Part 21Leasing arrangements: finance leases and loans

Chapter 1Introduction

Meaning of expressions about rent

897Accountancy rental earnings

(1)

For the purposes of this Part, the “accountancy rental earnings” in respect of a lease for a period of account of the lessor (“L”) is the greatest of the amounts specified in subsection (2).

(2)

Those amounts are—

(a)

the rental earnings for that period in respect of the lease in L's case,

(b)

the rental earnings for that period in respect of the lease in the case of a person connected with L, and

(c)

the rental earnings for that period in respect of the lease for the purposes of consolidated group accounts of a group of companies of which L is a member.

(3)

For the meaning of “the rental earnings”, see section 898.