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(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 section 334A (spreading on leaving cash basis and related election).
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(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 section 334A (spreading on leaving cash basis and related election).
Propose a changeThe person liable for any tax charged under this Chapter is the person receiving or entitled to the adjustment income.
Propose a change(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 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, adjustment income is treated as arising only when the asset to which it relates is realised or written off. (3) Adjustment income is treated for the purposes of Part 4 of ITA 2007(loss relief) as profits of the UK property business for the tax year in which tax is charged on it.
Propose a change(1) An adjustment expense is treated as an expense of the business arising on the last day of the first period of account for which the new basis is adopted. (2) 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, an adjustment expense is treated as arising only when the asset to which it relates is realised or written off.
Propose a changeSections 239A (spreading on leaving cash basis) and 239B (election to accelerate charge under section 239A) apply for the purposes of this Chapter as they apply for the purposes of Chapter 17 of Part 2, but as if— (a) for section 239A(1) there were substituted— (1) This section applies if the profits of a property business are calculated— (a) on the cash basis for a tax year (see section 271D), and (b) in accordance with GAAP (see section 271B) for the following tax year. , and (b) any reference to section 239A or 239B were to the section concerned as applied by this section.
Propose a changeFor the purposes of this Chapter, a person carrying on a property business enters the cash basis for a tax year if the profits of the business are calculated— (a) on the cash basis for the tax year (see section 271D), and (b) in accordance with GAAP (see section 271B) for the previous tax year.
Propose a change(1) This section applies if— (a) a person carrying on a property business enters the cash basis for a tax year (“the current tax year”), and (b) the person would, apart from section 59(4A) of CAA 2001, have unrelieved qualifying expenditure relating to the property business to carry forward from the chargeable period which is the previous tax year. (2) But this section does not apply if section 334D applies. (3) In calculating the profits of the property business for the current tax year, a deduction is allowed for any cash basis deductible amount of the expenditure relating to the property business. (4) A “cash basis deductible amount” of the expenditure means any amount of the expenditure for which a deduction would be allowed in calculating the profits of the property business on the cash basis on the assumption that the expenditure was paid in the current tax year. (5) Any cash basis deductible amount of the expenditure is to be determined on such basis as is just and reasonable in all the circumstances. (6) In this section— ... “unrelieved qualifying expenditure” means unrelieved qualifying expenditure for the purposes of Part 2 of CAA 2001 (see section 59(1) and (2) of that Act).
Propose a change(1) This section applies if— (a) a person carrying on a property business enters the cash basis for a tax year (“the current tax year”), (b) at any time before the end of the chargeable period which is the previous tax year the person has incurred relevant expenditure, and (c) not all of the relevant expenditure has actually been paid by the person. (2) “Relevant expenditure” means expenditure on plant or machinery— (a) for which a deduction would be allowed in calculating the profits of the property business on the cash basis on the assumption that the expenditure was paid in the current tax year, and (b) in respect of which the person has obtained capital allowances. (3) If the amount of the relevant expenditure that the person has actually paid exceeds the amount of capital allowances given in respect of the relevant expenditure, the difference is to be deducted in calculating the profits of the property business for the current tax year. (4) If the amount of the relevant expenditure that the person has actually paid is less than the amount of capital allowances given in respect of the relevant expenditure, the difference is to be treated as a receipt in calculating the profits of the property business for the current tax year. (5) Any question as to whether or to what extent expenditure is relevant expenditure, or as to whether or to what extent any capital allowance obtained is in respect of relevant expenditure, is to be determined on such basis as is just and reasonable in all the circumstances. (6) If the amount of capital allowances given in respect of the relevant expenditure has been reduced under section 205 or 207 of CAA 2001 (reduction where asset provided or used only partly for qualifying activity), the amount of the relevant expenditure that the person has actually paid is to be proportionately reduced for the purposes of this section.
Propose a change(1) This section applies if— (a) a person carrying on a property business enters the cash basis for a tax year, (b) the person is the successor for the purposes of section 266 of CAA 2001, and (c) as a result of an election under that section, relevant plant or machinery is treated as sold by the predecessor to the successor at any time during the tax year. (2) The provisions of this Chapter have effect in relation to the successor as if everything done to or by the predecessor had been done to or by the successor. (3) Any expenditure actually incurred by the successor on acquiring the relevant plant or machinery is to be ignored for the purposes of calculating the profits of the property business for the tax year. (4) In this section— “the predecessor” has the same meaning as in section 266 of CAA 2001, and “relevant plant or machinery” has the same meaning as in section 267 of that Act.
Propose a changeIncome tax is charged on rent receivable in connection with a UK section 12(4) concern.
Propose a change(1) For the purposes of this Chapter rent is receivable in connection with a UK section 12(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 12(4). (2) For the purposes of this Chapter rent is also receivable in connection with a UK section 12(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 12(4). (3) In this Chapter “rent” includes— (a) a receipt mentioned in section 266(3), and (b) any other receipt in the nature of rent.
Propose a change(1) Tax is charged under this Chapter on the full amount of the profits arising in the tax year. (2) This is subject to— section 339 (deduction for management expenses of owner of mineral rights), ... ...
Propose a changeThe person liable for any tax charged under this Chapter is the person receiving or entitled to the rent.
Propose a change(1) This section applies if in a tax year— (a) a person lets a right to work minerals in the United Kingdom, and (b) the person pays a sum wholly and exclusively as an expense of management or supervision of the minerals in the tax year. (2) In calculating the amount of rent receivable in connection with a UK section 12(4) concern, a deduction is allowed for the sum for the tax year. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Propose a changeIncome tax is charged on rent receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave.
Propose a change(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 266(3), and (b) any other receipt in the nature of rent.
Propose a change(1) Rent receivable for a UK electric-line wayleave is not chargeable to tax under this Chapter for a tax year if— (a) a person 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 for the tax year. (2) In such a case, the rent receivable for the UK electric-line wayleave is brought into account in calculating the profits of the person'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 22(2) (payments for wayleaves if person 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.
Propose a changeTax is charged under this Chapter on the full amount of the profits arising in the tax year.
Propose a changeThe person liable for any tax charged under this Chapter is the person receiving or entitled to the rent.
Propose a changeIncome tax is charged on post-cessation receipts arising from a UK property business.
Propose a change(1) A post-cessation receipt is chargeable to tax under this Chapter only so far as the receipt is not otherwise chargeable to income or corporation 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 for any period.
Propose a change(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), which apply for the purposes of this Chapter as they apply for the purposes of Chapter 18 of Part 2 (but as if any reference to a trade were to a UK property business). (3) Further to subsection (2), section 254 applies for the purposes of this Chapter as if for subsection (2A) of that section there were substituted— (2A) If the time immediately before the person permanently ceases to carry on the UK property business falls in a cash basis tax year, assume for the purposes of subsection (2) that the profits of the business are calculated on the cash basis. (4) For the purposes of sections 254 (as so applied) and 353, a tax year is “a cash basis tax year” in relation to a property business if the profits of the business for the tax year are calculated on the cash basis (see section 271D).
Propose a changeThe person liable for any tax charged under this Chapter is the person receiving or entitled to the receipts.
Propose a change(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. (1A) If the time immediately before a person permanently ceases to carry on a UK property business falls in a cash basis tax year (see section 351(4)), 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 business on the cash basis had it been received at that time. (2) Subsection (3) applies if— (a) a firm carries on a UK property business, (b) a person ceases to be a partner in the firm, and (c) at least one of the persons with whom the partner carried on the business before ceasing to be a partner continues to carry it on afterwards. (3) The partner is treated for the purposes of this Chapter as permanently ceasing to carry on the business.
Propose a change(1) Section 355 (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 18 of Part 2 (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 104(3) (distribution of assets of mutual concerns), section 109(2) (receipt by donor or connected person of benefit attributable to certain gifts), section 248 (debts paid after cessation) (reading the reference in subsection (3) to section 96 of ITA 2007 as a reference to section 125 of that Act) , section 249 (debts released after cessation), as qualified, where appropriate, by section 48(4) (car ... hire), and section 250 (receipts relating to post-cessation expenditure) (reading the reference in subsection (1) to section 96 of ITA 2007 as a reference to section 125 of that Act) . (3) This Chapter also needs to be read with— (a) section 310(3) (which treats certain amounts as not being post-cessation receipts), and (b) section 844 (which treats certain income as a post-cessation receipt: unremittable income).
Propose a change(1) This section applies if— (a) a person (“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.
Propose a change(1) In this Chapter (except in sections 353(1A) and 355, and in the modification of section 254 in section 351(3)) any reference to a UK property business includes one within the charge to corporation tax . (2) In this Chapter (except in section 355) any reference to a person permanently ceasing to carry on a UK property business includes, in the case of a company, the occurrence of an event treated under section 289 of CTA 2009 (company starting or ceasing to be within the charge to corporation tax) as the company permanently ceasing to carry on the business. (3) In applying any provision of Chapter 18 of Part 2 for the purposes of this Chapter references to the calculation of the profits of a trade for corporation tax purposes are to be read as references to the calculation of the profits of a UK property business for corporation tax purposes.
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Propose a change(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 property business. (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 business, or (b) any of the trustees or personal representatives after the change starting to carry on the business.
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Propose a change(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.
Propose a change(1) In this Part “lease” includes— (a) an agreement for a lease (so far as the context permits), and (b) any tenancy, but does not include a mortgage. (2) In this Part “premises” includes land.
Propose a change(1) This Part imposes charges to income tax under— (a) Chapter 2 (interest), (aa) Chapter 2A (disguised interest), (b) Chapter 3 (dividends etc. from UK resident companies etc.), (c) Chapter 4 (dividends from non-UK resident companies), (d) Chapter 5 (stock dividends from UK resident companies), (e) Chapter 6 (release of loan to participator in close company), (f) Chapter 7 (purchased life annuity payments), (g) Chapter 8 (profits from deeply discounted securities), (h) Chapter 9 (gains from contracts for life insurance etc.), (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (j) Chapter 11 (transactions in deposits), (k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (l) Chapter 13 (sales of foreign dividend coupons). (2) Part 6 deals with exemptions from the charges under this Part. (3) See, in particular, any exemptions mentioned in the particular Chapters. (4) The charges under this Part apply to non-UK residents as well as UK residents but this is subject to section 368(2) (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 366).
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