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Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

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Publication 2005-03-24

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(a) one-quarter of the rent, or

(b) if less, the part of the rent that, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to that part of the dwelling-house.

(3) If—

(a) an interest in premises belongs to a charity or an ecclesiastical corporation,

(b) because of that interest, the minister has a residence in the premises from which to perform the minister's duty, and

a deduction is allowed under this subsection for part of those expenses.

(4) The amount of the deduction under subsection (3) is—

$$A4-B$where—A is the amount of the expenses, andB is the amount of the expenses for which a deduction is otherwise allowable.$

Barristers and advocates

Alternative basis of calculation in early years of practice

160

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Mineral exploration and access

161

(1) This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade if—

(a) the person carrying on the trade incurs expenditure on mineral exploration and access in an area or group of sands, and

(b) the presence of mineral deposits in commercial quantities has already been established in that area or group of sands.

(2) A deduction is allowed for the expenditure only if a deduction would have been allowed for it if the presence of mineral deposits in commercial quantities had not already been established in that area or group of sands.

(3) In this section “mineral exploration and access” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of CAA 2001 (see section 396(1) of that Act).

Persons liable to pool betting duty

Payments by persons liable to pool betting duty

162

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Intermediaries treated as making employment payments

Deduction for deemed employment payment

163

(1) This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by an intermediary who is treated as making a deemed employment payment in connection with the trade, profession or vocation.

(2) A deduction is allowed for—

(a) the amount of the deemed employment payment, and

(b) the amount of any employer's national insurance contributions paid by the intermediary in respect of it.

(3) The deduction is allowed for the period of account in which the deemed employment payment is treated as made.

(4) No deduction in respect of—

(a) the deemed employment payment, or

(b) any employer's national insurance contributions paid by the intermediary in respect of it,

may be made except in accordance with this section.

(5) In this section “deemed employment payment” and “intermediary” have the same meaning as in Chapter 8 of Part 2 of ITEPA 2003.

Special rules for partnerships

164

(1) This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by a firm that is treated as making a deemed employment payment in connection with the trade, profession or vocation.

(2) The amount of the deduction allowed under section 163 is limited to the amount that reduces the profits of the firm for the tax year to nil.

(3) The expenses of the firm in connection with the relevant engagements for any period of account are limited to the total of—

(a) 5% of the amount taken into account in step 1 of the calculation in section 54(1) of ITEPA 2003 (calculation of deemed employment payment), and

(b) the amount deductible in step 3 of that calculation.

(4) In this section “deemed employment payment” and “the relevant engagements” have the same meaning as in Chapter 8 of Part 2 of ITEPA 2003.

Waste disposal

Deduction for site preparation expenditure

165

(1) This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade of a period of account in which waste materials are deposited on a waste disposal site if—

(a) the person carrying on the trade (“the trader”), or a predecessor, has incurred site preparation expenditure in relation to the site in the course of carrying on the trade, and

(b) at the time the trader first deposits waste materials on the site, the trader holds a waste disposal licence which is then in force.

(2) A deduction is allowed for the amount of the site preparation expenditure allocated to the period of account under section 166.

(3) For the purposes of this section “predecessor”, in relation to the trader, means a person who—

(a) has ceased to carry on the trade carried on by the trader or ceased to carry on a trade so far as relating to the site, and

(b) has transferred the whole of the site to the trader,

and it does not matter for this purpose whether or not the estate or interest in the site transferred to the trader is the same as that held by that person.

(4) For the purposes of this section and section 166, if site preparation expenditure has been incurred by a predecessor—

(a) the trade carried on by the trader is treated as the same as the trade carried on by the predecessor, and

(b) deductions are to be allowed to the trader (and not to the predecessor) as if everything done to or by the predecessor were done to or by the trader.

(5) For—

(a) the meaning of “site preparation expenditure”, “waste disposal licence” and “waste disposal site”, and

(b) a rule about pre-trading expenditure,

see section 167.

Allocation of site preparation expenditure

166

(1) The amount of site preparation expenditure allocated to a period of account for the purposes of section 165(2) is the amount given by the formula—

$$RE×WDSV+WD$where—RE means residual expenditure (see subsection (2)),WD means the volume of waste materials deposited on the waste disposal site during the period, andSV means the volume of the waste disposal site not used up for the deposit of waste materials at the end of the period.$

(2) “Residual expenditure” means the total of all site preparation expenditure incurred by the trader in relation to the waste disposal site at any time before the end of the period, less—

(a) any of that expenditure for which an allowance has been, or may be, made for income or corporation tax purposes under the enactments relating to capital allowances,

(b) any of that expenditure for which a deduction has been allowed in calculating for income or corporation tax purposes the profits of an earlier period of account, and

(c) if the trader started to carry on the trade before 6th April 1989, the excluded amount of any unrelieved old expenditure (see subsections (3) and (4)).

(3) The excluded amount of unrelieved old expenditure is calculated by multiplying the unrelieved old expenditure (see subsection (4)) by the fraction—

$$WDSV+WD$where—WD means the volume of waste materials deposited on the site before 6th April 1989, andSV means the volume of the site not used up for the deposit of waste materials immediately before that date.$

(4) “Unrelieved old expenditure” means site preparation expenditure which—

(a) was incurred by the trader in relation to the waste disposal site before 6th April 1989, and

(b) does not fall within subsection (2)(a) or (b).

Site preparation expenditure: supplementary

167

(1) For the purposes of this section and sections 165 and 166—

“site preparation expenditure”, in relation to a waste disposal site, means expenditure incurred on preparing the site for the deposit of waste materials,

“waste disposal licence” means—a disposal licence under Part 1 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40) or Part 2 of the Pollution Control and Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1049 (N.I. 19)),a waste management licence under Part 2 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) or any corresponding provision for the time being in force in Northern Ireland,a permit under regulations under section 2 of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (c. 24) or a permit or authorisation under any corresponding provision for the time being in force in Northern Ireland or Scotland ,an authorisation under the Radioactive Substances Act 1960 (c. 34) or the Radioactive Substances Act 1993 (c. 12) for the disposal of radioactive waste, ora nuclear site licence under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (c. 57), and

“waste disposal site” means a site used, or to be used, for the disposal of waste materials by their deposit on the site.

(2) For the purposes of sections 165 and 166, expenditure incurred for the purposes of a trade by a person about to carry on the trade is treated as if it were incurred—

(a) on the date on which the person starts to carry on the trade, and

(b) in the course of carrying it on.

Site restoration payments

168

(1) This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade if the person carrying on the trade makes a site restoration payment in the course of carrying it on.

(2) Subject to subsection (3A), A deduction is allowed for the unrelieved amount of the payment.

(3) The deduction is allowed—

(a) (if the payment is made, whether directly or indirectly, to a connected person) for the period of account in which that part of the restoration work to which the payment relates is completed, or

(b) (in any other case) for the period of account in which the payment is made.

(3A) But no deduction is allowed if the payment arises from arrangements—

(a) to which the person carrying on the trade is a party, and

(b) the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of which is to obtain a deduction under this section.

(4) The unrelieved amount of a site restoration payment is the amount of the payment, less—

(a) any amount of the payment that represents expenditure for which an allowance has been, or may be, made under the enactments relating to capital allowances, and

(b) any amount of the payment that represents expenditure for which a deduction has been allowed in calculating the profits of the trade of an earlier period of account.

(5) A “site restoration payment” means a payment made in connection with the restoration of a site (or part of a site) in order to comply with—

(a) a condition of a waste disposal licence (as defined in section 167(1)),

(b) a condition imposed on the grant of planning permission to use the site for the collection, treatment, conversion and final depositing of waste materials or for the carrying out of any of those activities, or

(6) For this purpose “a relevant planning obligation” means—

(a) an obligation arising under an agreement made under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) (as originally enacted) or any corresponding provision for the time being in force in Northern Ireland,

(b) an obligation arising under an agreement made under section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8),

(c) a planning obligation entered into under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as substituted by section 12 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34)) or any corresponding provision for the time being in force in Northern Ireland, or

(d) a planning obligation entered into under section 299A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or any corresponding provision for the time being in force in Northern Ireland.

(7) Arrangements” includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions (whether or not legally enforceable).

Cemeteries and crematoria

Cemeteries and crematoria: introduction

169

(1) This section and sections 170 to 172 apply for the purpose of calculating the profits of a period of account (“the relevant period”) of a trade which consists of or includes—

(a) the carrying on of a cemetery, or

(b) the carrying on of a crematorium and, in connection with doing so, the maintenance of memorial garden plots,

and the following provisions of this section apply for the interpretation of this section and those sections.

(2) References to the sale of land in a cemetery include the sale of a right of interment in land in a cemetery.

(3) References to the sale of land in a memorial garden include the appropriation of part of a memorial garden in return for a dedication fee or similar payment.

(4) “Ancillary capital expenditure” means capital expenditure incurred for the purposes of the trade by the person carrying on the trade (“the trader”), or a predecessor, on—

(a) any building or structure (other than a dwelling-house) which is in the cemetery or memorial garden and is likely to have little or no value when the cemetery or memorial garden is full,

(b) the purchase of an interest in, or the preparation of, any land taken up by such a building or structure, or

(c) the purchase of an interest in, or the preparation of, any other land in the cemetery or memorial garden which is not suitable or adaptable for use for interments or memorial garden plots and which is likely to have little or no value when the cemetery or memorial garden is full.

(5) “Predecessor”, in relation to the trader, means a person who carried on the trade at any time before the trader started to do so.

(6) “Preparation”, in relation to land, means levelling or draining the land or making it suitable in some other way for use as a cemetery or memorial garden.

Deduction for capital expenditure

170

(1) This section applies if, in the relevant period, an interest in land in the cemetery or memorial garden is sold with a view to the land being used—

(a) for the purpose of interments, or

(b) for memorial garden plots.

(2) A deduction is allowed for—

(a) capital expenditure incurred by the trader, or a predecessor, on the purchase of an interest in the land or on the preparation of the land, and

(b) ancillary capital expenditure allocated to the relevant period under section 171 (allocation of ancillary capital expenditure).

(3) But no expenditure is to be brought into account—

(a) under both paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2), ...

(b) under both subsection (2)(a) above and section 147(2)(b) of CTA 2009 (relief for corporation tax purposes) or under both subsection (2)(b) above and section 147(2)(a) of CTA 2009,or

whether for the same or different periods of account.

(4) Any purchase price paid on a sale in connection with a change in the persons carrying on the trade is ignored in calculating the amount of the deduction.

(5) No deduction is allowed for any expenditure which is excluded by section 172 (exclusion of expenditure met by subsidies).

Allocation of ancillary capital expenditure

171

(1) The amount of ancillary capital expenditure allocated to the relevant period for the purposes of section 170(2)(b) is the amount given by the formula—

$$RE×PSRPAR+PSR$where—RE means residual expenditure (see subsection (2)),PSR means the number of grave-spaces or memorial garden plots in the cemetery or memorial garden sold in the relevant period, andPAR means the number of grave-spaces or memorial garden plots in the cemetery or memorial garden which are or could be made available for sale at the end of the relevant period.$

(2) “Residual expenditure” means the total of all ancillary capital expenditure incurred at any time before the end of the relevant period, less—

(a) ancillary capital expenditure incurred on buildings or structures which were destroyed before the beginning of the first sale period,

(b) the excluded amount of any remaining old expenditure (see subsection (3)),

(c) if, after the beginning of the first sale period and before the end of the relevant period, an asset representing ancillary capital expenditure was sold or destroyed, the net sale proceeds or the compensation, and

(d) any amount deducted under section 170(2)(b) above, or under section 147(2)(b) of CTA 2009, for a period of account ending before the relevant period.

(3) The excluded amount of remaining old expenditure is calculated by multiplying the remaining old expenditure by the fraction—

$$PSBPAB+PSB$where—PSB means the number of grave-spaces or memorial garden plots in the cemetery or memorial garden sold before the beginning of the basis period for the tax year 1954-55, andPAB means the number of grave-spaces or memorial garden plots in the cemetery or memorial garden which were or could have been made available for sale immediately before the beginning of the basis period for that tax year.$

(4) In this section—

“compensation”, in relation to the destruction of an asset, means—insurance money or other compensation received by the trader, or a predecessor, in respect of the destruction, andmoney received for the remains of the asset by the trader or predecessor,

“the first sale period” means—the period of account in which an interest in land in the cemetery or memorial garden was first sold for the purposes of the trade with a view to the land being used for the purpose of interments or for memorial garden plots, orif later, the basis period for the tax year 1954-55, and

“remaining old expenditure” means ancillary capital expenditure which—was incurred before the beginning of the basis period for the tax year 1954-55, anddoes not fall within subsection (2)(a).

Exclusion of expenditure met by subsidies

172

(1) Expenditure is excluded for the purposes of section 170 so far as it has been, or is to be, met (directly or indirectly) by—

(a) the Crown,

(b) a government or local or other public authority (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere), or

(2) This is subject to the following exceptions.

(3) Expenditure is not excluded for the purposes of section 170 if it is met (directly or indirectly) by a grant—

(a) made under Northern Ireland legislation, and

(b) declared by the Treasury by an order under section 534 of CAA 2001 to correspond to a grant under Part 2 of the Industrial Development Act 1982 (c. 52).

(4) Expenditure is not excluded for the purposes of section 170 if it is met (directly or indirectly) by—

(a) insurance money, or

(b) other compensation money,

payable in respect of an asset which has been destroyed, demolished or put out of use.

(5) Expenditure is not excluded for the purposes of section 170 if—

(a) it has been, or is to be, met (directly or indirectly) by a person other than the Crown or a government or local or other public authority, and

(b) no deduction is allowed for the expenditure in calculating for income or corporation tax purposes the profits of a trade carried on by that person.

Chapter 12 — Trade profits: valuation of stock and work in progress on cessation of trade

Valuation of trading stock

Valuation of trading stock on cessation

173

(1) If a person permanently ceases to carry on a trade, in calculating the profits of the trade—

(a) trading stock belonging to the trade at the time of the cessation must be valued, and

(b) the value must be determined in accordance with sections 175 to 178 (bases of valuation).

(2) But no valuation of the stock is required under this Chapter if section 147(3) or (5) of TIOPA 2010 (provision not at arm's length) has effect in relation to any provision which—

(a) is made or imposed in relation to the stock, and

(b) has effect in connection with the cessation.

(2A) Subsection (2B) applies if—

(a) by virtue of subsection (2), no valuation of the stock under this Chapter is required, and

(b) the market value of the stock is greater than the Part 4 TIOPA amount.

(2B) An amount equal to the market value of the stock less the Part 4 TIOPA amount is to be brought into account in calculating the profits of the trade (in addition to the Part 4 TIOPA amount).

(2C) In subsections (2A) and (2B)—

“market value”, in relation to stock, is the value the stock would have been determined to have if it had been valued in accordance with sections 175 to 178, and

“Part 4 TIOPA amount” is the amount which, following the application of Part 4 of TIOPA 2010 in relation to the provision referred to in subsection (2), is brought into account in respect of that provision in calculating the profits of the trade.

(3) If there is a change in the persons carrying on a trade, no valuation of the stock is required under this Chapter so long as a person carrying on the trade immediately before the change continues to carry it on after the change.

(4) If an individual carries on a trade alone, no valuation of the stock is required under this Chapter if the cessation is because of the individual's death.

Meaning of “trading stock”

174

(1) In this Chapter “trading stock” means—

(a) any property (whether land or other property) which is sold in the ordinary course of the trade or would be so sold if it were mature or its manufacture, preparation or construction were complete, or

(b) materials used in the manufacture, preparation or construction of any property mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) In this Chapter “trading stock” includes also any services performed in the ordinary course of the trade—

(a) the performance of which is wholly or partly completed at the time of the cessation, and

(b) for which it would be reasonable to expect that a charge would be made if there were no cessation and, in the case of partly completed services, their performance were fully completed,

and any article produced, and any material used, in the performance of any such services.

(3) In this Chapter references to the sale or transfer of trading stock include the sale or transfer of any benefits and rights which accrue, or might reasonably be expected to accrue, from the performance of any such services.

Basis of valuation of trading stock

175

(1) The value of trading stock belonging to the trade at the time of the cessation is determined as follows.

(2) If the stock is sold to a person who—

(a) carries on, or intends to carry on, a trade, profession or vocation in the United Kingdom, and

(b) is entitled to deduct the cost of the stock as an expense in calculating the profits of that trade , profession or vocation for income or corporation tax purposes,

the value is determined in accordance with section 176 (sale to unconnected person), 177 (sale to connected person) or 178 (election by connected persons).

(3) But if section 127 (preventing abuse of the herd basis rules) applies—

(a) the value is not determined in accordance with any of those sections, and

(b) the value is instead taken to be that given by section 127 (the price which the animals transferred would have fetched if sold in the open market at the time of the sale).

(4) In any other case, the value is taken to be the amount which the stock would have realised if sold in the open market at the time of the cessation.

Sale basis of valuation: sale to unconnected person

176

(1) The value of trading stock is determined in accordance with this section if—

(a) it is sold to a person who carries on, or intends to carry on, a trade, profession or vocation in the United Kingdom and is entitled to deduct the cost of the stock as an expense in calculating the profits of that trade, profession or vocation for income or corporation tax purposes, and

(b) the buyer is not connected with the seller.

(2) The value is taken to be the amount in fact realised on the sale.

(3) If the stock is sold together with other assets, so much of the amount realised on the sale as, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is properly attributable to each asset is treated as the amount realised on the sale of that asset.

Sale basis of valuation: sale to connected person

177

(1) The value of trading stock is determined in accordance with this section if—

(a) it is sold to a person who carries on, or intends to carry on, a trade, profession or vocation in the United Kingdom and is entitled to deduct the cost of the stock as an expense in calculating the profits of that trade, profession or vocation for income or corporation tax purposes,

(b) the buyer is connected with the seller, and

(2) The value is taken to be the amount which would have been realised if the sale had been between independent persons dealing at arm's length.

Sale basis of valuation: election by connected persons

178

(1) The value of trading stock is determined in accordance with this section if—

(a) it is sold to a person who carries on, or intends to carry on, a trade, profession or vocation in the United Kingdom and is entitled to deduct the cost of the stock as an expense in calculating the profits of that trade, profession or vocation for income or corporation tax purposes,

(b) the buyer is connected with the seller, and

(2) The parties to the sale may make an election under this section if the value of the stock determined under section 177 exceeds both—

(a) its acquisition value, and

(b) the amount in fact realised on the sale.

(3) If an election is made, the value is taken to be—

(a) its acquisition value, or,

(b) if greater, the amount in fact realised on the sale.

(4) An election under this section must be made by both parties on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the tax year in which the cessation occurred.

(5) The “acquisition value” of trading stock means the amount which would have been deductible as representing its acquisition value, in calculating the profits of the trade, on the following assumptions—

(a) that the stock had been sold in the course of the trade, immediately before the cessation, for a price equal to the value of the stock determined under section 177, and

(b) that the period for which those profits were to be calculated began immediately before the sale.

(6) If the stock is sold together with other assets, so much of the amount realised on the sale as, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is properly attributable to each asset is treated as the amount realised on the sale of that asset.

Connected persons

179

For the purposes of sections 175 to 178 two persons are connected with each other if any of the following tests is met—

(a) they are connected with each other within the meaning of section 993 of ITA 2007 ,

(b) one of them is a firm and the other has a right to a share of the assets or income of the firm,

(d) both of them are firms and some other person has a right to a share of the assets or income of both of them, or

(e) both of them are bodies corporate, or one of them is a firm and the other is a body corporate, and in either case some other person has control over both of them.

Cost to buyer of stock valued on sale basis of valuation

180

(1) This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of the trade, profession or vocation carried on by the buyer of trading stock.

(2) If the value of the stock is determined in accordance with—

(a) section 175(3) or sections 176 to 178 (sale basis of valuation), or

(b) section 164(3) or sections 165 to 167 of CTA 2009 (corresponding corporation tax rules),

the cost of the stock to the buyer is taken to be the value as so determined.

181

(1) In sections 175 to 178 (except in section 178(5)) references to a sale include a transfer for valuable consideration.

(2) In relation to a transfer which is not a sale—

“amount realised on the sale” means the value of the consideration given for the transfer,

“buyer” means the person to whom the transfer is made, and

“seller” means the person who makes the transfer.

Valuation of work in progress

Valuation of work in progress on cessation

182

(1) If—

(a) a person permanently ceases to carry on a profession or vocation, and

(b) the work in progress is valued in calculating the profits of the profession or vocation,

the value must be determined in accordance with section 184 (basis of valuation of work in progress) or 185 (election for valuation at cost).

(2) If there is a change in the persons carrying on a profession, subsection (1) does not apply so long as a person carrying on the profession immediately before the change continues to carry it on after the change.

(3) If an individual carries on a profession alone or a vocation, subsection (1) does not apply if the cessation is because of the individual's death.

Meaning of “work in progress”

183

(1) In this Chapter “work in progress” means services performed in the ordinary course of the profession or vocation—

(a) the performance of which is wholly or partly completed at the time of the cessation, and

(b) for which it would be reasonable to expect that a charge would be made if there were no cessation and, in the case of partly completed services, their performance were fully completed,

and includes any article produced, and any material used, in the performance of any such services.

(2) In this Chapter references to the transfer of work in progress include the transfer of any benefits and rights which accrue, or might reasonably be expected to accrue, from the performance of any such services.

Basis of valuation of work in progress

184

(1) If the work in progress is transferred for money or other valuable consideration to a person who—

(a) carries on, or intends to carry on, a trade, profession or vocation in the United Kingdom, and

(b) is entitled to deduct the cost of the work as an expense in calculating the profits of that trade, profession or vocation for income or corporation tax purposes,

the value of the work is taken to be the amount paid or other consideration given for the transfer.

(2) In any other case, the value of the work is taken to be the amount which would have been paid for a transfer of the work at the time of the cessation as between independent parties dealing at arm's length.

(3) These rules are subject to any election under section 185 (election for valuation at cost).

Election for valuation at cost

185

(1) The person who was carrying on the profession or vocation immediately before the cessation may elect that—

(a) the value of work in progress brought into account in calculating the profits of the period immediately before the cessation is to be the actual cost of the work, and

(b) the amount by which any sums received for the transfer of the work exceed the actual cost of the work is to be treated as a post-cessation receipt (see Chapter 18).

(2) An election under this section must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the tax year in which the cessation occurred.

Supplementary

Determination of questions by Commissioners

186

(1) Any question arising under—

(a) section 175(3) or sections 176 to 178 (sale basis of valuation of trading stock), or

(b) section 184(1) (valuation of work in progress transferred for valuable consideration),

must be determined ... in the same way as an appeal.

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Chapter 13 — Deductions from profits: unremittable amounts

Professions and vocations

187

The provisions of this Chapter apply to professions and vocations as they apply to trades.

Application of Chapter

188

(1) This Chapter applies if—

(a) an amount received by, or owed to, a person carrying on a trade (“the trader”) is brought into account as a receipt in calculating the profits of the trade,

(b) the amount is paid or owed in a territory outside the United Kingdom, and

(2) An amount received is unremittable if it cannot be transferred to the United Kingdom merely because of foreign exchange restrictions.

(3) An amount owed is unremittable if it cannot be paid in the United Kingdom and—

(a) it temporarily cannot be paid in the territory in which it is owed merely because of foreign exchange restrictions, or

(b) it can be paid in that territory but, if it were paid there, the amount paid would not be transferable to the United Kingdom merely because of foreign exchange restrictions.

(4) “Foreign exchange restrictions” are restrictions imposed by any of the following—

(a) the laws of the territory where the amount is paid or owed,

(b) executive action of its government, and

Relief for unremittable amounts

189

(1) If—

(a) the trader has profits from the trade in a period of account, and

(b) an unremittable amount has been brought into account as a receipt for that period,

a deduction of the amount is allowed from those profits (but see subsection (5)).

(2) If the trader has profits from the trade in a period of account and the total of—

(a) any unremittable amounts brought into account as receipts for that period, and

(b) any amount carried forward under this subsection or subsection (3) from the previous period of account,

exceeds the amount of those profits, the excess may be carried forward to the next period of account.

(3) If the trader does not have profits from the trade in a period of account and an unremittable amount has been brought into account as a receipt for that period, the total of—

(a) any unremittable amounts brought into account as receipts for that period, and

(b) any amount carried forward under this subsection or subsection (2) from the previous period of account,

may be carried forward to the next period of account.

(4) If an amount is carried forward under this section to a period of account in which the trader has profits from the trade, a deduction of the amount is allowed from those profits (but see subsection (5)).

(5) The total amount deducted under this section from the profits from a trade in a period of account must not exceed the amount of the profits.

Restrictions on relief

190

(1) No deduction is allowed under section 189 in relation to an amount so far as—

(a) it is used to finance expenditure or investment outside the United Kingdom, or

(b) it is applied outside the United Kingdom in another way.

(2) No deduction is allowed under section 189 in relation to an amount owed so far as a deduction is allowed in respect of it under section 35 (bad and doubtful debts).

(3) No deduction is allowed under section 189 in relation to an amount owed so far as a payment under a contract of insurance has been received in relation to it.

(4) No deduction is allowed under section 189 in relation to an amount brought into account in calculating profits if relief under section 842 (unremittable income) may be claimed in relation to that amount.

Withdrawal of relief

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(1) This section applies if—

(a) some or all of an unremittable amount has been deducted from profits under section 189, and

(b) any of the following events occurs.

(2) The events are that—

(a) the amount or part of it ceases to be unremittable,

(b) the amount or part of it is used to finance expenditure or investment outside the United Kingdom,

(d) the amount or part of it is exchanged for, or discharged by, an amount that is not unremittable,

(e) a deduction is allowed in respect of the amount or part of it under section 35 (bad and doubtful debts), and

(f) if the amount is an amount owed, a payment under a contract of insurance is received in relation to the amount or part of it.

(3) The amount or the part of it in question is brought into account as a receipt in calculating the profits of the trade for the period of account in which the event occurs, but only so far as—

(a) it has been deducted from profits under section 189, and

(b) it has not already been brought into account as a receipt in calculating the profits of the trade as a result of this section.

(4) If the event is the receipt of a payment under a contract of insurance, the amount brought into account as a receipt must not exceed the amount of the payment.

Chapter 14 — Disposal and acquisition of know-how

Meaning of “know-how” etc.

192

(1) In this Chapter “know-how” means any industrial information or techniques likely to assist in—

(a) manufacturing or processing goods or materials,

(b) working a source of mineral deposits (including searching for, discovering or testing mineral deposits or obtaining access to them), or

(2) For this purpose—

“mineral deposits” includes any natural deposits capable of being lifted or extracted from the earth and for this purpose geothermal energy is treated as a natural deposit, and

“source of mineral deposits” includes a mine, an oil well and a source of geothermal energy.

(3) For the purposes of this Chapter any consideration received for giving, or wholly or partly fulfilling, an undertaking which—

(a) is given in connection with a disposal of know-how, and

(b) restricts, or is designed to restrict, any person's activities in any way,

is treated as consideration received for the disposal of the know-how.

(4) It does not matter whether or not the undertaking is legally enforceable.

(5) For the purposes of this Chapter references to a sale of know-how include an exchange of know-how and any provision of this Chapter referring to a sale has effect with the necessary modifications.

(6) Those modifications include, in particular, reading references to the proceeds of sale and to the price as including the consideration for the exchange.

Disposal of know-how if trade continues to be carried on

193

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person carrying on a trade receives consideration for the disposal of know-how which has been used in the trade,

(b) the person continues to carry on the trade after the disposal, and

(c) neither section 194 (disposal of know-how as part of disposal of all or part of a trade) nor section 195 (seller controlled by buyer etc.) applies.

(2) The amount or value of the consideration is treated for all purposes as a trading receipt, except so far as it is brought into account under section 462 of CAA 2001 (disposal values).

(3) If the know-how is sold together with other property, the net proceeds of the sale of the know-how are treated as being so much of the net proceeds of the sale of all the property as, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to the know-how.

(4) For this purpose all property sold as a result of one bargain is treated as sold together even though—

(a) separate prices are, or purport to be, agreed for separate items of that property, or

(b) there are, or purport to be, separate sales of separate items of that property.

(5) Any question about the way in which a sum is to be apportioned under this section must be determined in accordance with section 563(2) to (6) of CAA 2001 (procedure for determining certain questions affecting two or more persons) if it materially affects two or more taxpayers.

(6) For this purpose a question materially affects two or more taxpayers if at the time when the question falls to be determined it appears that the determination is material to the liability to tax (for whatever period) of two or more persons.

Disposal of know-how as part of disposal of all or part of a trade

194

(1) This section applies if —

(a) a person carrying on a trade receives consideration for the disposal of know-how which has been used in the trade, and

(b) the know-how is disposed of as part of the disposal of all or part of the trade.

(2) If the person disposing of the know-how is within the charge to income tax, the consideration is treated for income tax purposes as a capital receipt for goodwill.

(3) If the person acquiring the know-how—

(a) is within the charge to income tax, and

(b) provided the consideration,

the consideration is treated for income tax purposes as a capital payment for goodwill.

(4) But the consideration is not treated for income tax purposes as a capital payment for goodwill if, before the acquisition, the trade was carried on wholly outside the United Kingdom.

(5) If the person disposing of the know-how is within the charge to income tax—

(a) that person, and

(b) the person acquiring the know-how (whether or not within the charge to income tax),

may jointly elect for this section not to apply (but see section 195).

(6) The election must be made within two years of the disposal.

(7) If—

(a) an election is made under section 178 of CTA 2009 (corresponding corporation tax provision), and

(b) the person making the acquisition mentioned in that section is within the charge to income tax,

the persons making the election under that section are treated as also making an election under this section (even though the person disposing of the know-how is not within the charge to income tax).

Seller controlled by buyer etc.

195

(1) This section applies if a disposal of know-how is by way of sale and—

(a) the seller is a body of persons over which the buyer has control,

(b) the buyer is a body of persons over which the seller has control, or

(2) In such a case—

(a) section 193 does not apply, and

(b) no election may be made under section 194.

(3) For the purposes of this section “body of persons” includes a firm.

Chapter 15 — Basis periods

Introduction

Professions and vocations

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Accounting date

Meaning of “accounting date”

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The normal rules

General rule

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First tax year

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Second tax year

200

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Tax year in which there is no accounting date

201

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Final tax year

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Apportionment of profits

Apportionment etc. of profits to basis periods

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Overlap profits and losses

Meaning of “overlap period” and “overlap profit”

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Deduction for overlap profit in final tax year

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Restriction on bringing losses into account twice

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Treatment of business start-up payments received in an overlap period

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Rules where first accounting date shortly before end of tax year

When the late accounting date rules apply

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Rule if there is an accounting date

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Rules if there is no accounting date

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Slight variations in accounting date

Treating middle date as accounting date

211

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Consequence of treating middle date as accounting date

212

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Circumstances in which middle date not treated as accounting date

213

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Special rules if accounting date changes

When a change of accounting date occurs

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Change of accounting date in third tax year

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Change of accounting date in later tax year

216

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Conditions for basis period to end with new accounting date

217

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Commercial reasons for change of accounting date

218

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The year after an ineffective change of accounting date

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Deduction for overlap profit on change of accounting date

220

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Chapter 16 — Averaging profits of farmers and creative artists

Claim for averaging of fluctuating profits

221

(1) This Chapter enables an individual (a “taxpayer”) to make a claim (an “averaging claim”) if—

(a) the taxpayer is, or has been, carrying on a qualifying trade, profession or vocation (alone or in partnership), and

(b) the taxpayer's profits from it (“the relevant profits”) fluctuate from one tax year to the next.

(2) For the purposes of section 222 (two-year averaging) a trade, profession or vocation is a “qualifying trade, profession or vocation” if—

(a) it is farming or market gardening in the United Kingdom,

(b) it is the intensive rearing in the United Kingdom of livestock or fish on a commercial basis for the production of food for human consumption, or

(2A) For the purposes of section 222A (five-year averaging), a trade, profession or vocation is a “qualifying trade, profession or vocation” if it falls within subsection (2)(a) or (b).

(3) For the purpose of subsection (2) “creative works” means—

(a) literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, or

(b) designs,

created by the taxpayer personally or, if the qualifying trade, profession or vocation is carried on in partnership, by one or more of the partners personally.

(4) For the purposes of this Chapter references to the relevant profits of a tax year are to profits before making any deduction for a loss made in any tax year.

(5) If the taxpayer makes a loss in the qualifying trade, profession or vocation in a tax year, the relevant profits of the tax year for the purposes of this Chapter are nil.

(6) For the purposes of this Chapter references to the relevant profits of a tax year are to profits after any adjustment made under Chapter 16ZA (compensation for compulsory slaughter of animals).

Circumstances in which claim may be made

222

(1) An averaging claim may be made under this section in relation to two consecutive tax years in which a taxpayer is or has been carrying on the qualifying trade, profession or vocation if—

(a) the relevant profits of one of the tax years are less than 75% of the relevant profits of the other tax year, or

(b) the relevant profits of one (but not both) of the tax years are nil.

(2) The earlier of the two years to which an averaging claim under this section relates may be a tax year in relation to which an averaging claim under this section or section 222A has already been made.

(3) An averaging claim may not be made under this section in relation to a tax year if an averaging claim has already been made under this section or section 222A in relation to a later tax year in respect of the trade, profession or vocation.

(4) An averaging claim may not be made under this section in relation to the tax year in which—

(a) the taxpayer starts, or permanently ceases, to carry on the trade, profession or vocation, or

(b) in the case of a trade, profession or vocation within section 221(2)(c), it begins or ceases to be a qualifying trade, profession or vocation.

(5) An averaging claim under this section must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the second of the tax years to which the claim relates.

(6) But see section 225(4) (extended time limit if profits adjusted for some other reason).

Adjustment of profits

223

(1) If a taxpayer makes an averaging claim, the amount taken to be the taxpayer's profits of each of the tax years for which the claim is made is adjusted in accordance with this section.

(2) But this is subject to paragraph 3 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970 (claim given effect in the last of the two or five tax years).

(3) The amount of the adjusted profits of each of the tax years to which the claim relates is the average of the relevant profits of those tax years.

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Effect of adjustment

224

(1) The adjusted profits are taken to be the relevant profits of the tax years to which the claim relates for all income tax purposes, including the further application of this Chapter.

(2) This is subject to—

(a) subsection (3) of this section and section 225(2), and

(b) paragraph 3 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970.

(3) If the relevant profits of one of the tax years are nil, this Chapter does not prevent the taxpayer from obtaining relief under the Income Tax Acts for a loss made by the taxpayer in the tax year in question or any other tax year.

(4) A claim by the taxpayer for relief under any other provision of the Income Tax Acts for any of the tax years to which an averaging claim relates (“the other claim”)—

(a) is not out of time if made on or before the last date on which the averaging claim could have been made, and

(b) if already made, may be amended or revoked on or before that date.

(5) For this purpose—

(a) references to a claim include an election or notice, and

(b) if the other claim is made in a return, the reference to amending or revoking the other claim is to amending the return by amending or omitting the other claim.

(6) For provision determining in which tax year a claim, amendment or revocation made as a result of subsection (4) has effect, see paragraph 4 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970 (claim, amendment or revocation given effect in the last of the two or five tax years).

Effect of later adjustment of profits

225

(1) This section applies if, after the taxpayer has made an averaging claim, the relevant profits in any one or more of the tax years to which the claim relates are adjusted for another reason.

(2) The averaging claim is ignored.

(3) But this does not prevent a further averaging claim from being made in relation to the taxpayer's profits as adjusted for the other reason.

(4) A further averaging claim is not out of time as long as it is made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the tax year in which the adjustment for the other reason is made.

Chapter 17 — Adjustment income

Introduction

Professions and vocations

226

The provisions of this Chapter apply to professions and vocations as they apply to trades.

Adjustment on change of basis

Application of Chapter

227

(1) This Chapter applies if—

(a) a person carrying on a trade changes, from one period of account to the next, the basis on which profits of the trade are calculated for income tax purposes,

(b) the old basis accorded with the law or practice applicable in relation to the period of account before the change, and

but does not apply to income which is charged in accordance with section 832 (relevant foreign income charged on the remittance basis).

(2) The practice applicable in any case means the accepted practice in cases of that description as to how profits of a trade should be calculated for income tax purposes.

(3) A person changes the basis on which profits of a trade are calculated for income tax purposes if the person makes—

(a) a change of accounting policy (see subsection (4)), or

(b) a change in the tax adjustments applied (see subsections (5) and (6)).

(4) A “change of accounting policy” includes, in particular—

(a) a change from using UK generally accepted accounting practice to using generally accepted accounting practice with respect to accounts prepared in accordance with international accounting standards, and

(b) a change from using generally accepted accounting practice with respect to accounts prepared in accordance with international accounting standards to using UK generally accepted accounting practice.

(5) A “tax adjustment” means any adjustment required or authorised by law in calculating profits of a trade for income tax purposes.

(6) A “change in the tax adjustments applied”—

(a) does not include a change made in order to comply with amending legislation not applicable to the previous period of account, but

(b) includes a change resulting from a change of view as to what is required or authorised by law or as to whether any adjustment is so required or authorised.

Adjustment income and adjustment expense

228

(1) An amount by way of adjustment must be calculated in accordance with section 231.

(2) If the amount produced by the calculation is positive, it is treated as income and charged to income tax under this Chapter.

It is referred to in this Chapter as “adjustment income”.

(3) If the amount produced by the calculation is negative, a deduction is allowed for it in calculating the profits of the trade.

It is referred to in this Chapter as an “adjustment expense”.

(4) This section is subject to section 234 (no adjustment for certain expenses previously brought into account).

Income charged

229

(1) Tax is charged under this Chapter on the full amount of any adjustment income arising in the tax year.

(2) This is subject to—

(a) sections 237 to 239B (which provide for spreading of adjustment income), and

(b) Part 8 (foreign income: special rules).

Person liable

230

The person liable for any tax charged under this Chapter is the person receiving or entitled to the adjustment income.

Calculation of the adjustment

231

The amount of the adjustment is calculated as follows. Step 1

Treatment of adjustment income and adjustment expense

Treatment of adjustment income

232

(1) Adjustment income is treated as arising on the last day of the first period of account for which the new basis is adopted.

(2) But this is subject to sections 235 (cases where adjustment not required until assets realised or written off) and 236 (change from realisation basis to mark to market).

(3) Adjustment income is treated for the purposes of Part 4 of ITA 2007(loss relief) as profits of the trade for the tax year in which tax is charged on it.

(4) In the case of an individual whose income from the trade is relevant UK earnings within section 189(2)(b) of FA 2004, adjustment income is similarly relevant UK earnings.

Treatment of adjustment expense

233

(1) An adjustment expense is treated as an expense of the trade arising on the last day of the first period of account for which the new basis is adopted.

(2) But this is subject to sections 235 (cases where adjustment not required until assets realised or written off) and 236 (change from realisation basis to mark to market).

Expenses previously brought into account

No adjustment for certain expenses previously brought into account

234

(1) This section applies if, as a result of a change of basis, expenses brought into account before the change on the old basis would on the new basis be brought into account over more than one period of account after the change.

(2) In such a case—

(a) no adjustment is made under this Chapter, and

(b) in calculating the profits of the trade no deduction is allowed for the expenses for any period of account after the change.

Realising or writing off assets

Cases where adjustment not required until assets realised or written off

235

(1) This section applies if there is a change of basis resulting from a tax adjustment affecting the calculation of any of the following amounts.

(2) The amounts are—

(a) any amount brought into account in respect of closing trading stock or closing work in progress in the last period of account before the change of basis,

(b) any amount brought into account in respect of opening trading stock or opening work in progress in the first period of account on the new basis, and

(3) Adjustment income or (as the case may be) an adjustment expense is treated as arising only when the asset to which it relates is realised or written off.

Mark to market

Change from realisation basis to mark to market

236

(1) This section applies if there is a change of basis from—

(a) not recognising a profit or loss on an asset until the asset is realised, to

(b) bringing assets into account in each period of account at a fair value.

(2) So far as—

(a) a receipt within item 1 of step 1 in section 231 represents the fair value of an asset that is trading stock, or

(b) an expense within item 2 of that step relates to such an asset,

adjustment income or (as the case may be) an adjustment expense is treated as not arising until the period of account in which the value of the asset is realised.

(3) In the case of adjustment income, this is subject to any election under section 237 (election for spreading).

(4) In this section “trading stock” has the same meaning as in section 174.

Election for spreading if section 236 applies

237

(1) If section 236 applies, the person who is liable to tax on any adjustment income may elect for the adjustment income to be spread over 6 periods of account.

(2) The election must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the tax year in which the change of basis occurs.

(3) If an election is made, an amount equal to one-sixth of the amount of the adjustment income—

(a) is treated as arising, and

(b) is charged to tax,

in each of the 6 periods of account beginning with the first period to which the new basis applies.

(4) But if, before the whole of the adjustment income has been charged to tax, the person permanently ceases to carry on the trade, the whole of the amount so far as not previously brought into charge to tax—

(a) is treated as arising, and

(b) is charged to tax,

immediately before the cessation.

Spreading of adjustment income: barristers and advocates

Spreading on ending of exemption for barristers and advocates

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Election to accelerate charge under section 238

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Supplementary

Liability of personal representatives if person liable dies

240

(1) This section applies in the case of the death of a person who would otherwise have been liable to tax under this Chapter on adjustment income.

(2) The tax under this Chapter for which the person would otherwise have been liable—

(a) is to be assessed and charged on the personal representatives, and

(b) is to be a debt due from and payable out of the deceased's estate.

(3) The personal representatives may make any election under this Chapter that the deceased might have made.

Chapter 18 — Post-cessation receipts

Introduction

Professions and vocations

241

The provisions of this Chapter apply to professions and vocations as they apply to trades.

Charge to tax on post-cessation receipts

242

Income tax is charged on post-cessation receipts arising from a trade.

Extent of charge to tax

243

(1) A post-cessation receipt is chargeable to tax under this Chapter only so far as it is not otherwise chargeable to income or corporation tax.

(2) Accordingly, a post-cessation receipt arising from a trade is not chargeable to tax under this Chapter so far as it is brought into account in calculating the profits of the trade for any period.

(3) A post-cessation receipt is not chargeable to tax under this Chapter if—

(a) it is received by or on behalf of a non-UK resident who is beneficially entitled to it, and

(b) it represents income arising outside the United Kingdom.

(4) A post-cessation receipt is not chargeable to tax under this Chapter if it arises from a trade carried on wholly outside the United Kingdom, other than a person's trade of dealing in or developing UK land.

(5) A post-cessation receipt is not chargeable to tax under this Chapter in the case of a partner in a firm if—

(a) it represents income arising outside the United Kingdom from a trade carried on by the firm, and

(b) the partner's share of the firm's income arising out of the United Kingdom is treated as relevant foreign income by section 857(3) (partners to whom the remittance basis applies).

(6) If the tax year is a split year as respects a UK resident individual, this section has effect as if, for the overseas part of that year, the individual were non-UK resident.

Income charged

244

(1) Tax is charged under this Chapter on the full amount of the receipts received in the tax year.

(2) This is subject to—

(a) sections 254 and 255 (allowable deductions), and

(b) section 257 (election to carry back).

Person liable

245

The person liable for any tax charged under this Chapter is the person receiving or entitled to the receipts.

Meaning of “post-cessation receipts”

Basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt”

246

(1) In this Part “post-cessation receipt” means a sum—

(a) which is received after a person permanently ceases to carry on a trade, and

(b) which arises from the carrying on of the trade before the cessation.

(2) For this purpose the reference to a person permanently ceasing to carry on a trade includes a reference to a company ceasing to be within the charge to corporation tax in respect of a trade.

(2A) If, immediately before a person permanently ceases to carry on a trade, the cash basis applies in relation to the trade, a sum is to be treated as a post-cessation receipt only if it would have been brought into account in calculating the profits of the trade on the cash basis had it been received at that time.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if—

(a) a firm carries on a trade, and

(b) a person ceases to be a partner in the firm, ...

(4) The partner is treated for the purposes of this Chapter as permanently ceasing to carry on the trade.

Sums treated as post-cessation receipts

Debts paid after cessation

248

(1) Subsection (2) applies if, in calculating the profits of a trade for income or corporation tax purposes, a deduction is made in respect of a debt under—

(a) section 35 (bad and doubtful debts), or

(b) section 74(1)(j) of ICTA (corresponding corporation tax provision),

and a person permanently ceases to carry on the trade.

(2) A sum received after the cessation is treated as a post-cessation receipt so far as the deduction is made.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if relief is given under section 96 of ITA 2007(relief for post-cessation expenditure) as a result of subsection (1)(b) of that section in respect of a debt owed to a person who has permanently ceased to carry on a trade.

(4) A sum received by the person in payment of the debt is treated as a post-cessation receipt so far as relief is given in respect of the sum.

Debts released after cessation

249

(1) This section applies if—

(a) in calculating the profits of a trade for any period for income or corporation tax purposes, a deduction is allowed for the expense giving rise to a debt owed by the person who carried on the trade,

(b) the person has permanently ceased to carry on the trade at or after the end of that period,

(d) the release is not part of a statutory insolvency arrangement.

(2) The amount released is treated as a post-cessation receipt.

(3) For the purposes of this section the reference to a person permanently ceasing to carry on a trade includes a reference to a company ceasing to be within the charge to corporation tax in respect of a trade.

Receipts relating to post-cessation expenditure

250

(1) This section applies if a person who has permanently ceased to carry on a trade makes a payment in circumstances where relief is available under section 96 of ITA 2007(relief for post-cessation expenditure).

(2) The following sums are treated as post-cessation receipts—

(a) in the case of a payment within section 97(2) or (3) of ITA 2007(payment to remedy defective work etc. or to defray expenses of a claim), the proceeds of insurance, or other sum received, for the purpose of enabling the payment to be made or by means of which it is reimbursed,

(b) in the case of a payment within section 97(4) of ITA 2007(payment to insure against claims for defective work etc.), a refund of the premium, or other sum received, in connection with the insurance, and

(c) in the case of a payment within section 97(5) of ITA 2007(payment for the purpose of collecting a debt), any sum received towards the cost of collecting the debt.

(3) If a sum mentioned in subsection (2) is received in a tax year earlier than the tax year in which the related payment is made, it is treated as having been received in the later tax year (and not the earlier tax year).

(4) Any adjustment required to give effect to subsection (3) is to be made by way of—

(a) amendment of an assessment, or

(b) discharge or repayment of tax.

Transfer of rights if transferee does not carry on trade

251

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person (“the transferor”) permanently ceases to carry on a trade,

(b) the transferor transfers to another person (“the transferee”) for value the right to receive sums arising from the carrying on of the trade, and

(2) The transferor is treated as receiving a post-cessation receipt.

(3) The amount of the receipt is—

(a) the amount or value of the consideration for the transfer, if the transfer is at arm's length, or

(b) the value of the rights transferred as between parties at arm's length, if the transfer is not at arm's length.

(4) Any sums mentioned in subsection (1)(b) which are received after the cessation of the trade are not post-cessation receipts.

(5) This section is subject to—

(a) section 252 (transfer of trading stock or work in progress), and

(b) section 253 (lump sums paid to personal representatives for copyright etc.).

Sums that are not post-cessation receipts

Transfer of trading stock or work in progress

252

(1) When a person permanently ceases to carry on a trade, a sum realised by—

(a) the transfer of trading stock, or

(b) the transfer of work in progress,

is not a post-cessation receipt if a valuation of the stock or work is brought into account in accordance with Chapter 12 (valuation of stock and work in progress).

(2) This does not prevent a sum from being treated as a post-cessation receipt as a result of an election under section 185 (election for valuation of work in progress at cost).

(3) In this section—

(a) “trading stock” has the meaning given by section 174, and

(b) “work in progress” and “transfer of work in progress” have the meaning given by section 183.

Lump sums paid to personal representatives for copyright etc.

253

(1) A lump sum which is paid to the personal representatives of the author of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work as consideration for the assignment by them of—

(a) the copyright in the work, or

(b) the public lending right in the work,

is not a post-cessation receipt.

(2) A lump sum which is paid to the personal representatives of the designer of a design in which design right subsists as consideration for the assignment by them of that right is not a post-cessation receipt.

(3) For the purposes of this section it does not matter whether the whole or a part of the right is assigned.

Deductions

Allowable deductions

254

(1) In calculating the amount on which tax is charged under this Chapter, deductions are allowed in accordance with—

(a) this section, and

(b) section 255,

from the amount which would otherwise be chargeable to tax under this Chapter.

(2) A deduction is allowed for a loss, expense or debit which, if the person carrying on the trade had not permanently ceased to do so—

(a) would have been deducted in calculating the profits of the trade for income or corporation tax purposes, or

(b) would have been deducted from or set off against the profits of the trade for income or corporation tax purposes,

but no deduction is allowed if the loss, expense or debit arises directly or indirectly from the cessation itself.

(2A) If, immediately before the person permanently ceases to carry on the trade, the cash basis applies in relation to the trade, assume for the purposes of subsection (2) that the cash basis applies in relation to the trade.

(2B) If—

(a) the loss or expense is incurred, or the debit arises, in relation to a vehicle, and

(b) immediately before the person permanently ceases to carry on the trade, section 94D (deduction allowable at fixed rate for expenditure on vehicles) applies in relation to the vehicle,

assume for the purposes of subsection (2) that that section applies in relation to the vehicle.

(3) No deduction for an amount is allowed under this section if the amount has been allowed—

(a) under any other provision of the Tax Acts, or

(b) as a result of section 261D of TCGA 1992 (capital gains tax relief for post-cessation expenditure).

Further rules about allowable deductions

255

(1) An amount may not be deducted more than once under section 254.

(2) A deduction under that section of a loss must be made from post-cessation receipts charged for an earlier tax year in preference to those charged for a later tax year.

(3) But this does not authorise the deduction of a loss from post-cessation receipts charged for a tax year before the tax year in which the loss is made.

(4) No deduction may be made under section 254 from any amount that is treated as a post-cessation receipt under—

(a) section 248(4) (debts paid after cessation), or

(b) section 250 (receipts relating to post-cessation expenditure).

Reliefs

Treatment of post-cessation receipts

256

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an individual has permanently ceased to carry on a trade, and

(b) the income arising to the individual from the trade was . . . relevant UK earnings within section 189(2)(b) of FA 2004.

(2) Any post-cessation receipts arising to the individual from the trade are similarly . . . relevant UK earnings.

Election to carry back

257

(1) This section applies if a post-cessation receipt is received by a person (or a person's personal representatives) in a tax year beginning no later than 6 years after the person permanently ceased to carry on the trade.

(2) The person (or the person's personal representatives) may elect that the tax chargeable in respect of the receipt is to be charged as if the receipt had been received on the date of the cessation.

(3) But this is subject to paragraph 5 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970 (election given effect in the tax year in which the receipt is actually received).

(4) The election must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the tax year.

Chapter 19 — Supplementary

Changes in trustees and personal representatives

258

(1) This section applies if there is a change—

(a) in the trustees of a trust, or

(b) in the personal representatives of a person,

at a time when they are carrying on a trade, profession or vocation.

(2) For income tax purposes, the change does not result in—

(a) any of the trustees or personal representatives before the change permanently ceasing to carry on the trade, profession or vocation, or

(b) any of the trustees or personal representatives after the change starting to carry on the trade, profession or vocation.

Meaning of “statutory insolvency arrangement”

259

In this Part “statutory insolvency arrangement” means—

(a) a voluntary arrangement that has taken effect under or as a result of the Insolvency Act 1986, the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 or schedule 4 to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016,

(b) a compromise or arrangement that has taken effect under Part 26 or 26A of the Companies Act 2006,

(c) any arrangement or compromise of a kind corresponding to any of those mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) that has taken effect under or by virtue of the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

Part 3 — Property income

Chapter 1 — Introduction

Overview of Part 3

260

(1) This Part imposes charges to income tax under—

(a) Chapter 3 (the profits of a UK property business or an overseas property business),

(b) Chapter 7 (amounts treated as adjustment income under section 330),

(d) Chapter 9 (rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves), and

(e) Chapter 10 (post-cessation receipts arising from a UK property business)...

(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Part 6 deals with exemptions from the charges under this Part.

(3) See, in particular, the exemptions under sections 769 (housing grants), 777 (VAT repayment supplements) and 778 (incentives to use electronic communications).

(4) The charges under Chapters 3, 7, 8, 9 and 10 apply to non-UK residents as well as UK residents but this is subject to section 269 (charges on non-UK residents only on UK source income).

(5) This section needs to be read with the relevant priority rules (see sections 2 and 261).

Provisions which must be given priority over Part 3

261

Any receipt or other credit item, so far as it falls within—

(a) Chapter 3 of this Part so far as it relates to an overseas property business or Chapter 8 or 9 of this Part (rent receivable in connection with a UK section 12(4) concern or for UK electric-line wayleaves), and

(b) Chapter 2 of Part 2 (receipts of a trade, profession or vocation),

is dealt with under Part 2.

Priority between Chapters within Part 3

262

(1) Any receipt, so far as it falls within—

(a) Chapter 3 so far as it relates to a UK property business, and

(b) Chapter 8 (rent receivable in connection with a UK section 12(4) concern),

is dealt with under Chapter 8.

(2) Any receipt, so far as it falls within—

(a) Chapter 3 so far as it relates to a UK property business, and

(b) Chapter 9 (rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves),

is dealt with under Chapter 9.

(3) Any receipt, so far as it falls within Chapter 8 (rent receivable in connection with a UK section 12(4) concern) and Chapter 9 (rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves), is dealt with under Chapter 9.

Chapter 2 — Property businesses

Introduction

263

(1) This Chapter explains for the purposes of this Act what is meant by—

(a) a person's UK property business (see section 264), and

(b) a person's overseas property business (see section 265).

(2) Both those sections need to be read with—

(a) section 266 (which explains what is meant by generating income from land), and

(b) section 267 (which provides that certain activities do not count as activities for generating income from land).

(3) In the case of the property business of a firm, the basic rules in sections 264 and 265 are explained in section 859(2) and (3).

(4) References in this Act to an overseas property business are to an overseas property business so far as any profits of the business are chargeable to tax under Chapter 3 (as to which see, in particular, section 269).

(5) Accordingly, nothing in Chapter 4 or 5 is to be read as treating an amount as a receipt of an overseas property business if the profits concerned would not be chargeable to tax under Chapter 3.

(6) In this Act “property business” means a UK property business or an overseas property business.

Basic meaning of UK and overseas property business

UK property business

264

A person's UK property business consists of—

(a) every business which the person carries on for generating income from land in the United Kingdom, and

(b) every transaction which the person enters into for that purpose otherwise than in the course of such a business.

Overseas property business

265

A person's overseas property business consists of—

(a) every business which the person carries on for generating income from land outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) every transaction which the person enters into for that purpose otherwise than in the course of such a business.

Generating income from land

Meaning of “generating income from land”

266

(1) In this Chapter “generating income from land” means exploiting an estate, interest or right in or over land as a source of rents or other receipts.

(2) “Rents” includes payments by a tenant for work to maintain or repair leased premises which the lease does not require the tenant to carry out.

(3) “Other receipts” includes—

(a) payments in respect of a licence to occupy or otherwise use land,

(b) payments in respect of the exercise of any other right over land, and

(4) For the purposes of this section a right to use a caravan or houseboat at only one location is treated as a right deriving from an estate or interest in land.

Activities not for generating income from land

267

For the purposes of this Chapter the following activities are not carried on for generating income from land—

(a) farming or market gardening in the United Kingdom (but see section 9 (UK farming or market gardening treated as trade)),

(b) any other occupation of land (but see section 10 (certain commercial occupation of UK land treated as trade)), and

Chapter 3 — Profits of property businesses: basic rules

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Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

Barristers and advocates

Alternative basis of calculation in early years of practice

160

Mineral exploration and access

Mineral exploration and access

161

Persons liable to pool betting duty

Payments by persons liable to pool betting duty

162

Intermediaries treated as making employment payments

Deduction for deemed employment payment

163

Special rules for partnerships

164

Waste disposal

Deduction for site preparation expenditure

165

Allocation of site preparation expenditure

166

Site preparation expenditure: supplementary

167

Site restoration payments

168

Cemeteries and crematoria

Cemeteries and crematoria: introduction

169

Deduction for capital expenditure

170

Allocation of ancillary capital expenditure

171

Exclusion of expenditure met by subsidies

172

Chapter 12 — Trade profits: valuation of stock and work in progress on cessation of trade

Valuation of trading stock

Valuation of trading stock on cessation

173

Meaning of “trading stock”

174

Basis of valuation of trading stock

175

Sale basis of valuation: sale to unconnected person

176

Sale basis of valuation: sale to connected person

177

Sale basis of valuation: election by connected persons

178

Connected persons

179

Cost to buyer of stock valued on sale basis of valuation

180

Meaning of “sale” and related expressions

181

Valuation of work in progress

Valuation of work in progress on cessation

182

Meaning of “work in progress”

183

Basis of valuation of work in progress

184

Election for valuation at cost

185

Supplementary

Determination of questions by Commissioners

186

Chapter 13 — Deductions from profits: unremittable amounts

Professions and vocations

187

Application of Chapter

188

Relief for unremittable amounts

189

Restrictions on relief

190

Withdrawal of relief

191

Chapter 14 — Disposal and acquisition of know-how

Meaning of “know-how” etc.

192

Disposal of know-how if trade continues to be carried on