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Corporation Tax Act 2009

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248A Wear and tear allowance: election

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248B Meaning of “eligible” in relation to a dwelling-house

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248C Effect of wear and tear allowance election

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249 Acquisition of business: receipts from transferor's UK property business

(1) This section applies if— (a) a person (“the transferor”) permanently ceased to carry on a UK property business (including one within the charge to income tax) at any time, (b) at that time the transferor transferred to another person (“the transferee”) the right to receive sums arising from the carrying on of any business (“the transferred business”) comprised in the transferor's UK property business, and (c) the transferee subsequently carries on the transferred business. (2) Sums— (a) which the transferee receives as a result of the transfer, and (b) which are not brought into account in calculating the profits of the transferor's UK property business for corporation or income tax purposes of any period before the cessation, are brought into account in calculating the profits of the transferee's UK property business in the accounting period in which they are received. (3) Any sums mentioned in subsection (1)(b) which are received after the cessation of the transferor's property business are not post-cessation receipts (see Chapter 9).

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250 Reverse premiums

(1) This section applies if— (a) a company receives a reverse premium, and (b) the reverse premium is not brought into account under section 98(2) in calculating the profits of any trade carried on by the company. (2) The company is treated as— (a) entering into a transaction mentioned in section 205 (if the land to which the property transaction relates is in the United Kingdom) or section 206 (if that land is outside the United Kingdom), and (b) receiving the reverse premium as a result of that transaction. (3) Accordingly, the reverse premium is brought into account as a receipt in calculating the profits of the property business which consists of or includes that transaction. (4) Subsection (5) applies if— (a) two or more of the parties to the property arrangements are connected persons, and (b) the terms of those arrangements are not such as would reasonably have been expected if those persons had been dealing at arm's length. (5) The whole amount or value of the reverse premium is brought into account in the period of account in which the property transaction is entered into. (6) Expressions used in this section and sections 96 to 100 have the same meaning in this section as they do in those sections.

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250A Replacement domestic items relief

(1) This section applies if conditions A to D are met. (2) Condition A is that a company (“C”) carries on a property business in relation to land which consists of or includes a dwelling-house. (3) Condition B is that— (a) a domestic item has been provided for use in the dwelling-house (“the old item”), (b) C incurs expenditure on a domestic item for use in the dwelling-house (“the new item”), (c) the new item is provided solely for the use of the lessee, (d) the new item replaces the old item, and (e) following that replacement, the old item is no longer available for use in the dwelling-house. (4) Condition C is that a deduction for the expenditure is not prohibited by the wholly and exclusively rule but would otherwise be prohibited by the capital expenditure rule (see subsection (14)). (5) Condition D is that no allowance under CAA 2001 may be claimed in respect of the expenditure. (6) In calculating the profits of the business, a deduction for the expenditure is allowed. (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8) The basic amount of the deduction is as follows— (a) where the new item is the same or substantially the same as the old item, the deduction is equal to the expenditure incurred by C on the new item; (b) where the new item is not the same or substantially the same as the old item, the deduction is equal to so much of the expenditure incurred by C on the new item as does not exceed the expenditure which C would have incurred on an item which is the same or substantially the same as the old item. Subsections (9) to (12) make further provision about the calculation of the deduction in certain cases. (9) If C incurs incidental expenditure of a capital nature in connection with the disposal of the old item or the purchase of the new item, the deduction is increased by the amount of the incidental expenditure. (10) If the old item is disposed of in part-exchange for the new item— (a) the expenditure incurred by C on the new item is treated as including an amount equal to the value of the old item, and (b) the deduction is reduced by that amount. (11) If the old item is disposed of other than in part-exchange for the new item, the deduction is reduced by the amount or value of any consideration in money or money's worth which C or a person connected with C receives, or is entitled to receive, in respect of the disposal. (12) For the purposes of subsection (11), where the old item is disposed of together with other consideration, the consideration in respect of the disposal mentioned in that subsection is taken not to include the amount of, or an amount equal to the value of, that other consideration. (13) In this section, “domestic item” means an item for domestic use (such as furniture, furnishings, household appliances and kitchenware), and does not include anything that is a fixture. “Fixture”— means any plant or machinery that is so installed or otherwise fixed in or to a dwelling-house as to become, in law, part of that dwelling-house, and includes any boiler or water-filled radiator installed in a dwelling-house as part of a space or water heating system. “Plant or machinery” here has the same meaning as in Part 2 of CAA 2001. (14) In this section— “the capital expenditure rule” means the rule in section 53 (capital expenditure), as applied by section 210; “lessee” means the person who is entitled to the use of the dwelling-house under a lease or other arrangement under which a sum is payable in respect of the use of the dwelling-house; “the wholly and exclusively rule” means the rule in section 54 (expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses), as applied by section 210.

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251 Deduction for expenditure on energy-saving items

(1) This section applies if— (a) a company carries on a property business in relation to land which consists of or includes a dwelling-house, (b) the company incurs expenditure in acquiring and installing an energy-saving item in the dwelling-house or in a building containing the dwelling-house (see subsections (5) to (7)), (c) the expenditure is incurred before 1 April 2015, (d) a deduction for the expenditure is not prohibited by the wholly and exclusively rule but would otherwise be prohibited by the capital prohibition rule (see subsection (8)), and (e) no allowance under CAA 2001 may be claimed in respect of the expenditure. (2) In calculating the profits of the business, a deduction for the expenditure is allowed. (3) But any deduction is subject to— (a) section 252 (restrictions on relief), and (b) any provision made by regulations under section 253. (4) If, on a just and reasonable apportionment of any expenditure, part of the expenditure would qualify for the relief (but the remainder would not), a deduction is allowed for that part. (5) “Energy-saving item” means an item of an energy-saving nature of such description as is for the time being specified in regulations made by the Treasury. (6) The Treasury may by regulations provide for an item to be an energy-saving item only if it satisfies such conditions as may be— (a) specified in, or (b) determined in accordance with, the regulations. (7) The conditions may include conditions imposed by reference to information or documents issued by any body, person or organisation. (8) In this section— “the capital prohibition rule” means the rule in section 53 (capital expenditure), as applied by section 210, and “the wholly and exclusively rule” means the rule in section 54 (expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses), as applied by section 210.

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252 Restrictions on relief

(1) This section restricts deductions that would otherwise be allowable under section 251. (2) No deduction is allowed if, when the energy-saving item is installed, the dwelling-house— (a) is in the course of construction, or (b) is comprised in land in which the company does not have an interest or is in the course of acquiring an interest or further interest. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) No deduction is allowed in respect of expenditure treated by section 61 (as applied by section 210) as incurred on the date on which the company starts to carry on the business unless the expenditure was incurred not more than 6 months before that date. (5) No deduction is allowed in respect of expenditure incurred in acquiring and installing the energy-saving item in a building containing the dwelling-house in so far as the expenditure is not for the benefit of the dwelling-house.

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253 Regulations

(1) In relation to any deduction under section 251, the Treasury may make regulations for— (a) restricting or reducing the amount of expenditure for which the deduction is allowable, (b) excluding entitlement to the deduction in such cases as may be specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations, (c) determining who is (and is not) entitled to the deduction if different persons have different interests in land that consists of or includes the whole or part of a building containing one or more dwelling-houses, (d) making apportionments if the property business is carried on by persons in partnership or an interest in land is beneficially owned by persons jointly or in common. (2) The apportionments that may be made include apportionments to persons within the charge to income tax. (3) Regulations under this section may— (a) make different provision for different cases, and (b) contain incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision and savings (including provision as to appeals in relation to apportionments mentioned in subsection (1)(d)).

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254 Deduction for expenditure on sea walls

(1) This section applies if in a tax year a person — (a) is the owner or tenant of any premises, and (b) incurs expenditure in making a sea wall or other embankment necessary for the preservation or protection of the premises against the encroachment or overflowing of the sea or any tidal river. (2) In calculating the profits of any property business (within the charge to tax under Chapter 3) carried on by the person in relation to the premises, a deduction is allowed for the expenditure in each tax year comprised in the deduction period. (3) The deduction period comprises— (a) the tax year in which the expenditure is incurred, and (b) the next 20 tax years. (4) The amount of the deduction is 1/21 of the expenditure. (5) The deduction is apportioned between the accounting period or periods comprised in the tax year, but— (a) no apportionment is made to an accounting period which ends before the expenditure is incurred, and (b) if the person is entitled to the deduction because of a transfer dealt with by section 255, no apportionment is made to an accounting period which ends before the transfer takes place. (6) In the case of the transfer of an interest in the premises dealt with by section 255, this section applies as if the reference to the person in subsection (2) above included the transferor and the transferee. (7) No deduction is allowed for any expenditure in respect of which a capital allowance has been made.

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255 Transfer of interest in premises

(1) This section applies if, during the deduction period, the whole of the person's interest in the premises or in any part of them is transferred, whether by operation of law or otherwise. (2) For the tax year in which the transfer takes place— (a) the transferor and the transferee are entitled to a part of any deduction under section 254, and (b) the amount of the deduction is determined by what is just and reasonable. (3) For subsequent tax years in the deduction period, the entitlement to any deduction under section 254 depends on whether the interest transferred is in the whole of the premises or in part of them. (4) If the interest transferred is in the whole of the premises, the transferee (but not the transferor) is entitled to any deduction under section 254. (5) If the interest transferred is in part of the premises— (a) the transferor and the transferee are entitled to a part of any deduction under section 254, and (b) the amount of the deduction is determined by reference to what is properly referable to the part of the premises. (6) This section is supplemented by sections 256 (ending of lease of premises) and 257 (transfer involving person within the charge to income tax).

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256 Ending of lease of premises

(1) If a person's interest in the premises is a lease that comes to an end before the end of the deduction period, the interest is treated as if transferred to the following persons. (2) If a new lease of the premises is granted and the new tenant makes a payment in respect of the embankment in question to the old tenant, the transferee is the new tenant. (3) Otherwise the transferee is the owner of the interest in immediate reversion on the lease (or, in Scotland, the landlord).

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257 Transfer involving person within the charge to income tax

(1) This section explains how section 255 works if— (a) the transferor is a company within the charge to corporation tax and the transferee is a person within the charge to income tax, or (b) the transferor is a person within the charge to income tax and the transferee is a company within the charge to corporation tax. (2) Section 255 applies only for the purpose of determining— (a) whether the company within the charge to corporation tax is entitled to a deduction (or part of a deduction) under section 254, and (b) the amount of any such deduction. (3) Accordingly, any reference to— (a) whether a person is entitled to a deduction (or part of a deduction) under section 254, or (b) the amount of any such deduction, is ignored if the person is within the charge to income tax. (4) For any entitlement of a person within the charge to income tax to a deduction for any of the expenditure, see sections 316 to 318 of ITTOIA 2005 (corresponding income tax provisions).

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258 Relief in respect of mineral royalties

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259 Nature of item apportioned on sale of estate or interest in land

(1) This section applies if— (a) a company sells an estate or interest in land, (b) on the sale a part of a receipt or outgoing in respect of the estate or interest is apportioned to the seller, and (c) the receipt or outgoing is receivable or to be paid by the buyer after the apportionment is made. (2) In calculating the profits of the seller's property business, the part apportioned is treated as being of the same nature as the receipt or outgoing.

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260 Mutual business

(1) Nothing in this Part is to be read as applying the rules relating to mutual business to property businesses. (2) Accordingly, receipts and expenses are to be brought into account in calculating the profits of a company's property business even if a relationship of mutuality exists between that company and another person. (3) Nothing in this section affects the operation of Chapter 7 of Part 13 of CTA 2010 (co-operative housing associations).

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261 Adjustment on change of basis

(1) Section 262 applies if— (a) a company carrying on a UK property business changes, from one period of account to the next, the basis on which profits of the business are calculated for corporation tax purposes, (b) the old basis accorded with the law or practice applicable in relation to the period of account before the change, and (c) the new basis accords with the law and practice applicable in relation to the period of account after the change. (2) The practice applicable in any case means the accepted practice in cases of that description as to how profits of a UK property business should be calculated for corporation tax purposes. (3) Subsections (3) to (6) of section 180 (what is meant by a company changing the basis on which profits are calculated) apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section (but as if any reference to a trade were to a UK property business).

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262 Giving effect to positive and negative adjustments

(1) An amount by way of adjustment must be calculated in accordance with section 182, which applies in relation to a UK property business as it applies in relation to a trade. (2) If the amount produced by the calculation is positive— (a) the amount is brought into account as a receipt in calculating the profits of the UK property business, and (b) the receipt is treated as arising on the first day of the first period of account for which the new basis is adopted. (3) But if there is a change of basis resulting from a tax adjustment affecting the calculation of any amount brought into account in respect of depreciation, the receipt is treated as arising only when the asset to which it relates is realised or written off. (4) If the amount produced by the calculation is negative— (a) a deduction is allowed for the amount as an expense of the UK property business in calculating the profits of that business, and (b) the expense is treated as arising on the first day of the first period of account for which the new basis is adopted. (5) But if there is a change of basis resulting from a tax adjustment affecting the calculation of any amount brought into account in respect of depreciation, the expense is treated as arising only when the asset to which it relates is realised or written off. (6) This section is subject to section 183 (no adjustment for certain expenses previously brought into account) which applies in relation to a UK property business as it applies in relation to a trade.

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263 Expenditure on integral features

Section 33A(3) of CAA 2001 provides that no deduction is allowed in respect of certain expenditure on an integral feature of a building or structure (within the meaning of that section).

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270 Charge to tax on rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern

The charge to corporation tax on income applies to rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern.

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271 Meaning of “rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern”

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter rent is receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern if— (a) it is receivable in respect of an estate, interest or right in or over land in the United Kingdom, and (b) the estate, interest or right is used, occupied or enjoyed in connection with a concern listed in section 39(4). (2) For the purposes of this Chapter rent is also receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern if— (a) it is receivable in respect of an estate, interest or right in or over land in the United Kingdom, (b) the lease or other agreement under which it is receivable provides for its recoupment by reducing royalties or payments of a similar nature, and (c) the reduction applies if the estate, interest or right is used, occupied or enjoyed in connection with a concern listed in section 39(4). (3) In this Chapter “rent” includes— (a) a receipt mentioned in section 207(3), and (b) any other receipt in the nature of rent.

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272 Deduction for management expenses of owner of mineral rights

(1) This section applies if in an accounting period— (a) a company lets a right to work minerals in the United Kingdom, and (b) the company pays a sum wholly and exclusively as an expense of management or supervision of the minerals in the accounting period. (2) In calculating the amount of rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern, a deduction is allowed for the sum for the accounting period. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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273 Relief in respect of mineral royalties

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274 Meaning of “mineral lease or agreement” and “mineral royalties”

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275 Extended meaning of “mineral royalties” etc in Northern Ireland

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276 Power to determine what counts as “mineral royalties”

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277 Charge to tax on rent receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave

The charge to corporation tax on income applies to rent receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave.

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278 Meaning of “rent receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave”

(1) For the purposes of this Chapter rent is receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave if— (a) it is receivable in respect of an easement, servitude or right in or over land in the United Kingdom, and (b) the easement, servitude or right is enjoyed in connection with an electric, telegraph or telephone wire or cable. (2) The reference to the enjoyment of an easement, servitude or right in connection with an electric, telegraph or telephone wire or cable includes (in particular) its enjoyment in connection with— (a) a pole or pylon supporting such a wire or cable, or (b) apparatus used in connection with such a wire or cable. (3) In this Chapter “rent” includes— (a) a receipt mentioned in section 207(3), and (b) any other receipt in the nature of rent.

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279 Extent of charge to tax

(1) Rent receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave is not chargeable to tax under this Chapter for an accounting period if— (a) a company carries on a UK property business in relation to some or all of the land to which the wayleave relates, and (b) receipts (other than rents receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves) in respect of some or all of that land are brought into account in calculating the profits of the business of the accounting period. (2) In such a case, the rent receivable for the UK electric-line wayleave is brought into account in calculating the profits of the company's UK property business. (3) The rules for determining whether an amount is chargeable to tax under this Chapter also need to be read with section 45(2) (payments for wayleaves if company carries on a trade). (4) That subsection secures that an amount which would otherwise be chargeable to tax under this Chapter may be brought into account instead in calculating the profits of a trade.

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280 Charge to tax on post-cessation receipts

The charge to corporation tax on income applies to post-cessation receipts arising from a UK property business.

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281 Extent of charge to tax

(1) A post-cessation receipt is chargeable to tax under this Chapter only so far as the receipt is not otherwise chargeable to corporation or income tax. (2) Accordingly, a post-cessation receipt arising from a UK property business is not chargeable to tax under this Chapter so far as it is brought into account in calculating the profits of the business of any period.

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282 Basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt”

(1) In this Chapter “post-cessation receipt” means a sum— (a) which is received after a person permanently ceases to carry on a UK property business, and (b) which arises from the carrying on of the business before the cessation. (2) In this Chapter, except in section 284, references to a UK property business include one within the charge to income tax and references to a person permanently ceasing to carry on a UK property business include— (a) in the case of a company, the occurrence of an event treated under section 362 of ITTOIA 2005 (company starting or ceasing to be within charge to income tax) as the company permanently ceasing to carry on the business, and (b) in the case of a UK property business carried on by a person in partnership, the occurrence of an event treated under section 353(3) of ITTOIA 2005 (basic meaning of “post-cessation receipt”) as the person permanently ceasing to carry on the business.

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283 Other rules about what counts as a “post-cessation receipt”

(1) Section 284 (transfer of rights if transferee does not carry on UK property business) treats certain amounts as being, or not being, post-cessation receipts for the purposes of this Chapter. (2) The following provisions (which treat certain amounts as post-cessation receipts) apply for the purposes of this Chapter as they apply for the purposes of Chapter 15 of Part 3 (but as if any reference to a trade were to a UK property business)— section 82(6) (contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies), section 101(3) (distribution of assets of mutual concerns), section 108(3) (receipt of benefits by donor or connected person), section 192 (debts paid after cessation), and section 193 (debts released after cessation), as qualified, where appropriate, by section 56(4) (car ... hire). (3) This Chapter also needs to be read with— (a) section 249(3) (which treats certain amounts as not being post-cessation receipts), and (b) section 1277 (which treats certain income as a post-cessation receipt: unremittable income).

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284 Transfer of rights if transferee does not carry on UK property business

(1) This section applies if— (a) a company (“the transferor”) permanently ceases to carry on a UK property business, (b) the transferor transfers to another person (“the transferee”) for value the right to receive sums arising from the carrying on of any business (“the transferred business”) comprised in the transferor's UK property business, and (c) the transferee does not subsequently carry on the transferred business. (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 property business are not post-cessation receipts.

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285 Allowable deductions

Sections 196 and 197 apply for the purposes of this Chapter as they apply for the purposes of Chapter 15 of Part 3 (but as if any reference to a trade were to a UK property business).

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286 Election to carry back

Sections 198 to 200 apply for the purposes of this Chapter as they apply for the purposes of Chapter 15 of Part 3 (but as if any reference to a trade were to a UK property business).

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287 Provisions which must be given priority over this Part

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 7 or 8 of this Part (rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern or for UK electric-line wayleaves), and (b) Chapter 2 of Part 3 (receipts of a trade), is dealt with under Part 3.

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288 Priority between Chapters within this Part

(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 7 (rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern), is dealt with under Chapter 7. (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 8 (rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves), is dealt with under Chapter 8. (3) Any receipt, so far as it falls within Chapter 7 (rent receivable in connection with a UK section 39(4) concern) and Chapter 8 (rent receivable for UK electric-line wayleaves), is dealt with under Chapter 8.

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289 Effect of company starting or ceasing to be within charge to corporation tax

(1) This section applies if a company starts or ceases to be within the charge to corporation tax in respect of an overseas property business. (2) The company is treated for the purposes of this Part— (a) as starting to carry on the business when it starts to be within the charge, or (b) as ceasing to carry on the business when it ceases to be within the charge.

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290 Overseas property businesses and overseas land: adaptation of rules

(1) This section applies if a provision of this Part— (a) applies to an overseas property business or land outside the United Kingdom, but (b) is expressed by reference to a domestic concept of law. (2) In relation to that business or land, the provision is to be read so as to produce the result most closely corresponding with that produced by the provision in relation to a UK property business or land in the United Kingdom.

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