Corporation Tax Act 2010

410 “Business of leasing plant or machinery” U.K.

(1) A business carried on by the partnership is a business of leasing plant or machinery on the relevant day if condition A or B is met.

(2) Condition A is that at least half of the relevant plant or machinery value relates to [F1 plant or machinery falling within subsection (6)].

(3) Subsection (2) is supplemented by section 411.

[F2 (4) Condition B is that at least half of the partnership's income in the past 12 months derives from plant or machinery falling within subsection (6).]

(5) Subsection (4) is supplemented by section 414.

[F3 (6) Plant or machinery falls within this subsection if—

(a) it is or at any time in the past 12 months has been leased out by the partnership or a qualifying associate,

(b) the lease under which it is or has been leased out is a plant or machinery lease but not an excluded lease of background plant or machinery for a building (see section 437(3)), and

(c) if the plant or machinery satisfies paragraph (a) only because it is or has been leased out by a qualifying associate, the lessee under the lease is or was someone other than the partnership.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (6)—

(a) plant or machinery is “leased out” by a person if it is subject to a plant or machinery lease under which that person is a lessor,

(b) “ associate ” means a person who is a partner in the partnership or connected with a partner in the partnership (see also subsection (8)), and

(c) a person is a “qualifying associate” if the person is an associate at the start of the relevant day or at any earlier time in the past 12 months (whether or not a time when the plant or machinery was leased out by the person).

(8) In relation to a corporate partner who is owned by a consortium or is a qualifying 75% subsidiary of a company owned by a consortium, the reference in subsection (7)(b) to a person connected with a partner also includes—

(a) any member of the consortium, and

(b) any person connected with such a member.

(9) A reference in this section to the past 12 months is to the period of 12 months ending with the relevant day.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 410(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 27 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 6 para. 11(2)

F2 S. 410(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 27 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 6 para. 11(3)

F3 S. 410(6)-(9) substituted for s. 410(6)(7) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 27 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 6 para. 11(4)