(b) subsection (3) or (4) applies.

(3) This subsection applies if the lessor (“L”), or a person connected with L, falls for accounting purposes to be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, as the finance lessor in relation to the finance lease or loan.

(4) This subsection applies if the finance lease or loan falls for accounting purposes to be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, as subsisting for the purposes of consolidated group accounts of a group of companies of which L is a member.

(5) Condition B is that, under the leasing arrangements, there is or may be payable to L, or to a person connected with L, a sum (a “major lump sum”) that is not rent but falls for accounting purposes to be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice—

(a) as to part, as repayment of some or all of the investment in respect of a finance lease or loan, and

(b) as to part, as a return on investment in respect of a finance lease or loan.

(6) Condition C is that not all of that part of the sum that falls within subsection (5)(b) would, apart from this Chapter, fall to be brought into account for corporation tax purposes in accounting periods of L ending with the relevant accounting period as the normal rent from the lease for periods of account of L.

(7) Condition D is that, in relation to L at the relevant time—

(a) the period of account of L in which the relevant time falls, or

(b) an earlier period of account of L during which L was the lessor,

is a period of account for which the accountancy rental earnings in respect of the lease exceed the normal rent for the period.

(8) Condition E is that at the relevant time—

(a) arrangements within section 904(1) exist, or

(b) paragraph (a) does not apply and circumstances within section 904(3) exist.

(9) Section 903 supplements this section.

903 Provisions supplementing section 902 U.K.

(1) In section 902—

• “the relevant accounting period”, in relation to a major lump sum, means—

  (a)

  the accounting period of the lessor (“L”) which is related to L's period of account in which the major lump sum is or may be payable in accordance with the leasing arrangements, or

  (b)

  if there are two or more such accounting periods, the latest of them, and

• “the relevant time” means the time as at which it must be determined for the purposes of section 901(1) or (3) whether the conditions in section 902 are or, as the case may be, were met.

(2) For the meaning of an accounting period being related to a period of account, see section 932(4).

(3) Subsection (4) applies for determining the normal rent for a period of account for the purpose of determining whether condition D in section 902 is met as respects L unless subsection (5) applies.

(4) Rent that falls to be brought into account for corporation tax purposes as it falls due is treated—

(a) as accruing evenly throughout the period to which, in accordance with the terms of the lease, each payment falling due relates, and

(b) as falling due as it so accrues.

(5) This subsection applies if any such payment as is mentioned in subsection (4)(a) falls due more than 12 months after the time at which any of the rent to which that payment relates is treated as accruing under subsection (4)(a).

904 The arrangements and circumstances referred to in section 902(8) U.K.

(1) The arrangements referred to in section 902(8)(a) are arrangements under which—

(a) the lessee or a person connected with the lessee may acquire, whether directly or indirectly, the leased asset or an asset representing the leased asset from the lessor or a person connected with the lessor, and

(b) in connection with that acquisition, the lessor or a person connected with the lessor may receive, whether directly or indirectly, a qualifying lump sum from the lessee or a person connected with the lessee.

(2) In this section “qualifying lump sum” means any sum that is not rent but at least part of which would fall for accounting purposes to be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, as a return on investment in respect of a finance lease or loan.

(3) The circumstances referred to in section 902(8)(b) are circumstances which make it more likely—

(a) that the events described in subsection (4) will occur, than

(b) that the event described in subsection (5) will occur.

(4) The events mentioned in subsection (3)(a) are—

(a) that the lessee or a person connected with the lessee will acquire, whether directly or indirectly, the leased asset or an asset representing the leased asset from the lessor or a person connected with the lessor, and

(b) that, in connection with that acquisition, the lessor or a person connected with the lessor will receive, whether directly or indirectly, a qualifying lump sum from the lessee or a person connected with the lessee.

(5) The event mentioned in subsection (3)(b) is that, before any such acquisition as is mentioned in subsection (4) takes place, the leased asset or, as the case may be, the asset representing the leased asset, will have been acquired, in a sale on the open market, by an independent third party.

(6) In subsection (5) “independent third party” means a person who—

(a) is not the lessor or the lessee, and

(b) is not connected with either of them.

(7) For the meaning of an asset representing the leased asset, see section 934.

Current lessor taxed by reference to accountancy rental earnings U.K.

905 Current lessor taxed by reference to accountancy rental earnings U.K.

(1) This section applies if, in the case of any period of account of the current lessor (“L”)—

(a) this Chapter applies in relation to the lease, and

(b) the accountancy rental earnings in respect of the lease for that period of account exceed the normal rent for that period.

(2) For corporation tax purposes, L is treated as if in that period of account L had been entitled to, and there had arisen to L, rent from the lease of an amount equal to those accountancy rental earnings (instead of the normal rent referred to in subsection (1)(b)).

(3) Such rent from the lease of an asset is treated for corporation tax purposes—

(a) as if it had accrued at an even rate throughout so much of the period of account as falls within the period for which the asset is leased, and

(b) as if L had become entitled to it as it accrued.

Reduction of taxable rent by cumulative rental excesses U.K.

906 Reduction of taxable rent by cumulative rental excesses: introduction U.K.

(1) This section and sections 907 to 910 provide for reductions of the taxable rent of a current lessor (“L”) under a lease to which this Chapter applies.

(2) In this section and sections 907 to 910 “taxable rent”, in relation to a period of account of L, means the amount that would, apart from those sections, be treated for corporation tax purposes as rent from the lease that arises to L in that period of account for the purpose of determining L's liability to tax for the related accounting period or periods.

(3) The reductions of taxable rent under sections 907 to 910 depend on there being—

(a) a cumulative accountancy rental excess for the period of account of L in question, or

(b) a cumulative normal rental excess for the period of account of L in question.

(4) For the meaning of “cumulative accountancy rental excess” and “cumulative normal rental excess”, see sections 907 and 909 respectively.

907 Meaning of “accountancy rental excess” and “cumulative accountancy rental excess” U.K.

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, there is an “accountancy rental excess” in relation to the lease for a period of account of the current lessor (“L”) if the taxable rent in relation to the lease for the period is as a result of section 905 (current lessor taxed by reference to accountancy rental earnings) an amount equal to the accountancy rental earnings.

(2) The amount of the accountancy rental excess for the period is equal to the difference between the accountancy rental earnings for the period and the normal rent for the period.

(3) But if the taxable rent for the period is reduced under section 910 (reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative normal rental excess), there is only an accountancy rental excess for the period if—

(a) the accountancy rental earnings, reduced by an amount equal to the reduction under that section, exceed

(b) the normal rent.

(4) And in that case the amount of the accountancy rental excess for the period is equal to that excess.

(5) In this Chapter the “cumulative accountancy rental excess”, in relation to the lease and a period of account of L, means so much of the total of the accountancy rental excesses for previous periods of account of L (as increased under section 912: recovery of bad debts following reduction under section 911) as has not been—

(a) set off under section 908 (reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative accountancy rental excess) against the taxable rent for any such previous period,

(b) reduced under section 911 (relief for bad debts: reduction of cumulative accountancy rental excess), or

(c) set off under section 37A of TCGA 1992 (consideration on disposal of certain leases) against the consideration for a disposal.

908 Reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative accountancy rental excess U.K.

(1) This section applies if a period of account of the current lessor (“L”) is one for which—

(a) the normal rent in relation to the lease exceeds the accountancy rental earnings, and

(b) there is a cumulative accountancy rental excess.

(2) The taxable rent for the period of account is reduced by setting against it the cumulative accountancy rental excess (but not so as to reduce that rent below the amount of the accountancy rental earnings).

(3) But see section 911(3) and (4) (under which the amount of the cumulative accountancy rental excess which may be set against the taxable rent is limited in some circumstances).

909 Meaning of “normal rental excess” and “cumulative normal rental excess” U.K.

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, there is a “normal rental excess” in relation to a lease for any period of account of the current lessor (“L”) throughout which the leasing arrangements fall for accounting purposes to be treated, in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, as a finance lease or loan if—

(a) the normal rent for the period, exceeds

(b) the accountancy rental earnings for the period.

(2) The amount of the normal rental excess for that period is equal to that excess.

(3) But if the taxable rent for the period is reduced under section 908 (reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative accountancy rental excess), there is only a normal rental excess for the period if—

(a) the normal rent, reduced by an amount equal to the reduction under that section, exceeds

(b) the accountancy rental earnings.

(4) And in that case the amount of the normal rental excess for the period is equal to that excess.

(5) In this Chapter “cumulative normal rental excess”, in relation to the lease and a period of account of L, means so much of the total of the normal rental excesses for previous periods of account of L (as increased under section 914: recovery of bad debts following reduction under section 913) as has not been—

(a) set off under section 910 (reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative normal rental excess) against the taxable rent for any such previous period, or

(b) reduced under section 913 (relief for bad debts: reduction of cumulative normal rental excess).

910 Reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative normal rental excess U.K.

(1) This section applies if a period of account of the current lessor (“L”) is one for which—

(a) the taxable rent in relation to the lease is as a result of section 905 (current lessor taxed by reference to accountancy rental earnings) an amount equal to the accountancy rental earnings, and

(b) there is a cumulative normal rental excess.

(2) The taxable rent for the period of account is reduced by setting against it the cumulative normal rental excess (but not so as to reduce that rent below the amount of the normal rent).

(3) But see section 913(3) and (4) (under which the amount of the cumulative normal rental excess which may be set against the taxable rent is limited in some circumstances).

Relief for bad debts by reduction of cumulative rental excesses U.K.

911 Relief for bad debts: reduction of cumulative accountancy rental excess U.K.

(1) This section applies if in relation to the lease for any period of account of the current lessor—

(a) there is a cumulative accountancy rental excess, and

(b) a bad debt deduction falls to be made in respect of rent from the lease.

(2) If for that period—

(a) the accountancy rental earnings in relation to the lease exceed the normal rent, and

(b) the amount of the bad debt deduction exceeds the amount of the accountancy rental earnings,

the cumulative accountancy rental excess for that period is reduced by the amount of the excess of that deduction over those earnings (but not so as to reduce the amount of that rental excess below nil).

(3) Subsections (4) and (5) apply if for that period the accountancy rental earnings in relation to the lease do not exceed the normal rent.

(4) The amount of the cumulative accountancy rental excess that may be set against the taxable rent for that period under section 908(2) (reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative accountancy rental excess) is limited to the amount (if any) by which the normal rent exceeds the bad debt deduction.

(5) If for that period the bad debt deduction exceeds the normal rent, the cumulative accountancy rental excess for that period is reduced by the amount of that excess (but not so as to reduce the amount of that rental excess below nil).

(6) In this section—

• “bad debt deduction”, in relation to a period of account of the lessor, means the total of the deductions falling to be made for accounting purposes for that period by way of impairment loss in respect of rents from the lease of the asset, and

• “taxable rent” has the meaning given in section 906(2).

912 Recovery of bad debts following reduction under section 911 U.K.

(1) This section applies if in relation to the lease—

(a) the cumulative accountancy rental excess for any period of account of the current lessor (“L”) has been reduced under section 911(2) or (5) because of a bad debt deduction,

(b) in a subsequent period of account of L, an amount (“the relevant credit”) is recovered or credited in respect of the amount which constituted the bad debt deduction, and

(c) there is a cumulative accountancy rental excess for that subsequent period.

(2) The cumulative accountancy rental excess for the subsequent period is increased.

(3) If the relevant credit does not exceed the total of the reductions under section 911(2) or (5), the increase is by the relevant credit.

(4) Otherwise, the increase is limited to that total.

(5) In this section “bad debt deduction” has the meaning given in section 911(6).

913 Relief for bad debts: reduction of cumulative normal rental excess U.K.

(1) This section applies if in relation to the lease for any period of account of the current lessor—

(a) there is a cumulative normal rental excess, and

(b) a bad debt deduction falls to be made in respect of rent from the lease.

(2) If for that period—

(a) the accountancy rental earnings in the case of the lease do not exceed the normal rent, and

(b) the amount of the bad debt deduction exceeds the amount of that rent,

the cumulative normal rental excess for that period is reduced by the amount of the excess of that deduction over that rent (but not so as to reduce the amount of that rental excess below nil).

(3) Subsections (4) and (5) apply if for that period the accountancy rental earnings in relation to the lease exceed the normal rent.

(4) The amount of the cumulative normal rental excess that may be set against the taxable rent for that period under section 910 (reduction of taxable rent by the cumulative normal rental excess) is limited to the amount (if any) by which the accountancy rental earnings exceed the bad debt deduction.

(5) If for that period the bad debt deduction exceeds the accountancy rental earnings, the cumulative normal rental excess for that period is reduced by the amount of the excess (but not so as to reduce the amount of that rental excess below nil).

(6) In this section, in relation to a period of account of the lessor—

• “bad debt deduction” has the meaning given in section 911(6), and

• “taxable rent” has the meaning given in section 906(2).

914 Recovery of bad debts following reduction under section 913 U.K.

(1) This section applies if in relation to the lease—

(a) the cumulative normal rental excess for any period of account of the current lessor (“L”) has been reduced under section 913(2) or (5) as a result of a bad debt deduction,

(b) in a subsequent period of account of L, an amount (“the relevant credit”) is recovered or credited in respect of the amount which constituted the bad debt deduction, and

(c) there is a cumulative normal rental excess for that subsequent period.

(2) The cumulative normal rental excess for the subsequent period is increased.

(3) If the relevant credit does not exceed the total of the reductions under section 913(2) or (5), the increase is by the relevant credit.

(4) Otherwise, the increase is limited to that total.

(5) In this section “bad debt deduction” has the meaning given in section 911(6).

Effect of disposals U.K.

915 Effect of disposals of leases: general U.K.

(1) This section applies if the current lessor (“L”) or a person connected with L disposes of—

(a) the lessor's interest under the lease,

(b) the leased asset, or

(c) an asset representing the leased asset (see section 934).

(2) This Part has effect as if immediately before the disposal a period of account of L ended and another began.

(3) If—

(a) two or more disposals within subsection (1) are made at the same time, and

(b) there is any cumulative accountancy rental excess for any period of account of L in which the disposal occurs,

subsection (2) has effect in relation to those disposals as if they together constituted a single disposal.

(4) In this section “dispose” and “disposal” are to be read in accordance with TCGA 1992.

(5) In cases where there is any cumulative accountancy rental excess for L's period of account in which the disposal occurs, section 37A of that Act (consideration on disposal of certain leases) makes provision for the purposes of that Act about the reduction of the consideration for the disposal by that excess in determining if a gain has accrued.

916 Assignments on which neither a gain nor a loss accrues U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the current lessor (“L”) assigns the lessor's interest under the lease, and

(b) the assignment is a disposal on which, as a result of any of the no gain/no loss provisions, neither a gain nor a loss accrues.

(2) This Part has effect as if—

(a) a period of account of L (“L's period”) ended with the assignment, and

(b) a period of account of the assignee (“A's period”) began with the assignment.

(3) Any cumulative accountancy rental excess for L's period becomes the cumulative accountancy rental excess for A's period.

(4) Any cumulative normal rental excess for L's period becomes the cumulative normal rental excess for A's period.

(5) If the assignee is a person subject to income tax, so far as this section relates to the assignee, it applies for the purposes of Part 11A of ITA 2007 as it would otherwise apply for the purposes of this Part.

(6) In this section “the no gain/no loss provisions” has the same meaning as in TCGA 1992 (see section 288(3A) of that Act).

Capital allowances: clawback of major lump sum U.K.

917 Effect of capital allowances: introduction U.K.

(1) This section and sections 918 to 922 apply if an occasion occurs on which a major lump sum falls to be paid in relation to the lease of the asset.

(2) In those sections the occasion is called “the relevant occasion”.

918 Cases where expenditure taken into account under Part 2, 5 or 8 of CAA 2001 U.K.

(1) This section applies if capital expenditure incurred by the current lessor (“L”) in respect of the leased asset is or has been taken into account for the purposes of any allowance or charge under—

(a) Part 2 of CAA 2001 (plant and machinery allowances),

(b) Part 5 of that Act (mineral extraction allowances), or

(c) Part 8 of that Act (patent allowances).

(2) The Part of that Act in question (“the relevant Part”) has effect as if the relevant occasion were an event (“the relevant event”) as a result of which a disposal value is to be brought into account of an amount equal to the amount or value of the major lump sum (but subject to any applicable limiting provision).

(3) In this section “limiting provision” means a provision to the effect that the disposal value of the asset in question is not to exceed an amount (“the limit”) described by reference to capital expenditure incurred in respect of the asset.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if—

(a) as a result of subsection (2), a disposal value (“the relevant disposal value”) falls or has fallen to be brought into account by a person in respect of the leased asset for the purposes of the relevant Part, and

(b) a limiting provision has effect in the case of that Part.

(5) The limiting provision has effect (so far as it would not otherwise do so), in relation to the relevant disposal value and any simultaneous or later disposal value, as if—

(a) it did not limit any particular disposal value, but

(b) it limited the total amount of all the disposal values brought into account for the purposes of the relevant Part by L in respect of the leased asset.

(6) In subsection (5) “simultaneous or later disposal value” means any disposal value which falls to be brought into account by L in respect of the leased asset as a result of any event occurring at the same time as, or later than, the relevant event.

919 Cases where expenditure taken into account under other provisions of CAA 2001 U.K.

(1) This section applies if any allowance is or has been given in respect of capital expenditure incurred by the current lessor (“L”) in respect of the leased asset under any provision of CAA 2001 other than—

(a) Part 2 of CAA 2001 (plant and machinery allowances),

(b) Part 5 of that Act (mineral extraction allowances), or

(c) Part 8 of that Act (patent allowances).

(2) The amount specified in subsection (3) is treated, in relation to L, as if it were a balancing charge to be made on L for the chargeable period in which the relevant occasion falls.

(3) That amount is an amount equal to—

(a) the total of the allowances given as mentioned in subsection (1) (so far as not previously recovered or withdrawn), or

(b) if it is less, the amount or value of the major lump sum.

(4) In this section “chargeable period” has the meaning given by section 6 of CAA 2001.

920 Capital allowances deductions: waste disposal and cemeteries U.K.

(1) This section applies if any deduction is or has been allowed to the current lessor (“L”) in respect of capital expenditure incurred in connection with the leased asset as a result of—

(a) section 142 or 145 of CTA 2009 (preparation and restoration expenditure in relation to waste disposal site), or

(b) section 147 of that Act (cemeteries and memorial gardens: deduction for capital expenditure).

(2) L is treated as if trading receipts arose to L from the trade in question on the relevant occasion.

(3) The amount of those receipts is equal to the lesser of—

(a) the amount or value of the major lump sum, and

(b) the deductions previously allowed.

921 Capital allowances deductions: films U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) any relevant film deduction has been allowed to the current lessor (“L”) in respect of expenditure incurred in connection with the leased asset, and

(b) the amount or value of the major lump sum exceeds so much of that sum as was treated as receipts of a revenue nature under section 40A(2) of F(No.2)A 1992 (disposal proceeds of original master version of film treated as receipt of a revenue nature).

(2) In subsection (1) “relevant film deduction” means any deduction as a result of—

(a) section 40B(1) of F(No.2)A 1992 (allocation of expenditure on master versions of films to periods), or

(b) section 42 of that Act (relief for production or acquisition expenditure in respect of films).

(3) L is treated as if receipts of a revenue nature arose to L from the trade or business in question on the relevant occasion.

(4) The amount of those receipts is equal to the excess mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

922 Contributors to capital expenditure U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) section 918 or 919 applies in relation to a leased asset,

(b) allowances are or have been made to a person (“the contributor”) as a result of sections 537 to 542 of CAA 2001 (allowances in respect of contributions to capital expenditure), and

(c) those allowances are or were in respect of the contributor's contribution of a capital sum to expenditure on the provision of the leased asset.

(2) Section 918 or, as the case may be, section 919 has effect in relation to the contributor and those allowances as it has effect in relation to the current lessor and allowances in respect of capital expenditure incurred by the current lessor in respect of the leased asset.

Schemes to which this Chapter does not at first apply U.K.

923 Pre-26 November 1996 schemes where this Chapter does not at first apply U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the lease of an asset forms part of a pre-26 November 1996 scheme, but

(b) the conditions in section 902 become met after 26 November 1996.

(2) For the meaning of “forms part of a pre-26 November 1996 scheme”, see section 930.

(3) This Part has effect as if—

(a) a period of account (“period 1”) of the current lessor (“L”) ended immediately before the time at which those conditions become met,

(b) another period of account of L (“period 2”) began immediately before that time and ended immediately after that time, and

(c) another period of account of L began immediately after that time.

(4) If, on the continuous application assumption (see subsection (9)), there would be an amount of cumulative accountancy rental excess for period 2, that amount is the cumulative accountancy rental excess for period 2.

(5) If subsection (4) applies, L is treated for corporation tax purposes as if in period 1 L had been entitled to, and there had arisen to L, rent from the lease of an amount equal to that cumulative accountancy rental excess.

(6) The amount of rent mentioned in subsection (5)—

(a) is in addition to any other rent from the lease for period 1, and

(b) is left out of account for the purposes of section 905 (current lessor taxed by reference to accountancy rental earnings).

(7) Rent within subsection (5) is treated for corporation tax purposes as if it had accrued and L had become entitled to it immediately before the end of period 1.

(8) If, on the continuous application assumption, there would be an amount of cumulative normal rental excess for period 2, that amount is the cumulative normal rental excess for period 2.

(9) In this section “the continuous application assumption” means the assumption that this Chapter (other than this section) had applied in the case of the lease at all times on or after 26 November 1996.

(10) If at any time the person who was the lessor at that time was a person within the charge to income tax, the reference in subsection (9) to this Chapter (other than this section) includes a reference to Chapter 2 of Part 11A of ITA 2007 (other than section 614BX of that Act).

924 Post-25 November 1996 schemes to which Chapter 3 applied first U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the conditions in section 902 become met in the case of the lease of the asset, and

(b) immediately before those conditions become met, Chapter 3 applied.

(2) Subsection (3) applies for the purpose of determining—

(a) the cumulative accountancy rental excess for any period of account ending after those conditions become met, or

(b) the cumulative normal rental excess for any such period.

(3) This Part has effect as if this Chapter had applied in relation to the lease at any time when Chapter 3 applied in relation to it.

(4) If at any time the person who was the lessor at that time was a person within the charge to income tax—

(a) the reference in subsection (1)(a) to the conditions in section 902 becoming met at that time includes a reference to the conditions in section 614BC of ITA 2007 becoming so met,

(b) the reference in subsection (1)(b) to Chapter 3 applying immediately before that time includes a reference to Chapter 3 of Part 11A of that Act so applying, and

(c) the reference in subsection (3) to Chapter 3 applying at that time includes a reference to Chapter 3 of that Part so applying.