Part 21Leasing arrangements: finance leases and loans

Chapter 2Finance leases with return in capital form

Relief for bad debts by reduction of cumulative rental excesses

912Recovery of bad debts following reduction under section 911

(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).