SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 4Cash basis for small businesses
PART 1Main provisions
Rent-a-room relief
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In Chapter 1 of Part 7 of ITTOIA 2005 (rent-a-room relief), in section 786 (meaning of “rent-a-room receipts”), after subsection (4) insert—
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Subsections (6) and (7) apply if—
a
the receipts would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of a trade, and
b
an election under section 25A (cash basis for small businesses) has effect in relation to the trade.
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Any amounts brought into account under section 96A (capital receipts) as a receipt in calculating the profits of the trade are to be treated as receipts within paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above.
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The reference in subsection (1)(b) to receipts that accrue to an individual during the income period for those receipts is to be read as a reference to receipts that are received by the individual during that period.