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Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992

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Contents: 804 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Capital gains tax
  3. 1A Territorial scope
  4. 1B Non-UK residents: UK branch or agency
  5. 1C Non-UK residents: disposing of an “interest in UK land”
  6. 1D Non-UK residents: assets deriving 75% of value from UK land etc
  7. 1E Losses deductible only when within scope of tax etc
  8. 1F Allowable losses to be used in most beneficial way etc
  9. 1G Gains accruing to UK resident individuals in split years
  10. 1H The main rates of CGT
  11. 1I Income taxed at higher rates or gains exceeding unused basic rate band
  12. 1J Section 1I: definitions and other supplementary provision
  13. 1K Annual exempt amount
  14. 1L Increasing annual exempt amount to reflect increases in CPI
  15. 1M Temporary non-residents
  16. 1N Section 1M(1): assets acquired in temporary period of non-residence
  17. 1O Definitions used in Chapter
  18. 2 Corporation tax on chargeable gains
  19. 2A Company's total profits to include chargeable gains
  20. 2B Territorial scope of charge to corporation tax on chargeable gains
  21. 2C Non-UK resident company with UK permanent establishment
  22. 2D Application of CGT principles in calculating gains and losses
  23. 2E References to income tax or Income Tax Acts in case of companies
  24. 2F Interaction of capital gains tax and corporation tax
  25. 2G Assets of a company vested in a liquidator
  26. 3 Gains attributed to UK resident individuals etc
  27. 3A Gains connected to avoidance or foreign activities etc
  28. 3B Participators and their interests
  29. 3C Prevention of double UK taxation
  30. 3D Individuals who were non-UK domiciled
  31. 3E Temporary non-residents
  32. 3F Non-resident groups of companies
  33. 3G Supplementary provisions
  34. 4 Rates of capital gains tax
  35. 4A Section 4: special cases
  36. 4B Deduction of losses etc in most beneficial way
  37. 4BA Rates, and use of unused basic rate band, in certain cases
  38. 4BB Residential property gain or loss
  39. 5 Accumulation and discretionary settlements.
  40. 6 Other special cases.
  41. 7 Time for payment of tax.
  42. 8 Company’s total profits to include chargeable gains.
  43. 9 Residence, including temporary residence.
  44. 10 Non-resident with United Kingdom branch or agency.
  45. 10A Temporary non-residents.
  46. 10AA Section 10A: supplementary
  47. 10B Non-resident company with United Kingdom permanent establishment
  48. 11 Visiting forces and official agents
  49. 12 Non-UK domiciled individuals to whom remittance basis applies
  50. 13 Attribution of gains to members of non-resident companies.
  51. 13A Section 13(5): interpretation
  52. 14 Non-resident groups of companies.
  53. 14A Section 13: non-UK domiciled individuals
  54. 14B Meaning of “non-resident CGT disposal”
  55. 14C Meaning of “disposal of a UK residential property interest”
  56. 14D Persons chargeable to capital gains tax on NRCGT gains
  57. 14E Further provision about use of NRCGT losses
  58. 14F Persons not chargeable under section 14D if a claim is made
  59. 14G Section 14F: divided companies
  60. 14H Section 14F: arrangements for avoiding tax
  61. 15 Computation of gains.
  62. 16 Computation of losses.
  63. 16ZA Losses: non-UK domiciled individuals
  64. 16ZB Individual who has made election under section 16ZA: foreign chargeable gains remitted in tax year after tax year in which accrue
  65. 16ZC Individual who has made election under section 16ZA and to whom remittance basis applies
  66. 16ZD Section 16ZC: supplementary
  67. 16A Restrictions on allowable losses
  68. 17 Disposals and acquisitions treated as made at market value.
  69. 18 Transactions between connected persons.
  70. 19 Deemed consideration in certain cases where assets disposed of in a series of transactions.
  71. 20 Original market value and aggregate market value for purposes of section 19.
  72. 21 Assets and disposals.
  73. 22 Disposal where capital sums derived from assets.
  74. 23 Receipt of compensation and insurance money not treated as a disposal.
  75. 24 Disposals where assets lost or destroyed, or become of negligible value.
  76. 24A Structures and buildings contributions allowances: destruction of asset
  77. 25 Non-residents: deemed disposals.
  78. 25ZA Postponing gain or loss under section 25(3): interests in UK land
  79. 25A Long funding leases of plant or machinery: deemed disposals
  80. 26 Mortgages and charges not to be treated as disposals.
  81. 26A Transfers in respect of dormant assets
  82. 27 Disposals in cases of hire-purchase and similar transactions.
  83. 28 Time of disposal and acquisition where asset disposed of under contract.
  84. 28A Contracts completed after ordinary notification period
  85. 29 General provisions.
  86. 30 Tax-free benefits.
  87. 31 Disposal of shares or securities by a company
  88. 31A Asset-holding company leaving the group.
  89. 32 Disposals within a group followed by a disposal of shares.
  90. 33 Provisions supplementary to sections 30 to 32.
  91. 33A Modification of sections 30 to 33 in relation to chargeable intangible asset
  92. 34 Transactions treated as a reorganisation of share capital.
  93. 35 Assets held on 31st March 1982 (including assets held on 6th April 1965).
  94. 35A Disposal of asset acquired on no gain/no loss disposal
  95. 36 Deferred charges on gains before 31st March 1982.
  96. 36A Re-basing in relation to direct or indirect disposals of UK land
  97. 37 Consideration chargeable to tax on income.
  98. 37A Consideration on disposal of certain leases
  99. 37B Consideration on certain disposals: structures and buildings allowances
  100. 38 Acquisition and disposal costs etc.
  101. 39 Exclusion of expenditure by reference to tax on income.
  102. 39A Exclusion of certain expenditure: structures and buildings allowances
  103. 40 Interest charged to capital.
  104. 41 Restriction of losses by reference to capital allowances and renewals allowances.
  105. 41A Restriction of losses: long funding leases of plant or machinery
  106. 42 Part disposals.
  107. 43 Assets derived from other assets.
  108. 44 Meaning of “wasting asset".
  109. 45 Exemption for certain wasting assets.
  110. 46 Straightline restriction of allowable expenditure.
  111. 47 Wasting assets qualifying for capital allowances.
  112. 47A Exemption for certain disposals under, or after leaving, cash basis
  113. 47B Disposals made by persons after leaving cash basis
  114. 48 Consideration due after time of disposal.
  115. 48A Unascertainable consideration
  116. 49 Contingent liabilities.
  117. 50 Expenditure reimbursed out of public money.
  118. 51 Exemption for winnings and damages etc.
  119. 52 Supplemental.
  120. 52A Chapter to apply only for corporation tax purposes
  121. 53 The indexation allowance and interpretative provisions.
  122. 54 Calculation of indexation allowance.
  123. 55 Assets owned on 31st March 1982 or acquired on a no gain/no loss disposal.
  124. 56 Part disposals and disposals on a no-gain/no-loss basis.
  125. 57 Receipts etc. which are not treated as disposals but affect relevant allowable expenditure.
  126. 58 Spouses and civil partners.
  127. 59 Partnerships.
  128. 59A Limited liability partnerships.
  129. 59AA Limited liability partnerships: deemed disposal
  130. 59B Alternative investment fund managers (1)
  131. 59C Alternative investment managers (2)
  132. 60 Nominees and bare trustees.
  133. 61 Funds in court.
  134. 62 Death: general provisions.
  135. 63 Death: application of law in Scotland.
  136. 63A Death: application of law in Northern Ireland
  137. 64 Expenses in administration of estates and trusts.
  138. 65 Liability for tax of trustees or personal representatives.
  139. 66 Insolvents’ assets.
  140. 67 Provisions applicable where section 79 of the Finance Act 1980 has applied.
  141. 68 Meaning of “settled property".
  142. 68A Meaning of “settlor”
  143. 68B Transfer between settlements: identification of settlor
  144. 68C Variation of will or intestacy, etc: identification of settlor
  145. 69 Trustees of settlements.
  146. 69A Sub-fund settlements
  147. 70 Transfers into settlement.
  148. 71 Person becoming absolutely entitled to settled property.
  149. 72 Termination of life interest on death of person entitled.
  150. 73 Death of life tenant: exclusion of chargeable gain.
  151. 74 Effect on sections 72 and 73 of relief under section 165 or 260.
  152. 75 Death of annuitant.
  153. 76 Disposal of interests in settled property.
  154. 76A Disposal of interest in settled property: deemed disposal of underlying assets.
  155. 76B Transfers of value by trustees linked with trustee borrowing.
  156. 77 Charge on settlor with interest in settlement.
  157. 78 Right of recovery.
  158. 79 Provisions supplemental to sections 77 and 78.
  159. 79A Restriction on set-off of trust losses.
  160. 79B Attribution to trustees of gains of non-resident companies.
  161. 80 Trustees ceasing to be resident in U.K.
  162. 80A Postponing gain or loss under section 80(2): interests in UK land
  163. 81 Death of trustee: special rules.
  164. 82 Past trustees: liability for tax.
  165. 83 Trustees ceasing to be liable to U.K. tax.
  166. 83A Trustees both resident and non-resident in a year of assessment
  167. 84 Acquisition by dual resident trustees.
  168. 85 Disposal of interests in non-resident settlements.
  169. 85A Transfers of value: attribution of gains to beneficiaries and treatment of losses
  170. 86 Attribution of gains to settlors with interest in non-resident or dual resident settlements.
  171. 86A Attribution of gains to settlor where temporarily non-resident
  172. 87 Non-UK resident settlements: attribution of gains to beneficiaries
  173. 87A Section 87: matching
  174. 87B Section 87: remittance basis
  175. 87BA Sections 87 and 87A: disregard of capital payments made from carried interest gains
  176. 87C Sections 87 and 87A: disregard of certain capital payments
  177. 87D Sections 87 and 87A: disregard of capital payments to non-residents
  178. 87E Sections 87 and 87A: disregarded payments to temporary non-resident
  179. 87F Sections 87 and 87A: disregarded payments in year settlement ends
  180. 87G Settlor liable if capital payment received by close family member
  181. 87H Meaning of “close member of the settlor's family”
  182. 87HA Onward gifts from non-residents or qualifying new residents
  183. 87I Non-UK resident settlements: recipients of onward gifts
  184. 87J Relevant parts of payment from which onward gift derived
  185. 87K Attribution of gains or payments to recipient of onward gift
  186. 87L Cases where settlor liable following onward gift
  187. 87M Cases where recipient of onward gift is user of remittance basis
  188. 87N Sections 87 and 87A: disregard of payments to migrating beneficiary
  189. 87P Sections 87 and 87A: temporary migration after payment disregarded
  190. 88 Gains of dual resident settlements.
  191. 89 Migrant settlements etc.
  192. 90 Sections 87 and 89(2): transfers between settlements
  193. 90A Section 90: transfers made for consideration in money or money's worth
  194. 91 Increase in tax payable under section 87 or 89(2).
  195. 92 Qualifying amounts and matching.
  196. 93 Matching: special cases.
  197. 94 Transfers of settled property where qualifying amounts not wholly matched.
  198. 95 Matching after transfer.
  199. 96 Payments by and to companies.
  200. 97 Supplementary provisions.
  201. 97A Value of benefit conferred by capital payment made by way of loan
  202. 97B Value of benefit conferred by capital payment made by way of making movable property available
  203. 97C Value of benefit conferred by capital payment made by way of making land available
  204. 98 Power to obtain information for purposes of sections 87 to 90.
  205. 98A Settlements with foreign element: information.
  206. 99 Application of Act to unit trust schemes.
  207. 99A Treatment of umbrella schemes
  208. 99B Calculation of the disposal cost of accumulation units
  209. 100 Exemption for authorised unit trusts etc.
  210. 100A Exemption for certain EEA UCITS
  211. 101 Transfer of company’s assets to investment trust.
  212. 101A Transfer within group to investment trust.
  213. 101B Transfer of company’s assets to venture capital trust.
  214. 101C Transfer within group to venture capital trust.
  215. 102 Collective investment schemes with property divided into separate parts.
  216. 103 Restriction on availability of indexation allowance.
  217. 103A Application of Act to certain offshore funds
  218. 103B Application of section 99B to transparent funds
  219. 103C Power to make regulations about collective investment schemes
  220. 103D Application of Act to tax transparent funds
  221. 103DA Tax transparent funds: share pooling etc
  222. 103DB UK property rich collective investment vehicles etc
  223. 103DC Co-ownership schemes which are to be treated as partnerships
  224. 103E Application of Chapter
  225. 103F Exchanges of units for units in the same scheme
  226. 103G Exchange of units for those in another collective investment scheme
  227. 103H Scheme of reconstruction involving issue of units
  228. 103I Scheme of reconstruction involving conversion scheme
  229. 103J Supplementary provisions
  230. 103K Restriction on application of sections 103G, 103H and 103I : anti-avoidance
  231. 103KA Carried interest
  232. 103KB Carried interest: consideration on disposal etc of right
  233. 103KC Carried interest: foreign chargeable gains
  234. 103KD Carried interest: anti-avoidance
  235. 103KE Carried interest: avoidance of double taxation
  236. 103KF Relief for external investors on disposal of partnership asset
  237. 103KFA Election for carried interest gains to be chargeable as scheme profits arise
  238. 103KFB Election in relation to scheme to apply to associated schemes
  239. 103KFC Interaction with other charges
  240. 103KFD Deemed accrual of loss where carried interest never arises
  241. 103KFE Anti-avoidance
  242. 103KG Meaning of “arise” in Chapter 5
  243. 103KH Interpretation of Chapter 5
  244. 104 Share pooling: general interpretative provisions.
  245. 105 Disposal on or before day of acquisition of shares and other unidentified assets.
  246. 105A Shares acquired on same day: election for alternative treatment
  247. 105B Provision supplementary to section 105A
  248. 106 Disposal of shares and securities by company within prescribed period of acquisition.
  249. 106A Identification of securities: ... capital gains tax.
  250. 107 Identification of securities etc: general rules for corporation tax.
  251. 108 Identification of relevant securities for corporation tax.
  252. 109 Corporation tax: pre-April 1982 share pools.
  253. 110 Indexation for section 104 holdings for corporation tax.
  254. 110A Indexation for section 104 holdings: capital gains tax.
  255. 111 Indexation: building society etc. shares.
  256. 112 Parallel pooling regulations: corporation tax.
  257. 113 Calls on shares: corporation tax.
  258. 114 Consideration for options: corporation tax.
  259. 115 Exemptions for gilt-edged securities and qualifying corporate bonds etc.
  260. 116 Reorganisations, conversions and reconstructions.
  261. 116A Holding beginning or ceasing to fall within section 490 of CTA 2009
  262. 116B Shares beginning or ceasing to be shares to which section 521B of CTA 2009 applies
  263. 117 Meaning of “qualifying corporate bond".
  264. 117A Assets that are not qualifying corporate bonds for corporation tax purposes.
  265. 117B Holdings in unit trusts and offshore funds excluded from treatment as qualifying corporate bonds.
  266. 118 Amount to be treated as consideration on disposal of deep discount securities etc.
  267. 119 Transfers of securities subject to the accrued income scheme.
  268. 119A Increase in expenditure by reference to tax charged in relation to employment-related securities
  269. 119B Section 119A: unchargeable, and unremitted chargeable, foreign securities income
  270. 119C Section 119A: unremitted Part 7A income
  271. 120 Increase in expenditure by reference to tax charged in relation to shares etc.
  272. 121 Exemption for government non-marketable securities.
  273. 122 Distribution which is not a new holding within Chapter II.
  274. 123 Disposal of right to acquire shares or debentures.
  275. 124 Disposal of shares: relief in respect of income tax consequent on shortfall in distributions.
  276. 125 Shares in close company transferring assets at an undervalue.
  277. 125A Effect of share loss relief
  278. 126 Application of sections 127 to 131.
  279. 127 Equation of original shares and new holding.
  280. 128 Consideration given or received by holder.
  281. 129 Part disposal of new holding.
  282. 130 Composite new holdings.
  283. 131 Indexation allowance.
  284. 132 Equation of converted securities and new holding.
  285. 133 Premiums on conversion of securities.
  286. 134 Compensation stock.
  287. 135 Exchange of securities for those in another company
  288. 136 Scheme of reconstruction involving issue of securities
  289. 137 Restriction on application of sections 135 and 136 : anti-avoidance.
  290. 138 Procedure for clearance in advance.
  291. 138ZA Share exchanges involving non-UK incorporated close companies
  292. 138ZB Treatment of securities connected with such exchanges
  293. 138ZC Election to disapply section 135 or 136
  294. 138A Use of earn-out rights for exchange of securities.
  295. 139 Reconstruction ... involving transfer of business.
  296. 140 Postponement of charge on transfer of assets to non-resident company.
  297. 140A Transfer or division of UK business
  298. 140B Section 140A: anti-avoidance.
  299. 140C Transfer or division of non-UK business
  300. 140D Section 140C: anti-avoidance.
  301. 140DA Securities issued on division of business
  302. 140E Merger leaving assets within UK tax charge
  303. 140F Merger: assets outside UK tax charge
  304. 140G Treatment of securities issued on merger
  305. 140GA Disapplication of sections 24 and 122 where subsidiary merges with its parent
  306. 140H Share exchanges
  307. 140I Division of business or transfer of assets
  308. 140J Mergers
  309. 140K Transparent entities: taxation after merger, &c
  310. 140L Interpretation
  311. 142 Capital gains on stock dividends.
  312. 142A REITs: chargeable gains on stock dividends
  313. 143 Commodity and financial futures and qualifying options.
  314. 144 Options and forfeited deposits.
  315. 144ZA Application of market value rule in case of exercise of option
  316. 144ZB Exception to rule in section 144ZA
  317. 144ZC Section 144ZB: non-commercial exercise of option
  318. 144ZD Section 144ZB: alteration of value to obtain tax advantage
  319. 144A Cash-settled options.
  320. 145 Call options: indexation allowance.
  321. 146 Options: application of rules as to wasting assets.
  322. 147 Quoted options treated as part of new holdings.
  323. 148 Traded options: closing purchases.
  324. 148A Futures and options involving guaranteed returns
  325. 148B Deemed disposals at a gain under section 564(4) of ITTOIA 2005
  326. 148C Deemed disposals at a loss under section 564(4) of ITTOIA 2005
  327. 149 Rights to acquire qualifying shares.
  328. 149A Employment-related securities options
  329. 149AA Restricted and convertible employment-related securities and employee shareholder shares
  330. 149AB Shares in research institution spin-out companies
  331. 149B Employee incentive schemes: conditional interests in shares.
  332. 149C Priority share allocations
  333. 150 Business expansion schemes.
  334. 150A Enterprise investment scheme.
  335. 150B Enterprise investment scheme: reduction of EIS relief.
  336. 150C Enterprise investment scheme: re-investment.
  337. 150D Enterprise investment scheme: application of taper relief
  338. 150E Seed enterprise investment scheme
  339. 150F Seed enterprise investment scheme: reduction of relief
  340. 150G Seed enterprise investment scheme: re-investment
  341. 151 Personal equity plans.
  342. 151A Venture capital trusts: reliefs.
  343. 151B Venture capital trusts: supplementary.
  344. 151BA CITR: identification of securities or shares on a disposal
  345. 151BB CITR: rights issues etc
  346. 151BC CITR: company reconstructions etc
  347. 151C Strips: manipulation of price: associated payment giving rise to loss
  348. 151D Corporate strips: manipulation of price: associated payment giving rise to loss
  349. 151E Exchange gains and losses from loan relationships: regulations
  350. 151F Treatment of alternative finance arrangements
  351. 151G Regulations where non-qualifying shares conditions altered
  352. 151H Introduction
  353. 151I Meaning of “financial institution”
  354. 151J Purchase and resale arrangements
  355. 151K Diminishing shared ownership arrangements : initial acquisition
  356. 151KA Diminishing shared ownership arrangements: refinancing
  357. 151L Deposit arrangements
  358. 151M Profit share agency arrangements
  359. 151N Investment bond arrangements
  360. 151O Provision not at arm's length: exclusion of arrangements from sections 151J to 151N
  361. 151P Purchase and resale arrangements
  362. 151Q Purchase and resale arrangements where return in foreign currency
  363. 151R Diminishing shared ownership arrangements
  364. 151S Other arrangements
  365. 151T Investment bond arrangements are qualifying corporate bonds
  366. 151U Treatment of bond-holder and bond-issuer
  367. 151V Treatment as securities
  368. 151W Investment bond arrangements not unit trust scheme or offshore fund
  369. 151X Exclusion of some alternative finance return from sale consideration
  370. 151Y Diminishing shared ownership arrangements : further provision
  371. 151Z Diminishing shared ownership arrangements: further provision in respect of refinancing
  372. 152 Roll-over relief.
  373. 153 Assets only partly replaced.
  374. 153A Provisional application of sections 152 and 153.
  375. 154 New assets which are depreciating assets.
  376. 155 Relevant classes of assets.
  377. 156 Assets of Class 1.
  378. 156ZA Intangible fixed assets: roll-over relief
  379. 156ZB Intangible fixed assets: interaction with relief under Chapter 7 of Part 8 of CTA 2009
  380. 156A Cessation of trade by limited liability partnership.
  381. 157 Trade carried on by family company: business assets dealt with by individual.
  382. 158 Activities other than trades, and interpretation.
  383. 159 Non-residents: roll-over relief.
  384. 159A Disposals of interests in UK land by non-residents: roll-over relief
  385. 160 Dual resident companies: roll-over relief.
  386. 161 Appropriations to and from stock.
  387. 162 Roll-over relief on transfer of business.
  388. 162A Election for section 162 not to apply
  389. 162B Disincorporation relief: assets (including pre-FA 2002 goodwill)
  390. 162C Disincorporation relief: post-FA 2002 goodwill
  391. 163 Relief for disposals by individuals on retirement from family business.
  392. 164 Other retirement relief.
  393. 164A Relief on re-investment for individuals.
  394. 164B Roll-over relief on re-investment by trustees.
  395. 164BA Interaction with retirement relief
  396. 164C Restriction applying to retirement relief and roll-over relief on re-investment.
  397. 164D Relief carried forward into replacement shares.
  398. 164E Application of Chapter in cases of an exchange of shares.
  399. 164F Failure of conditions of relief.
  400. 164FA Loss of relief in cases where shares acquired on being issued.
  401. 164FF Qualifying investment acquired from husband or wife.
  402. 164FG Multiple claims.
  403. 164G Meaning of “qualifying company".
  404. 164H Property companies etc. not to be qualifying companies.
  405. 164I Qualifying trades.
  406. 164J Provisions supplementary to section 164I.
  407. 164K Foreign residents.
  408. 164L Anti-avoidance provisions.
  409. 164M Exclusion of double relief.
  410. 164MA Exclusion of double relief
  411. 164N Interpretation of Chapter IA.
  412. 165 Relief for gifts of business assets.
  413. 165A Meaning of “holding company”, “trading company” and “trading group”
  414. 166 Gifts to non-residents.
  415. 167 Gifts to foreign-controlled companies.
  416. 167A Gifts of direct or indirect interests in UK land to non-residents
  417. 168 Emigration of donee.
  418. 168A Postponing held-over gain: interests in UK land
  419. 169 Gifts into dual resident trusts.
  420. 169A Cessation of trade by limited liability partnership
  421. 169B Gifts to settlor-interested settlements etc
  422. 169C Clawback of relief if settlement becomes settlor-interested etc
  423. 169D Exceptions to sections 169B and 169C
  424. 169E Meaning of “settlor” in sections 169B to 169D and 169G
  425. 169F Meaning of “interest in a settlement” in sections 169B to 169D
  426. 169G Meaning of “arrangement” in sections 169B to 169E and information power
  427. 169H Introduction
  428. 169I Material disposal of business assets
  429. 169J Disposal of trust business assets
  430. 169K Disposal associated with relevant material disposal
  431. 169L Relevant business assets
  432. 169LA Relevant business assets: goodwill transferred to a close company
  433. 169M Relief to be claimed
  434. 169N Amount of relief: general
  435. 169O Amount of relief: special provisions for certain trust disposals
  436. 169P Amount of relief: special provision for certain associated disposals
  437. 169Q Reorganisations: disapplication of section 127
  438. 169R Reorganisations involving acquisition of qualifying corporate bonds
  439. 169S Interpretation of Chapter
  440. 169SA Meaning of “trading company” and “trading group”
  441. 169SB Overview of Chapter
  442. 169SC Election by individual where company ceases to be personal company
  443. 169SD Supplementary election to defer gains until subsequent disposal
  444. 169SE Application of section 169SD where section 116 applies
  445. 169SF Application of section 169SD where sections 127 to 130 apply
  446. 169SG Elections under sections 169SC and 169SD
  447. 169SH Claims for relief in respect of subsequent disposals
  448. 169T Overview of Chapter
  449. 169U Eligibility conditions for deferred business asset disposal relief
  450. 169V Operation of deferred business asset disposal relief
  451. 169VA Overview of Chapter
  452. 169VB Qualifying shares, potentially qualifying shares and excluded shares
  453. 169VC Investors' relief
  454. 169VD Disposal where holding consists partly of qualifying shares
  455. 169VE Which shares are in holding immediately before disposal
  456. 169VF Shares treated as disposed of in previous disposal where claim made
  457. 169VG Shares treated as disposed of in previous disposal: no claim made
  458. 169VH Disposals by trustees: further conditions for relief
  459. 169VI Disposals by trustees: relief reduced in certain cases
  460. 169VJ Disposals of interests in shares: joint holdings etc
  461. 169VK Cap on relief for disposal by an individual
  462. 169VL Cap on relief for disposal by trustees of a settlement
  463. 169VM Claims for relief
  464. 169VN Reorganisations where no consideration given
  465. 169VO The appropriate number
  466. 169VP Reorganisations where consideration given
  467. 169VQ Exchange of shares for those in another company
  468. 169VR New shares issued on scheme of reconstruction
  469. 169VS Modification of conditions for being a qualifying share
  470. 169VT Election to disapply section 127
  471. 169VU “Subscribe” etc
  472. 169VV “Trading company” etc
  473. 169VW “Relevant employee”
  474. 169VX “Unremunerated director”
  475. 169VY General definitions
  476. 170 Interpretation of sections 171 to 181.
  477. 171 Transfers within a group: general provisions.
  478. 171A Election to reallocate gain or loss to another member of the group
  479. 171B Election under section 171A: effect
  480. 171C Elections under section 171A: insurance companies
  481. 172 Transfer of United Kingdom branch or agency.
  482. 173 Transfers within a group: trading stock.
  483. 174 Disposal or acquisition outside a group.
  484. 175 Replacement of business assets by members of a group.
  485. 176 Depreciatory transactions within a group.
  486. 177 Dividend stripping.
  487. 177A Restriction on set-off of pre-entry losses.
  488. 177B Restrictions on setting losses against pre-entry gains.
  489. 178 Company ceasing to be member of group: pre-appointed day cases.
  490. 179 Company ceasing to be member of group: post-appointed day cases.
  491. 179ZA Claim for adjustment of calculations under section 179
  492. 179A Reallocation within group of gain or loss accruing under section 179
  493. 179B Roll-over of degrouping charge on business assets
  494. 180 Transitional provisions.
  495. 181 Exemption from charge under 178 or 179 in the case of certain mergers.
  496. 182 Disposals of debts.
  497. 183 Disposals of shares.
  498. 184 Definitions and other provisions supplemental to sections 182 and 183.
  499. 184A Restrictions on buying losses: tax avoidance schemes
  500. 184B Restrictions on buying gains: tax avoidance schemes
  501. 184C Sections 184A and 184B: meaning of “qualifying change of ownership”
  502. 184D Sections 184A and 184B: meaning of “tax advantage”
  503. 184E Sections 184A and 184B: “pre-change assets”: basic rules
  504. 184F Sections 184A and 184B: “pre-change assets”: pooling rules
  505. 184G Avoidance involving losses: schemes converting income to capital
  506. 184H Avoidance involving losses: schemes securing deductions
  507. 184I Notices under sections 184G and 184H
  508. 184J Asset subject to EU exit charge on becoming chargeable asset
  509. 185 Deemed disposal of assets on company ceasing to be resident in U.K.
  510. 186 Deemed disposal of assets on company ceasing to be liable to U.K. taxation.
  511. 187 Postponement of charge on deemed disposal under section 185 or 186.
  512. 187A Deemed disposal under section 185: ATED-related gains and losses
  513. 187B Postponing gain or loss under section 185(2): interests in UK land
  514. 188 Dual resident companies: deemed disposal of certain assets.
  515. 188A Election for pooling
  516. 188B Meaning of “NRCGT group”
  517. 188C Transfers within an NRCGT group
  518. 188D Person chargeable to capital gains tax on NRCGT gains accruing to members of an NRCGT group
  519. 188E Further provision about group losses
  520. 188F Companies becoming eligible to join an NRCGT group
  521. 188G Company ceasing to be a member of an NRCGT group
  522. 188H The responsible members of an NRCGT group
  523. 188I Joint and several liability of responsible members
  524. 188J The representative company of an NRCGT group
  525. 188K Interpretation of sections 188A to 188J
  526. 189 Capital distribution of chargeable gains: recovery of tax from shareholder.
  527. 190 Tax recoverable from another group company or controlling director.
  528. 192 Tax exempt distributions.
  529. 192A Exemptions for gains or losses on disposal of shares etc
  530. 193 Roll-over relief not available for gains on oil licences.
  531. 194 Disposals of oil licences relating to undeveloped areas.
  532. 195 Allowance of certain drilling expenditure etc.
  533. 195A Oil licence swaps
  534. 195B Licence-consideration swap
  535. 195C Company that receives mixed consideration: N exceeds C
  536. 195D Company that receives mixed consideration: N does not exceed C
  537. 195E Company that gives mixed consideration
  538. 195F Reimbursed expenditure
  539. 196 Interpretation of sections 194 to 195F .
  540. 197 Disposals of interests in oil fields etc: ring fence provisions.
  541. 198 Replacement of business assets used in connection with oil fields.
  542. 198A Ring fence reinvestment: whole consideration reinvested
  543. 198B Ring fence reinvestment: part of consideration reinvested
  544. 198C Provisional application of sections 198A and 198B
  545. 198D No double claims
  546. 198E Ring fence reinvestments and disposal consideration
  547. 198F Qualification for roll-over relief
  548. 198G Qualification for section 153 relief
  549. 198H Acquisition by member of same group
  550. 198I Exploration, appraisal and development expenditure
  551. 198J Oil and gas: reinvestment after pre-trading disposal
  552. 198K Provisional application of section 198J
  553. 198L Expenditure by member of same group
  554. 199 Exploration or exploitation assets: deemed disposals
  555. 200 Limitation of losses on disposal of oil industry assets held on 31st March 1982.
  556. 201 Royalties.
  557. 202 Capital losses.
  558. 203 Provisions supplementary to section 202 .
  559. 204 Policies of insurance and non-deferred annuities
  560. 205 Disallowance of insurance premiums as expenses.
  561. 206 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  562. 207 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  563. 208 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  564. 209 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  565. 210 Life assurance and deferred annuities.
  566. 210A Ring-fencing of losses
  567. 210B Disposal and acquisition of section 119 or 120 securities
  568. 210C Losses on disposal of authorised investment fund assets to connected manager
  569. 211 Transfers of business.
  570. 211ZA Transfers of business: transfer of unused losses
  571. 211A Gains of insurance company from venture capital investment partnership
  572. 211B Transfers of assets to certain collective investment schemes
  573. 212 Annual deemed disposal of holdings of unit trusts etc.
  574. 213 Spreading of gains and losses under section 212.
  575. 213A Power to modify ss. 212 and 213 etc in case of CFCs that are offshore funds
  576. 214 Transitional provisions.
  577. 214A Further transitional provisions.
  578. 214B Modification of Act in relation to overseas life insurance companies.
  579. 214BA Interpretation
  580. 214C Gains not eligible for taper relief.
  581. 215 Disposal of assets on amalgamation of building societies etc.
  582. 216 Assets transferred from society to company.
  583. 217 Shares, and rights to shares, in successor company.
  584. 217A Transfer of assets on incorporation of registered friendly society.
  585. 217B Rights of members in registered society equated with rights in incorporated society.
  586. 217C Subsequent disposal of assets by incorporated society etc.
  587. 217D Disposal of assets on union, amalgamation or transfer of engagements
  588. 218 Disposals of land between the Regulator of Social Housing, the Secretary of State or Scottish Homes and housing associations.
  589. 219 Disposals by housing related bodies.
  590. 220 Disposals by Northern Ireland housing associations.
  591. 221 Harbour authorities.
  592. 222 Relief on disposal of private residence.
  593. 222A Determination of main residence: non-resident CGT disposals
  594. 222B Non-qualifying tax years
  595. 222C Day count test
  596. 223 Amount of relief.
  597. 223ZA Amount of relief: individual’s residency delayed by certain events
  598. 223A Amount of relief: non-resident CGT disposals
  599. 223B Additional relief: part of private residence let out
  600. 224 Relief under sections 223 and 223B: further provisions.
  601. 225 Private residence occupied under terms of settlement.
  602. 225A Private residence held by personal representatives
  603. 225B Disposals in connection with divorce, etc
  604. 225BA Deferred payments on disposals in connection with divorce etc
  605. 225C Sale of private residence under certain agreements with employer, etc
  606. 225D Private residence of adult placement carer
  607. 225E Disposals by disabled persons or persons in care homes etc
  608. 226 Private residence occupied by dependent relative before 6th April 1988.
  609. 226A Private residence relief: cases where relief obtained under section 260
  610. 226B Exception to section 226A
  611. 227 Conditions for roll-over relief.
  612. 228 Conditions for relief: supplementary.
  613. 229 The relief.
  614. 230 Dwelling-houses: special provision.
  615. 231 Shares: special provision.
  616. 232 Chargeable event when replacement assets owned.
  617. 233 Chargeable event when replacement property owned.
  618. 234 Chargeable events when bonds owned.
  619. 235 Information.
  620. 236 Prevention of double charge.
  621. 236A Relief for transfers to share incentive plans
  622. 236B Exemption for employee shareholder shares
  623. 236C Only first £50,000 of shares under associated agreements to be exempt
  624. 236D Shares not exempt if shareholder or connected person has material interest in company
  625. 236E Identification of exempt employee shareholder shares
  626. 236F Reorganisation of share capital involving employee shareholder shares
  627. 236G Relinquishment of employment rights is not disposal of an asset
  628. 236H Disposals to employee-ownership trusts
  629. 236I Trading requirement
  630. 236J All-employee benefit requirement
  631. 236K Further provision about the equality requirement
  632. 236L Cases in which all-employee benefit requirement treated as met
  633. 236LA Trustee independence requirement
  634. 236M Controlling interest requirement
  635. 236N Limited participation requirement
  636. 236O No section 236H relief if disqualifying event in next four tax years
  637. 236P Events which trigger deemed disposal and reacquisition by trustees
  638. 236Q Relief for deemed disposals under section 71
  639. 236R No section 236Q relief if disqualifying event in next four tax years
  640. 236S Identification of shares where section 236H or 236Q applies
  641. 236T Further provision about significant and controlling interests
  642. 236U Interpretation of sections 236H to 236U
  643. 237 Superannuation funds, annuities and annual payments.
  644. 237A Share option schemes: release and replacement of options.
  645. 238 Approved profit sharing and share option schemes.
  646. 238A ... Share schemes and share incentives
  647. 239 Disposals to trustees of employee trusts
  648. 239ZA Relief for disposals by trustees of employee trusts
  649. 239A De-registration of registered pension schemes
  650. 240 Leases of land and other assets.
  651. 241 UK furnished holiday lettings.
  652. 241A EEA furnished holiday lettings
  653. 242 Small part disposals.
  654. 243 Part disposal to authority with compulsory powers.
  655. 244 Part disposal: consideration exceeding allowable expenditure.
  656. 245 Compensation paid on compulsory acquisition.
  657. 246 Time of disposal and acquisition.
  658. 247 Roll-over relief on compulsory acquisition.
  659. 247A Provisional application of section 247.
  660. 248 Provisions supplementary to section 247.
  661. 248A Roll-over relief on disposal of joint interests in land: conditions
  662. 248B Calculation of relief
  663. 248C Excluded land
  664. 248D Milk quotas
  665. 248E Relief on disposal of joint interests in private residence
  666. 249 Grants for giving up agricultural land.
  667. 250 Woodlands.
  668. 251 General provisions.
  669. 252 Foreign currency bank accounts.
  670. 252A Foreign currency bank accounts and the remittance basis
  671. 253 Relief for loans to traders.
  672. 254 Relief for debts on qualifying corporate bonds.
  673. 255 Provisions supplementary to section 254.
  674. 255A Hold-over relief for gains re-invested in social enterprises
  675. 255B Gains and losses on investments in social enterprises
  676. 255C Application of section 255B(2) where maximum SI relief not obtained
  677. 255D Application of section 255B(2) where SI relief has been reduced
  678. 255E Reorganisations involving shares to which SI relief is attributable
  679. 256 Charities.
  680. 256A Attributing gains to the non-exempt amount: charitable trusts
  681. 256B How gains are attributed to the non-exempt amount: charitable trusts
  682. 256C Attributing gains to the non-exempt amount: charitable companies
  683. 256D How gains are attributed to the non-exempt amount: charitable companies
  684. 257 Gifts to charities etc.
  685. 257A Tainted charity donations
  686. 257B Associated donations in relation to tainted charity donations
  687. 258 Works of art etc.
  688. 259 Gifts to housing associations.
  689. 260 Gifts on which inheritance tax is chargeable etc.
  690. 261 Section 260 relief: gifts to non-residents.
  691. 261ZA Gifts of direct or indirect interests in UK land to non-residents
  692. 261A Disposal of know-how as part of disposal of all or part of a trade
  693. 261B Treating trade loss etc as CGT loss
  694. 261C Meaning of “the maximum amount” for purposes of section 261B
  695. 261D Treating excess post-cessation trade or property relief as CGT loss
  696. 261E Meaning of “the maximum amount” for purposes of section 261D
  697. 261F Deemed manufactured payments: effect on repurchase price
  698. 261G Price differences under repos: effect on repurchase price
  699. 261H Power to modify section 261G in non-arm's length case
  700. 262 Chattel exemption.
  701. 263 Passenger vehicles.
  702. 263AZA Renewables obligation certificates for domestic microgeneration
  703. 263ZA Former employees: employment-related liabilities
  704. 263A Agreements for sale and repurchase of securities: capital gains tax
  705. 263AA Section 263A: interpretation
  706. 263B Stock lending arrangements.
  707. 263C Stock lending involving redemption.
  708. 263CA Stock lending: insolvency etc of borrower
  709. 263D Gains accruing to persons paying manufactured dividends
  710. 263E Structured finance arrangements
  711. 263F Power to modify repo provisions: non-standard repo cases
  712. 263G Power to modify repo provisions: redemption arrangements
  713. 263H Sections 263F and 263G: supplementary provisions
  714. 263I Powers about manufactured overseas dividends
  715. 264 Relief for local constituency associations of political parties on reorganisation of constituencies.
  716. 265 Designated international organisations.
  717. 266 Inter-American Development Bank.
  718. 267 Sharing of transmission facilities.
  719. 268 Decorations for valour or gallant conduct.
  720. 268A Victims of National-Socialist persecution
  721. 268B Compensation for deprivation of foreign assets
  722. 269 Foreign currency for personal expenditure.
  723. 270 Chevening Estate.
  724. 271 Other miscellaneous exemptions.
  725. 271ZA Visiting forces and staff of designated allied headquarters
  726. 271ZB Official agents of Commonwealth countries or Republic of Ireland etc
  727. 271A Overview of Chapter
  728. 271B Branch or agency treated as UK representative
  729. 271C Trade or profession carried on in partnership
  730. 271D Interpretation of Chapter
  731. 271E Introduction to Chapter
  732. 271F Obligations and liabilities of UK representative
  733. 271G Exceptions: notices and information
  734. 271H Exceptions: criminal offences and penalties etc
  735. 271I Indemnities
  736. 271J Meaning of “non-UK resident” and “independent agent”
  737. 272 Valuation: general.
  738. 273 Unquoted shares and securities.
  739. 274 Value determined for inheritance tax.
  740. 275 Location of assets.
  741. 275A Location of certain intangible assets
  742. 275B Section 275A: supplementary provisions
  743. 275C Location of assets: interests of co-owners
  744. 276 The territorial sea and the continental shelf.
  745. 276A No gain/no loss: foreign permanent establishment exemption
  746. 277 Double taxation relief.
  747. 278 Allowance for foreign tax.
  748. 279 Foreign assets: delayed remittances.
  749. 279A Deferred unascertainable consideration: election for treatment of loss
  750. 279B Provisions supplementary to section 279A
  751. 279C Effect of election under section 279A
  752. 279D Elections under section 279A
  753. 280 Consideration payable by instalments.
  754. 281 Payment by instalments of tax on gifts.
  755. 282 Recovery of tax from donee.
  756. 283 Repayment supplements.
  757. 284 Income tax decisions.
  758. 284A Concessions that defer a charge.
  759. 284B Provisions supplementary to section 284A.
  760. 285 Recognised investment exchanges.
  761. 285A UK Economic Interest Groupings European Economic Interest Groupings
  762. 286 Connected persons: interpretation.
  763. 286A Residence of companies
  764. 287 Orders and regulations made by the Treasury or the Board.
  765. 288 Interpretation.
  766. 289 Commencement.
  767. 290 Savings, transitionals, consequential amendments and repeals.
  768. 291 Short title.
  769. Schedule D1 Relief for new residents on foreign gains
  770. SCHEDULE 1 UK resident individuals to whom the remittance basis applied
  771. SCHEDULE 1A Assets deriving 75% of value from UK land etc
  772. SCHEDULE 1C Annual exempt amount in cases involving settled property
  773. SCHEDULE 2 Assets held on 6th April 1965
  774. SCHEDULE 3 Assets held on 31st March 1982
  775. SCHEDULE 4 Deferred charges on gains before 31st March 1982
  776. SCHEDULE 4ZA Sub-fund settlements
  777. SCHEDULE 4A Disposal of interest in settled property: deemed disposal of underlying assets
  778. SCHEDULE 4AA Re-basing for non-residents in respect of UK land etc held on 5 April 2019
  779. SCHEDULE 4B Transfers of value by trustees linked with trustee borrowing
  780. SCHEDULE 4C Transfers of value: attribution of gains to beneficiaries
  781. SCHEDULE 5 Attribution of gains to settlors with interest in non-resident or dual resident settlement
  782. SCHEDULE 5A Settlements with foreign element: information
  783. SCHEDULE 5AZA Meaning of “scheme of reconstruction”
  784. SCHEDULE 5AA Meaning of “scheme of reconstruction”
  785. SCHEDULE 5AAA UK property rich collective investment vehicles etc
  786. SCHEDULE 5B Enterprise investment scheme: re-investment
  787. SCHEDULE 5BB Seed enterprise investment scheme: re-investment
  788. SCHEDULE 5C Venture capital trusts: deferred charge on re-investment
  789. SCHEDULE 7 Relief for gifts of business assets
  790. SCHEDULE 7ZA Business asset disposal relief: “trading company” and “trading group”
  791. SCHEDULE 7ZB Investors' relief: disqualification of shares
  792. SCHEDULE 7A Restriction on set-off of pre-entry losses
  793. SCHEDULE 7AC Exemptions for disposals by companies with substantial shareholding
  794. SCHEDULE 7AD Gains of insurance company from venture capital investment partnership
  795. SCHEDULE 7C Relief for transfers to Schedule 2 share plans
  796. SCHEDULE 7D ... Share schemes and share incentives
  797. SCHEDULE 8 Leases
  798. SCHEDULE 8A
  799. SCHEDULE 8B Hold-over relief for gains re-invested in social enterprises
  800. SCHEDULE 9 Gilt-edged securities
  801. SCHEDULE 10 Consequential amendments
  802. SCHEDULE 11 Transitional provisions and savings
  803. SCHEDULE 12 Repeals
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26A Transfers in respect of dormant assets

(1) This section applies where there is a transfer in respect of a dormant asset. (2) There is a transfer in respect of a dormant asset where an amount is transferred by an institution in respect of an asset— (a) to an authorised reclaim fund, with the result that section 1 of the 2008 Act or section 2, 5, 8, 12 or 14 of the 2022 Act applies in relation to the asset, or (b) to an authorised reclaim fund and one or more charities, with the result that section 2 of the 2008 Act applies in relation to the asset. (3) For the purposes of this Act— (a) the transfer is not to be treated as involving any acquisition or disposal of the asset, and (b) rights which a person (“P”) acquires under Part 1 of the 2008 Act or Part 1 or sections 22 to 25 of the 2022 Act (as the case may be) after the transfer are to be treated as the same asset as the original rights, acquired as the original rights were acquired and having the same characteristics as those rights. (4) In this section— “the 2008 Act” means the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008; “the 2022 Act” means the Dormant Assets Act 2022; “asset” means an asset within the scope of the dormant assets scheme (see section 1(6) of the 2022 Act); “authorised reclaim fund” has the same meaning as in the Dormant Assets Acts 2008 to 2022; “the original rights” are P’s rights against the institution immediately before the transfer.

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27 Disposals in cases of hire-purchase and similar transactions.

A hire-purchase or other transaction under which the use and enjoyment of an asset is obtained by a person for a period at the end of which the property in the asset will or may pass to that person shall be treated for the purposes of this Act, both in relation to that person and in relation to the person from whom he obtains the use and enjoyment of the asset, as if it amounted to an entire disposal of the asset to that person at the beginning of the period for which he obtains the use and enjoyment of the asset, but subject to such adjustments of tax, whether by way of repayment or discharge of tax or otherwise, as may be required where the period for which that person has the use and enjoyment of the asset terminates without the property in the asset passing to him.

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28 Time of disposal and acquisition where asset disposed of under contract.

(1) Subject to section 22(2), and subsection (2) below, where an asset is disposed of and acquired under a contract the time at which the disposal and acquisition is made is the time the contract is made (and not, if different, the time at which the asset is conveyed or transferred). (2) If the contract is conditional (and in particular if it is conditional on the exercise of an option) the time at which the disposal and acquisition is made is the time when the condition is satisfied.

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28A Contracts completed after ordinary notification period

(1) This section applies in relation to chargeable gains or allowable losses accruing on the disposal and acquisition of an asset under a contract where the asset is conveyed or transferred after the ordinary notification period relating to the chargeable period in which the asset was disposed of and acquired in accordance with section 28. (2) The following references are to be read as references to the chargeable period in which the conveyance or transfer takes place— (a) the references in section 7(1C) of the Management Act (income tax and capital gains tax: period for giving notice of chargeability) to the year of assessment; (b) the references in sections 34(1) and 36(1) and (1A) of the Management Act (income tax and capital gains tax: time limits for assessments) to the year of assessment to which an assessment relates; (c) the reference in section 43(1) of the Management Act (income tax and capital gains tax: time limit for making claims) to the year of assessment to which a claim relates; (d) the reference in paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (corporation tax: period for giving notice of chargeability) to the accounting period; (e) the references in paragraph 46(1), (2) and (2A) of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (corporation tax: time limits for assessments) to the accounting period to which an assessment relates; (f) the reference in paragraph 55 of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (general time limit for making claims) to the accounting period to which a claim for relief relates. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the “ordinary notification period” relating to a chargeable period is— (a) in the case of capital gains tax, the period of 6 months from the end of the chargeable period, and (b) in the case of corporation tax, the period of 12 months from the end of the chargeable period. (4) Where a claim, election, application or notice is made, given, revoked or varied by virtue of this section, all such adjustments shall be made, whether by way of discharge or repayment of tax or the making of amendments, assessments or otherwise, as are required to take account of the effect of the taking of that action on any person’s liability to tax for any chargeable period.

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29 General provisions.

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of this Act as to the transactions which are disposals of assets, any transaction which under the following subsections is to be treated as a disposal of an asset— (a) shall be so treated (with a corresponding acquisition of an interest in the asset) notwithstanding that there is no consideration, and (b) so far as, on the assumption that the parties to the transaction were at arm’s length, the party making the disposal could have obtained consideration, or additional consideration, for the disposal, shall be treated as not being at arm’s length and the consideration so obtainable, or the additional consideration so obtainable added to the consideration actually passing, shall be treated as the market value of what is acquired. (2) If a person having control of a company exercises his control so that value passes out of shares in the company owned by him or a person with whom he is connected, or out of rights over the company exercisable by him or by a person with whom he is connected, and passes into other shares in or rights over the company, that shall be a disposal of the shares or rights out of which the value passes by the person by whom they were owned or exercisable. (3) A loss on the disposal of an asset shall not be an allowable loss to the extent to which it is attributable to value having passed out of other assets, being shares in or rights over a company which by virtue of the passing of value are treated as disposed of under subsection (2) above. (4) If, after a transaction which results in the owner of land or of any other description of property becoming the lessee of the property there is any adjustment of the rights and liabilities under the lease, whether or not involving the grant of a new lease, which is as a whole favourable to the lessor, that shall be a disposal by the lessee of an interest in the property. (5) If an asset is subject to any description of right or restriction the extinction or abrogation, in whole or in part, of the right or restriction by the person entitled to enforce it shall be a disposal by him of the right or restriction.

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30 Tax-free benefits.

(1) This section has effect as respects the disposal of an asset if a scheme has been effected or arrangements have been made (whether before or after the disposal) whereby— (a) the value of the asset ... has been materially reduced, and (b) a tax-free benefit has been or will be conferred— (i) on the person making the disposal or a person with whom he is connected, or (ii) subject to subsection (4) below, on any other person. (2) But, for the purposes of corporation tax, this section does not have effect if the disposal of the asset is a disposal by a company of shares in, or securities of, another company (as to which see section 31). (3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above a benefit is conferred on a person if he becomes entitled to any money or money’s worth or the value of any asset in which he has an interest is increased or he is wholly or partly relieved from any liability to which he is subject; and a benefit is tax-free unless it is required, on the occasion on which it is conferred on the person in question, to be brought into account in computing his income, profits or gains for the purposes of income tax, capital gains tax or corporation tax. (4) This section shall not apply by virtue of subsection (1)(b)(ii) above in a case where avoidance of tax was not the main purpose or one of the main purposes of the scheme or arrangements in question. (5) Where this section has effect in relation to any disposal, any allowable loss or chargeable gain accruing on the disposal shall be calculated as if the consideration for the disposal were increased by such amount as is just and reasonable having regard to the scheme or arrangements and the tax-free benefit in question. (6) Where— (a) by virtue of subsection (5) above the consideration for the disposal of an asset has been treated as increased, and (b) the benefit taken into account under subsection (1)(b) above was an increase in the value of another asset, any allowable loss or chargeable gain accruing on the first disposal of the other asset after the increase in its value shall be calculated as if the consideration for that disposal were reduced by such amount as is just and reasonable having regard to the scheme or arrangements in question and the increase made in relation to the disposal mentioned in paragraph (a) above. (7) References in this section to a disposal do not include references to any disposal falling within section 58(1), 62(4) or 171(1). (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) In relation to a case in which the disposal of an asset precedes its acquisition the references in subsections (1)(a) and (2) above to a reduction shall be read as including a reference to an increase.

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31 Disposal of shares or securities by a company

(1) For the purposes of corporation tax, subsection (2) has effect as respects the disposal by a company (“the disposing company”) of shares in, or securities of, another company if— (a) arrangements have been made whereby the value of those shares or securities, or any relevant asset, is materially reduced, (b) the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of the arrangements is to obtain a tax advantage, and (c) the arrangements do not consist solely of the making of an exempt distribution. (2) Any allowable loss or chargeable gain accruing on the disposal is to be calculated as if the consideration for the disposal were increased by such amount as is just and reasonable having regard to— (a) the arrangements, and (b) any charge to, or relief from, corporation tax that, in the absence of this section, would arise in consequence of the disposal or the arrangements. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1)— (a) an asset is a relevant asset if, at the time of the disposal, it is owned by a company which is a member of the same group as the disposing company, and (b) it does not matter whether the tax advantage is obtained for the disposing company or any other person. (4) In relation to a case in which the disposal of the shares or securities precedes their acquisition, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to a reduction is to be read as including a reference to an increase. (5) Where, but for arrangements to which subsection (6) applies, a transaction would, by virtue of section 29(2), be treated as a disposal of shares by a company, that transaction is to be treated as if it were, by virtue of section 29(2), a disposal of those shares. (6) The arrangements to which this subsection applies are arrangements— (a) whereby the value of the shares or securities is materially reduced, and (b) the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of which is to obtain a tax advantage (whether for the company or any other person). (7) In this section— “arrangements” includes any agreement, understanding, scheme, transaction or series of transactions (whether or not legally enforceable); “exempt distribution” means a distribution which— for the purposes of section 931D of CTA 2009 (exemption from charge to tax: distributions received by companies that are not small), falls within an exempt class by virtue of section 931H of that Act (dividends derived from transactions not designed to reduce tax), or would be within paragraph (a) but for the recipient being a small company (within the meaning of section 931S of that Act) in the accounting period of the recipient in which the distribution was received; “group” is to be construed in accordance with section 170; “securities” has the same meaning as in section 132; “tax advantage” means the avoidance of a liability to corporation tax in respect of chargeable gains.

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31A Asset-holding company leaving the group.

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32 Disposals within a group followed by a disposal of shares.

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33 Provisions supplementary to sections 30 to 32.

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33A Modification of sections 30 to 33 in relation to chargeable intangible asset

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34 Transactions treated as a reorganisation of share capital.

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35 Assets held on 31st March 1982 (including assets held on 6th April 1965).

(1) This section applies to a disposal of an asset which was held on 31st March 1982 by the person making the disposal. (2) In computing for the purpose of this Act the gain or loss accruing on the disposal it shall be assumed that the asset was on 31st March 1982 sold by the person making the disposal, and immediately reacquired by that person, at its market value on that date. (2A) For the purposes of corporation tax, subsection (2) above has effect subject to subsections (3) to (8) below (and see also subsections (9) and (10)). (3) Subject to subsection (5) below, subsection (2) above shall not apply to a disposal— (a) where a gain would accrue on the disposal to the person making the disposal if that subsection did apply, and either a smaller gain or a loss would so accrue if it did not, (b) where a loss would so accrue if that subsection did apply, and either a smaller loss or a gain would accrue if it did not, (c) where, either on the facts of the case or by virtue of Schedule 2, neither a gain nor a loss would accrue if that subsection did not apply, ... (ca) where, by virtue of section 195B, 195C or 195E, neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the person making the disposal, or (d) where neither a gain nor a loss would accrue by virtue of any of the no gain/no loss provisions. (4) Where in the case of a disposal of an asset— (a) the effect of subsection (2) above would be to substitute a loss for a gain or a gain for a loss, but (b) the application of subsection (2) is excluded by subsection (3), it shall be assumed in relation to the disposal that the asset was acquired by the person making the disposal for a consideration such that, on the disposal, neither a gain nor a loss accrues to that person. (5) If a person so elects, disposals made by that person (including any made by that person before the election) shall fall outside subsection (3) above (so that subsection (2) above is not excluded by that subsection). (6) An election by a person under subsection (5) above shall be irrevocable and shall be made by notice to an officer of the Board at any time before 6th April 1990 or at any time during the period beginning with the day of the first relevant disposal and ending— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (aa) ... 2 years after the end of the accounting period in which the disposal is made; or (b) ... at such later time as the Board may allow; and “the first relevant disposal” means the first disposal to which this section applies which is made by the person making the election. (7) An election made by a person under subsection (5) above in one capacity does not cover disposals made by that person in another capacity. (8) All such adjustments shall be made, whether by way of discharge or repayment of tax, the making of assessments or otherwise, as are required to give effect to an election under subsection (5) above. (9) Schedule 2 shall have effect for the purposes of corporation tax in relation to disposals of assets owned on 6th April 1965 in cases where neither subsection (2) nor subsection (4) above applies. (10) Schedule 3, which contains provisions supplementary to subsections (1) to (8) above, shall have effect for the purposes of capital gains tax and corporation tax.

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35A Disposal of asset acquired on no gain/no loss disposal

(1) This section applies for the purposes of capital gains tax in relation to a disposal of an asset if— (a) the person making the disposal acquired the asset after 31 March 1982 and before 6 April 2008, (b) the disposal by which the person acquired the asset (“the relevant disposal”), and any previous disposal of the asset after 31 March 1982, was a disposal on which, by virtue of any enactment, neither a gain nor a loss accrued to the person making the disposal, and (c) section 35(2) did not apply to the relevant disposal. (2) It is to be assumed that section 35(2) did apply to the relevant disposal (and that section 56(2) applied to the relevant disposal accordingly).

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36 Deferred charges on gains before 31st March 1982.

Schedule 4, which provides for the reduction of a deferred charge to corporation tax in respect of chargeable gains where the charge is wholly or partly attributable to an increase in the value of an asset before 31st March 1982, shall have effect.

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36A Re-basing in relation to direct or indirect disposals of UK land

Schedule 4AA makes provision for the re-basing of assets where— (a) the assets are held on 5 April 2019, (b) there is a disposal after that date, and (c) the disposal is a direct or indirect disposal of UK land (within the meaning of that Schedule).

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37 Consideration chargeable to tax on income.

(1) There shall be excluded from the consideration for a disposal of assets taken into account in the computation of the gain any money or money’s worth charged to income tax as income of, or taken into account as a receipt in computing income or profits or gains or losses of, the person making the disposal for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts. (1A) There is to be excluded from the consideration for a disposal of an asset taken into account in the computation of the gain a sum equal to any amount that is taken into account by the person making the disposal as a receipt under section 96A or 307E of ITTOIA 2005 (capital receipts under, or after leaving, cash basis) as a result of the operation of any deemed disposal provision in relation to the asset. (1B) But subsection (1A) applies only to the extent that the sum has not been excluded from the consideration for an earlier disposal of the asset. (1C) The following are “deemed disposal provisions”— (a) in relation to trades, professions and vocations, subsections (4) and (5) of section 96A of ITTOIA 2005 (which provide for circumstances in which a person is to be regarded as disposing of an asset for the purposes of that section), and (b) in relation to property businesses, section 307F of ITTOIA 2005 (which provides for circumstances in which a person is to be regarded as disposing of an asset for the purposes of section 307E of that Act). (2) Subsection (1) above shall not be taken as excluding from the consideration so taken into account any money or money’s worth which is— (a) taken into account in the making of a balancing charge under the Capital Allowances Act but excluding Part 10 of that Act, (b) brought into account as the disposal value of plant or machinery under Part 2 of that Act, or (c) brought into account as the disposal value of an asset representing qualifying expenditure under Part 6 of that Act. See also section 37A(4) and (5) (consideration on disposal of certain leases). (2A) Subsection (1) is not to be taken as excluding from the consideration so taken into account any money or money's worth which is, or is taken into account in computing, a return on which income tax is charged under Chapter 2A of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (disguised interest) (but see section 381D of that Act). (3) This section shall not preclude the taking into account in a computation of the gain, as consideration for the disposal of an asset, of the capitalised value of a rentcharge (as in a case where a rentcharge is exchanged for some other asset) or of the capitalised value of a ground annual or feu duty, or of a right of any other description to income or to payments in the nature of income over a period, or to a series of payments in the nature of income. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) If— (a) because section 517G(4) or (6) of ITA 2007 (transactions in land: the chargeable person) applies, an amount is charged to income tax as income of a person other than the person (“A”) by whom the gain was realised, and (b) the income tax has been paid, for the purposes of this section the amount charged to that tax is regarded as having been charged as the income of A. (5A) If— (a) because section 356OG(4) or (6) of CTA 2010 (transactions in land: the chargeable company) applies, an amount is charged to corporation tax as profits of a person other than the person (“C”) by whom the gain was realised, and (b) the corporation tax has been paid, for the purposes of this section the amount charged to that tax is regarded as having been charged as the income of C. (6) If— (a) because section 777(5) of that Act applies, the person charged to tax under Chapter 4 of Part 13 of that Act (sales of occupation income) is a person other than the person (“B”)— (i) for whom the capital amount was obtained, or (ii) in the case of income treated as arising under section 779 of that Act, by whom the property or right was sold or realised, and (b) the income tax has been paid, for the purposes of this section the amount charged to that tax is regarded as having been charged as the income of B. (7) In subsection (6) “capital amount” has the same meaning as in Chapter 4 of Part 13 of that Act (sales of occupation income) (see section 777(7) of that Act).

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37A Consideration on disposal of certain leases

(1) This section applies if— (a) a disposal occurs that is within section 614BP of ITA 2007 (including that section as it has effect as a result of section 614CD of that Act), and (b) for the purposes of Chapter 2 or 3 of Part 11A of that Act there is any cumulative accountancy rental excess in relation to the lease for the period of account of the current lessor in which the disposal takes place. (2) This section also applies if— (a) a disposal occurs that is within section 915 of CTA 2010 (including that section as it has effect as a result of section 929 of that Act), and (b) for the purposes of Chapter 2 or 3 of Part 21 of that Act there is any cumulative accountancy rental excess in relation to the lease for the period of account of the current lessor in which the disposal takes place. (3) In determining for the purposes of this Act the amount of any gain accruing to the person making the disposal, the consideration for the disposal is treated as reduced by setting against it that excess (but not so as to reduce the amount of that consideration below nil). (4) Subsection (3) only affects section 37 so far as subsection (5) provides. (5) Section 37 does not exclude any money or money's worth from the consideration for a disposal so far as it is represented by any such cumulative accountancy rental excess that, in accordance with subsection (3)— (a) falls to be set against the consideration for the disposal, or (b) has fallen to be set against the consideration for a previous disposal made by the person making the disposal in question or a person connected with that person. (6) Subsections (7) to (9) apply if the disposal mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) is a part disposal of the asset in question. (7) The cumulative accountancy rental excess mentioned in subsection (3) must be apportioned between— (a) the property disposed of, and (b) the property that remains undisposed of. (8) That apportionment must be made in the same proportions as those in which the sums that under section 38(1)(a) or (b) are attributable to the asset fall to be apportioned under section 42. (9) Only so much of the cumulative accountancy rental excess as is so apportioned to the property disposed of is set against the consideration for the part disposal in accordance with subsection (3). (10) If subsection (3) applies in a case where two or more disposals within subsection (1) or (2) are made at the same time, the cumulative accountancy rental excess mentioned in subsection (3) must be apportioned, subject to subsections (7) to (9), between the disposals in such proportions as are just and reasonable. (11) Section 614DC of ITA 2007 (connected persons) applies for the purposes of this section in its application as a result of any leasing arrangements (within the meaning of that section) as it applies for the purposes mentioned in that section.

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37B Consideration on certain disposals: structures and buildings allowances

(1) This section applies on the disposal of an asset by a person if— (a) the asset is an interest in a building or structure which is “an interest in UK land” (as defined in section 1C) or an equivalent interest in land outside the United Kingdom, (b) the person is, or has been, entitled to an allowance under Part 2A of CAA 2001 (“the structures and buildings allowance”) by reference to the building or structure, and (c) the expenditure by reference to which the structures and buildings allowance has been made is allowable under section 38 as a deduction from the consideration in the computation of the gain on the disposal. (2) In determining the amount of any gain accruing to the person making the disposal (the “transferor”) the consideration for the disposal is treated as being increased by an amount equal to the amount of the structures and buildings allowance that has been made to the transferor. (3) If the disposal is— (a) a disposal on which, by virtue of any of the no gain/no loss provisions, neither a gain nor a loss accrues to the person making the disposal, (b) a disposal in respect of which section 162 (roll-over relief on transfer of business) applies for the purposes of computing the gain on the disposal, or (c) a deemed disposal under section 579(4) of CTA 2010 (real estate investment trusts: cessation), the person who acquires the asset (the “transferee”) is treated, for the purposes of determining the amount of the gain accruing on any subsequent disposal of the asset by the transferee, as if the amount of structures and buildings allowance made to the transferor (see subsection (2)) had been made to the transferee. (4) Subsection (2)— (a) is to be applied after the other provisions of this Act which apply for the purposes of determining the amount of the consideration deemed to be given for the disposal of assets, and (b) is subject to subsections (5) to (7). (5) If section 45(3) or 47(2) applies in relation to the disposal, subsection (2) applies in relation to the part of the consideration apportioned in the same proportion as the expenditure qualifying for capital allowances. (6) Subsection (7) applies in relation to the disposal if the asset mentioned in subsection (1) is— (a) a leasehold interest by reference to which section 270DD of CAA 2001 (leases granted for 35 years or more) applies, and (b) a wasting asset for the purposes of this Act. (7) For the purposes of subsection (2), the amount of the structures and buildings allowance is to be treated as if it were an amount of expenditure attributable to the asset under section 38(1) and, accordingly, as if it had been reduced at the same rate at which that expenditure is written off in accordance with paragraph 1(3) and (4) of Schedule 8 (leases of land as wasting assets). (8) The reference in subsection (1)(b) to an allowance under Part 2A of CAA 2001 includes a reference to a contribution allowance made by reason of the application of sections 537 and 538A of that Act (contribution allowances: structures and buildings allowances).

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38 Acquisition and disposal costs etc.

(1) Except as otherwise expressly provided, the sums allowable as a deduction from the consideration in the computation of the gain accruing to a person on the disposal of an asset shall be restricted to— (a) the amount or value of the consideration, in money or money’s worth, given by him or on his behalf wholly and exclusively for the acquisition of the asset, together with the incidental costs to him of the acquisition or, if the asset was not acquired by him, any expenditure wholly and exclusively incurred by him in providing the asset, (b) the amount of any expenditure wholly and exclusively incurred on the asset by him or on his behalf for the purpose of enhancing the value of the asset, being expenditure reflected in the state or nature of the asset at the time of the disposal, and any expenditure wholly and exclusively incurred by him in establishing, preserving or defending his title to, or to a right over, the asset, (c) the incidental costs to him of making the disposal. (2) For the purposes of this section and for the purposes of all other provisions of this Act, the incidental costs to the person making the disposal of the acquisition of the asset or of its disposal shall consist of expenditure wholly and exclusively incurred by him for the purposes of the acquisition or, as the case may be, the disposal, being fees, commission or remuneration paid for the professional services of any surveyor or valuer, or auctioneer, or accountant, or agent or legal adviser and costs of transfer or conveyance (including stamp duty or stamp duty land tax) together— (a) in the case of the acquisition of an asset, with costs of advertising to find a seller, and (b) in the case of a disposal, with costs of advertising to find a buyer and costs reasonably incurred in making any valuation or apportionment required for the purposes of the computation of the gain, including in particular expenses reasonably incurred in ascertaining market value where required by this Act. (3) Except as provided by section 40, no payment of interest shall be allowable under this section. (4) Any provision in this Act introducing the assumption that assets are sold and immediately reacquired shall not imply that any expenditure is incurred as incidental to the sale or reacquisition.

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39 Exclusion of expenditure by reference to tax on income.

(1) There shall be excluded from the sums allowable under section 38 as a deduction in the computation of the gain any expenditure allowable as a deduction in computing the profits or losses of a trade, profession or vocation for the purposes of income tax or allowable as a deduction in computing any other income or profits or gains or losses for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts and any expenditure which, although not so allowable as a deduction in computing any losses, would be so allowable but for an insufficiency of income or profits or gains; and this subsection applies irrespective of whether effect is or would be given to the deduction in computing the amount of tax chargeable or by discharge or repayment of tax or in any other way. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (1) above, there shall be excluded from the sums allowable under section 38 as a deduction in the computation of the gain any expenditure which, if the assets, or all the assets to which the computation relates, were, and had at all times been, held or used as part of the fixed capital of a trade the profits of which were (irrespective of whether the person making the disposal is a company or not) chargeable to income tax would be allowable as a deduction in computing the profits or losses of the trade for the purposes of income tax. (3) No account shall be taken of any relief under Chapter II of Part IV of the Finance Act 1981 or under Schedule 5 to the Finance Act 1983, in so far as it is not withdrawn and relates to shares issued before 19th March 1986, in determining whether any sums are excluded by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) above from the sums allowable as a deduction in the computation of gains or losses for the purposes of this Act. (3A) This section is not to be taken as excluding, from the sums allowable under section 38 as a deduction in the computation of the gain, expenditure allowable as a deduction in computing a return on which income tax is charged under Chapter 2A of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (disguised interest) (but see section 381D of that Act). (3B) This section is not to be taken as excluding, from the sums allowable under section 38 as a deduction in the computation of the gain, any expenditure in respect of which an allowance under Part 2A of CAA 2001 (structures and buildings allowances) is made. (4) If— (a) because section 517G(4) or (6) of ITA 2007 (transactions in land: the chargeable person) applies, an amount is charged to income tax as income of a person other than the person (“A”) by whom the gain was realised, and (b) the income tax has been paid, for the purposes of this section the amount charged to that tax is regarded as having been charged as the income of A. (5) If— (a) because section 356OG(4) or (6) of CTA 2010 (transactions in land: the chargeable company) applies, an amount is charged to corporation tax as profits of a person other than the person (“B”) by whom the gain was realised, and (b) the corporation tax has been paid, for the purposes of this section the amount charged to that tax is regarded as having been charged as the income of B.

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39A Exclusion of certain expenditure: structures and buildings allowances

(1) This section applies if— (a) a person disposes of an asset to a connected person, (b) the asset is, or is an interest in, a building or structure by reference to which an allowance under Part 2A of CAA 2001 (a “structures and buildings allowance”) has been made, and (c) the person making the disposal is, or has been, a lessor in relation to a lease of the building or structure by reference to which section 270DD of CAA 2001 (leases granted for 35 years or more) applies. (2) Any expenditure by reference to which a structures and buildings allowance has been made to a lessee in relation to the lease mentioned in subsection (1)(c) is to be excluded from the sums allowable under section 38 as a deduction in the computation of the gain.

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40 Interest charged to capital.

(1) Where— (a) a company incurs expenditure on the construction of any building, structure or works, being expenditure allowable as a deduction under section 38 in computing a gain accruing to the company on the disposal of the building, structure or work, or of any asset comprising it, and (b) that expenditure was defrayed out of borrowed money, the sums so allowable under section 38 shall, subject to subsection (2) below, include the amount of any interest on that borrowed money which is referable to a period or part of a period ending on or before the disposal. (2) Subsection (1) above has effect subject to section 39 and does not apply to interest which is a charge on income. (3) In relation to interest paid in any accounting period ending before 1st April 1981 subsection (1) above shall have effect with the substitution for all following paragraph (b) of— and (c) the company charged to capital all or any of the interest on that borrowed money referable to a period or part of a period ending on or before the disposal, and the sums so allowable under section 38 shall include the amount of that interest charged to capital. ; and subsection (2) above shall not apply. (4) In consequence of Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) (loan relationships) and CTA 2009 (Part 5 of which re-enacts that Chapter) this section does not have effect in relation to interest referable to an accounting period ending on or after 1st April 1996.

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41 Restriction of losses by reference to capital allowances and renewals allowances.

(1) Section 39 shall not require the exclusion from the sums allowable as a deduction in the computation of the gain of any expenditure as being expenditure in respect of which a capital allowance or renewals allowance is made, but the amount of any losses accruing on the disposal of an asset shall be restricted by reference to capital allowances and renewals allowances as follows. (2) In the computation of the amount of a loss accruing to the person making the disposal, there shall be excluded from the sums allowable as a deduction any expenditure to the extent to which any capital allowance or renewals allowance has been or may be made in respect of it. (3) If the person making the disposal acquired the asset— (a) by a transfer by way of sale in relation to which an election under section 569 of the Capital Allowances Act was made, or (b) by a transfer to which section 268 of that Act applies, (being enactments under which a transfer is treated for the purposes of capital allowances as being made at written down value), the preceding provisions of this section shall apply as if any capital allowance made to the transferor in respect of the asset had (except so far as any loss to the transferor was restricted under those provisions) been made to the person making the disposal (that is the transferee); and where the transferor acquired the asset by such a transfer, capital allowances which by virtue of this subsection can be taken into account in relation to the transferor shall also be taken into account in relation to the transferee (that is the person making the disposal), and so on for any series of transfers before the disposal. (4) In this section “capital allowance” means— (a) any allowance under the Capital Allowances Act, (zaa) any deduction allowable in respect of capital expenditure in calculating profits on the cash basis (see sections 33A and 307B of ITTOIA 2005), (aa) any deduction under section 311A of ITTOIA 2005 or section 250A of CTA 2009 (replacement domestic items relief), (b) ... any deduction under section 315 of ITTOIA 2005 or section 254 of CTA 2009 (expenditure on sea walls), and (c) any deduction in computing profits allowable under ... section 170 of ITTOIA 2005 or section 147 of CTA 2009 (cemeteries). (4A) But references in this section to a capital allowance do not include references to an allowance under Part 2A of CAA 2001 (structures and buildings allowances). (5) In this section “renewals allowance” means a deduction allowable in computing the profits of a trade, profession or vocation for the purpose of income tax by reference to the cost of acquiring an asset for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation in replacement of another asset, and for the purposes of this Chapter a renewals allowance shall be regarded as a deduction allowable in respect of the expenditure incurred on the asset which is being replaced. (6) The amount of capital allowances to be taken into account under this section in relation to a disposal include any allowances falling to be made by reference to the event which is the disposal, and there shall be deducted from the amount of the allowances the amount of any balancing charge to which effect has been or is to be given by reference to the event which is the disposal, or any earlier event. (6A) Where— (a) capital allowances have been made or may be made in respect of expenditure, and (b) the capital allowances include a deduction mentioned in subsection (4)(zaa), the capital allowances to be taken into account under this section are to be regarded as equal to the total amount of expenditure which has qualified for capital allowances less any balancing charge to which the person making the disposal is liable under the Capital Allowances Act. (7) Where the disposal is of plant or machinery in relation to expenditure on which allowances or charges have been made under Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act, and subsection (6A) does not apply, and neither Chapter 15 (assets provided or used only partly for qualifying activity) nor Chapter 16 (partial depreciation subsidies) of that Part applies, the capital allowances to be taken into account under this section are to be regarded as equal to the difference between the qualifying expenditure incurred, or treated as incurred, under that Part on the provision of the plant or machinery by the person making the disposal and the disposal value required to be brought into account in respect of the plant or machinery. (8) Where there is a disposal of an asset acquired in circumstances in which— (a) section 140A applies, or (b) section 171 applies or would apply but for subsection (2) of that section, this section has effect in relation to capital allowances made to the person from which it was acquired (so far as not taken into account in relation to a disposal of the asset by that person), and so on as respects previous transfers of the asset in such circumstances. This does not affect the consideration for which an asset is deemed under section 140A or 171 to be acquired. (9) In this section— (a) in relation to a trade, profession or vocation, references to calculating profits on the cash basis are to be construed in accordance with Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005 (see section 24A of that Act), and (b) in relation to a property business, references to calculating profits on the cash basis are to be construed in accordance with section 271D of that Act (calculation of profits of property businesses on the cash basis). (10) In this section— “capital expenditure” means expenditure of a capital nature incurred on, or in connection with, the creation, construction, acquisition, alteration or disposal of an asset, and “property business” means a UK property business or an overseas property business within the meaning of Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005 (see sections 264 and 265 of that Act).

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41A Restriction of losses: long funding leases of plant or machinery

(1) This section applies where a person disposes of an asset— (a) which includes plant or machinery which is a fixture for the purposes of Chapter 6A of Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act, and (b) which he has used for the purpose of leasing under one or more long funding leases. (2) In the computation of the amount of a loss accruing to the person on the disposal there shall be excluded from the sums allowable as a deduction by virtue of section 38(1)(a) and (b) (acquisition and enhancement costs) an amount determined in accordance with subsection (3) or (4). (3) Where the person has used the plant or machinery for the purpose of leasing under one long funding lease, the amount is equal to the fall in value of the plant or machinery during the period of the lease. (4) Where the person has used the plant or machinery for the purpose of leasing under more than one long funding lease, the amount is equal to the sum of the fall in value of the plant or machinery during the period of each lease. (5) In this section, references to the fall in value of plant or machinery during the period of a lease are references to the amount (if any) by which— (a) the market value of the plant or machinery at the commencement of the term of the lease, exceeds (b) its market value at the termination of the lease. (6) For the purposes of this section, the following expressions have the meaning given in Chapter 6A of Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act (interpretation of provisions about long funding leases)— “commencement”, in relation to the term of a lease, “long funding lease”, “market value”, “the term”, in relation to a lease, “termination”.

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42 Part disposals.

(1) Where a person disposes of an interest or right in or over an asset, and generally wherever on the disposal of an asset any description of property derived from that asset remains undisposed of, the sums which under paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 38(1) are attributable to the asset shall, both for the purposes of the computation of the gain accruing on the disposal and for the purpose of applying this Part in relation to the property which remains undisposed of, be apportioned. (2) The apportionment shall be made by reference— (a) to the amount or value of the consideration for the disposal on the one hand (call that amount or value A), and (b) to the market value of the property which remains undisposed of on the other hand (call that market value B), and accordingly the fraction of the said sums allowable as a deduction in the computation of the gain accruing on the disposal shall be— A A + B and the remainder shall be attributed to the property which remains undisposed of. (3) Any apportionment to be made in pursuance of this section shall be made before operating the provisions of section 41 and if, after a part disposal, there is a subsequent disposal of an asset the capital allowances or renewals allowances to be taken into account in pursuance of that section in relation to the subsequent disposal shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be those referable to the sums which under paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 38(1) are attributable to the asset whether before or after the part disposal, but those allowances shall be reduced by the amount (if any) by which the loss on the earlier disposal was restricted under the provisions of section 41. (4) This section shall not be taken as requiring the apportionment of any expenditure which, on the facts, is wholly attributable to what is disposed of, or wholly attributable to what remains undisposed of. (5) It is hereby declared that this section, and all other provisions for apportioning on a part disposal expenditure which is deductible in computing a gain, are to be operated before the operation of, and without regard to, section 58(1), sections 152 to 158 (but without prejudice to section 152(10)), section 171(1) or any other enactment making an adjustment to secure that neither a gain nor a loss occurs on a disposal.

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43 Assets derived from other assets.

If and so far as, in a case where assets have been merged or divided or have changed their nature or rights or interests in or over assets have been created or extinguished, the value of an asset is derived from any other asset in the same ownership, an appropriate proportion of the sums allowable as a deduction in the computation of a gain in respect of the other asset under paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 38(1) shall, both for the purpose of the computation of a gain accruing on the disposal of the first-mentioned asset and, if the other asset remains in existence, on a disposal of that other asset, be attributed to the first-mentioned asset.

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44 Meaning of “wasting asset".

(1) In this Chapter “wasting asset” means an asset with a predictable life not exceeding 50 years but so that— (a) freehold land shall not be a wasting asset whatever its nature, and whatever the nature of the buildings or works on it; (b) “life”, in relation to any tangible movable property, means useful life, having regard to the purpose for which the tangible assets were acquired or provided by the person making the disposal; (c) plant and machinery shall in every case be regarded as having a predictable life of less than 50 years, and in estimating that life it shall be assumed that its life will end when it is finally put out of use as being unfit for further use, and that it is going to be used in the normal manner and to the normal extent and is going to be so used throughout its life as so estimated; (d) a life interest in settled property shall not be a wasting asset until the predictable expectation of life of the life tenant is 50 years or less, and the predictable life of life interests in settled property and of annuities shall be ascertained from actuarial tables approved by the Board. (2) In this Chapter “the residual or scrap value”, in relation to a wasting asset, means the predictable value, if any, which the wasting asset will have at the end of its predictable life as estimated in accordance with this section. (3) The question what is the predictable life of an asset, and the question what is its predictable residual or scrap value at the end of that life, if any, shall, so far as those questions are not immediately answered by the nature of the asset, be taken, in relation to any disposal of the asset, as they were known or ascertainable at the time when the asset was acquired or provided by the person making the disposal.

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45 Exemption for certain wasting assets.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no chargeable gain shall accrue on the disposal of, or of an interest in, an asset which is tangible movable property and which is a wasting asset. (2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a disposal of, or of an interest in, an asset— (a) if, from the beginning of the period of ownership of the person making the disposal to the time when the disposal is made, the asset has been used and used solely for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation and if that person has claimed or could have claimed any capital allowance in respect of any expenditure attributable to the asset or interest under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of section 38(1); or (b) if the person making the disposal has incurred any expenditure on the asset or interest which has otherwise qualified in full for any capital allowance. (3) In the case of the disposal of, or of an interest in, an asset which, in the period of ownership of the person making the disposal, has been used partly for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation and partly for other purposes, or has been used for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation for part of that period, or which has otherwise qualified in part only for capital allowances— (a) the consideration for the disposal, and any expenditure attributable to the asset or interest by virtue of section 38(1)(a) and (b), shall be apportioned by reference to the extent to which that expenditure qualified for capital allowances, and (b) the computation of the gain shall be made separately in relation to the apportioned parts of the expenditure and consideration, and (c) subsection (1) above shall not apply to any gain accruing by reference to the computation in relation to the part of the consideration apportioned to use for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation, or to the expenditure qualifying for capital allowances. (3A) But subsection (3) does not apply in the case of a disposal in relation to which subsection (3B) disapplies subsection (1). (3B) Subsection (1) does not apply to a disposal of, or of an interest in, an asset if— (a) at any time in the period of ownership of the person making the disposal, the asset is used for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by another person, (b) as a result of that use, the asset becomes plant, (c) but for the asset therefore being regarded under section 44(1)(c) as having a predictable life of less than 50 years, the disposal would not be of, or of an interest in, a wasting asset, and (d) the disposal is not within subsection (3C). (3C) A disposal of, or of an interest in, an asset is within this subsection if the asset is plant used for the purpose of leasing under a long funding lease and— (a) the disposal takes place after the commencement of the term of the lease but before the termination of the lease, or (b) the disposal is the deemed disposal of the asset under section 25A(3)(a) on the termination of the lease. (3D) Section 25A(5) applies for the purposes of subsection (3C). (4) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a disposal of commodities of any description by a person dealing on a terminal market or dealing with or through a person ordinarily engaged in dealing on a terminal market.

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46 Straightline restriction of allowable expenditure.

(1) In the computation of the gain accruing on the disposal of a wasting asset it shall be assumed— (a) that any expenditure attributable to the asset under section 38(1)(a) after deducting the residual or scrap value, if any, of the asset, is written off at a uniform rate from its full amount at the time when the asset is acquired or provided to nothing at the end of its life, and (b) that any expenditure attributable to the asset under section 38(1)(b) is written off from the full amount of that expenditure at the time when that expenditure is first reflected in the state or nature of the asset to nothing at the end of its life, so that an equal daily amount is written off day by day. (2) Thus, calling the predictable life of a wasting asset at the time when it was acquired or provided by the person making the disposal L, the period from that time to the time of disposal T(1), and, in relation to any expenditure attributable to the asset under section 38(1)(b), the period from the time when that expenditure is first reflected in the state or nature of the asset to the said time of disposal T(2), there shall be excluded from the computation of the gain— (a) out of the expenditure attributable to the asset under section 38(1)(a) a fraction— T ( 1 ) L of an amount equal to the amount of that expenditure minus the residual or scrap value, if any, of the asset, and (b) out of the expenditure attributable to the asset under section 38(1)(b) a fraction— T ( 2 ) L — ( T ( 1 ) - T ( 2 ) ) of the amount of the expenditure. (3) If any expenditure attributable to the asset under section 38(1)(b) creates or increases a residual or scrap value of the asset, the provisions of subsection (1)(a) above shall be applied so as to take that into account.

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47 Wasting assets qualifying for capital allowances.

(1) Section 46 shall not apply in relation to a disposal of an asset— (a) which, from the beginning of the period of ownership of the person making the disposal to the time when the disposal is made, is used and used solely for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation and in respect of which that person has claimed or could have claimed any capital allowance in respect of any expenditure attributable to the asset under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of section 38(1), or (b) on which the person making the disposal has incurred any expenditure which has otherwise qualified in full for any capital allowance. (2) In the case of the disposal of an asset which, in the period of ownership of the person making the disposal, has been used partly for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation and partly for other purposes, or has been used for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation for part of that period, or which has otherwise qualified in part only for capital allowances— (a) the consideration for the disposal, and any expenditure attributable to the asset by paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of section 38(1) shall be apportioned by reference to the extent to which that expenditure qualified for capital allowances, and (b) the computation of the gain shall be made separately in relation to the apportioned parts of the expenditure and consideration, and (c) section 46 shall not apply for the purposes of the computation in relation to the part of the consideration apportioned to use for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation, or to the expenditure qualifying for capital allowances, and (d) if an apportionment of the consideration for the disposal has been made for the purposes of making any capital allowance to the person making the disposal or for the purpose of making any balancing charge on him, that apportionment shall be employed for the purposes of this section, and (e) subject to paragraph (d) above, the consideration for the disposal shall be apportioned for the purposes of this section in the same proportions as the expenditure attributable to the asset is apportioned under paragraph (a) above.

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47A Exemption for certain disposals under, or after leaving, cash basis

(1) No chargeable gain shall accrue on the disposal of, or of an interest in, an asset if conditions A, B and D are met in relation to the asset. (2) Condition A is that the asset is not land. (3) Condition B is that, at any time during the period of ownership of the person making the disposal, the asset has been used for the purposes of a trade, profession, vocation or property business carried on by the person. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) Condition D is that relevant disposal proceeds— (a) are brought into account as a receipt (whether or not on the cash basis) under section 96A(3I) of ITTOIA 2005 in calculating the profits of a trade, profession or vocation (capital receipts under, or after leaving, cash basis: trades, professions and vocations), or (b) are brought into account as a receipt (whether or not on the cash basis) under section 307E(12) of that Act in calculating the profits of a property business (capital receipts under, or after leaving, cash basis: property businesses). (5A) “Relevant disposal proceeds” means disposal proceeds as mentioned in section 96A(3F) of ITTOIA 2005 or (as the case may be) section 307E(9) of that Act which arise from the disposal mentioned in subsection (1). (6) Subsection (7) applies in the case of the disposal of, or of an interest in, an asset— (a) which, in the period of ownership of the person making the disposal— (i) has been used partly for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation and partly for other purposes, or (ii) has been used for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation for part of that period, or (b) expenditure on which by the person has qualified in part only for capital allowances. (7) In such a case— (a) the consideration for the disposal, and any expenditure attributable to the asset or interest by virtue of section 38(1)(a) and (b), shall be apportioned by reference to the extent to which that expenditure qualified for capital allowances, (b) the computation of the gain shall be made separately in relation to the apportioned parts of the expenditure and consideration, and (c) subsection (1) above shall apply to any gain accruing by reference to the computation in relation to the part of the consideration apportioned to use for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation, or to the expenditure qualifying for capital allowances. (8) In this section “property business” means a UK property business or an overseas property business within the meaning of Part 3 of ITTOIA 2005 (see sections 264 and 265 of that Act).

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47B Disposals made by persons after leaving cash basis

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48 Consideration due after time of disposal.

(1) In the computation of the gain consideration for the disposal shall be brought into account without any discount for postponement of the right to receive any part of it and, in the first instance, without regard to a risk of any part of the consideration being irrecoverable or to the right to receive any part of the consideration being contingent; and if any part of the consideration so brought into account subsequently proves to be irrecoverable, there shall be made, on a claim being made to that effect, such adjustment, whether by way of discharge or repayment of tax or otherwise, as is required in consequence. (2) Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to so much of any consideration as consists of rights under a creditor relationship to which a company becomes a party as a result of the disposal. (3) In the computation of the gain in a case where subsection (2) above has effect in relation to any consideration, the amount to be brought into account in respect of that consideration is the fair value of the creditor relationship. (4) In this section— (a) “creditor relationship”, and (b) “fair value”, in relation to a creditor relationship, each have the same meaning as in Part 5 of CTA 2009 (see sections 302(5) and 313(6)).

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48A Unascertainable consideration

(1) This section applies where— (a) a person (“P”) has made a disposal (“the original disposal”) on which a relevant non-resident gain or relevant non-resident loss accrued, (b) P acquired a right as the whole or part of the consideration for that disposal, (c) on P's acquisition of the right, there was no corresponding disposal of it, and (d) the right is a right to unascertainable consideration (see subsections (4) to (6)). (2) If P subsequently receives consideration (“the ascertained consideration”) representing the whole or part of the consideration referred to in subsection (1)(d) and P is not UK resident for the tax year in which the ascertained consideration is received (as determined for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1)— (a) the ascertained consideration is treated as not accruing on the disposal of the right, (b) the costs of P's acquisition of the right (or, in the case of a part disposal of the right, those costs so far as referable to the part disposed of) are taken to be nil, and (c) the following steps are taken. Step 1 Any amount by which the ascertained consideration exceeds the relevant original consideration is treated as consideration (or further consideration) accruing on the original disposal. If the relevant original consideration exceeds the ascertained consideration, the consideration accruing on the original disposal is treated as reduced by the amount of the excess. Step 2 Compute the difference that the adjustment under step 1 makes to what (if any) relevant non-resident gain or relevant non-resident loss or other gain or loss accrues on the original disposal (computing this separately for each type of gain or loss). The difference is “positive” if a loss is decreased (to nil or otherwise) or a gain created or increased. The difference is “negative” if a gain is reduced (to nil or otherwise) or a loss created or increased. Step 3 Any positive amount computed under step 2 is treated for the purposes of this Act and the Management Act as a gain (of the type appropriate to the computation) accruing to P at the time of the receipt of the ascertained consideration. Any negative amount computed under step 2 is treated for the purposes of this Act and the Management Act as a loss (of the type appropriate to the computation) accruing to P at the time of the receipt of the ascertained consideration. (3) In step 1 in subsection (2), “the relevant original consideration” means the consideration accruing on the original disposal, so far as referable to the right mentioned in subsection (1)(b) (or, in the case of a part disposal of the right, referable to the part disposed of). (4) A right is a right to unascertainable consideration if, and only if— (a) it is a right to consideration the amount or value of which is unascertainable at the time when the right is conferred, and (b) that amount or value is unascertainable at that time on account of its being referable, in whole or in part, to matters which are uncertain at that time because they have not yet occurred. This subsection is subject to subsections (5) and (6). (5) The amount or value of any consideration is not to be regarded as being unascertainable by reason only— (a) that the right to receive the whole or any part of the consideration is postponed or contingent, if the consideration or, as the case may be, that part of it is, in accordance with section 48, brought into account in the computation of the gain accruing to a person on the disposal of an asset, or (b) in a case where the right to receive the whole or any part of the consideration is postponed and is to be, or may be, to any extent satisfied by the receipt of property of one description or property of some other description, that some person has a right to select the property, or the description of property, that is to be received. (6) A right is not to be taken to be a right to unascertainable consideration by reason only that either the amount or the value of the consideration has not been fixed, if— (a) the amount will be fixed by reference to the value, and the value is ascertainable, or (b) the value will be fixed by reference to the amount, and the amount is ascertainable. (7) In this section— “relevant non-resident gain” means— a gain that falls to be dealt with by section 1A(3) because the asset disposed of is within paragraph (b) or (c) of that subsection, or a gain that falls to be dealt with by section 1A(1) in accordance with section 1G(2) because the asset disposed of is within section 1A(3)(b) or (c), and “relevant non-resident loss” means an allowable loss accruing on a disposal which, had a gain accrued instead, would have been a relevant non-resident gain.

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49 Contingent liabilities.

(1) In the first instance no allowance shall be made in the computation of the gain— (a) in the case of a disposal by way of assigning a lease of land or other property, for any liability remaining with, or assumed by, the person making the disposal by way of assigning the lease which is contingent on a default in respect of liabilities thereby or subsequently assumed by the assignee under the terms and conditions of the lease, (b) for any contingent liability of the person making the disposal in respect of any covenant for quiet enjoyment or other obligation assumed as vendor of land, or of any estate or interest in land, or as a lessor, (c) for any contingent liability in respect of a warranty or representation made on a disposal by way of sale or lease of any property other than land. (2) If any such contingent liability subsequently becomes enforceable and is being or has been enforced, there shall be made, on a claim being made to that effect, such adjustment, whether by way of discharge or repayment of tax or otherwise, as is required in consequence. (3) Subsection (2) above also applies where the disposal in question was before the commencement of this section.

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50 Expenditure reimbursed out of public money.

There shall be excluded from the computation of a gain any expenditure which has been or is to be met directly or indirectly by the Crown or by any Government, public or local authority whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

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51 Exemption for winnings and damages etc.

(1) It is hereby declared that winnings from betting, including pool betting, or lotteries or games with prizes are not chargeable gains, and no chargeable gain or allowable loss shall accrue on the disposal of rights to winnings obtained by participating in any pool betting or lottery or game with prizes. (2) It is hereby declared that sums obtained by way of compensation or damages for any wrong or injury suffered by an individual in his person or in his profession or vocation are not chargeable gains.

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52 Supplemental.

(1) No deduction shall be allowable in a computation of the gain more than once from any sum or from more than one sum. (2) References in this Chapter to sums taken into account as receipts or as expenditure in computing profits or gains or losses for the purposes of income tax shall include references to sums which would be so taken into account but for the fact that any profits or gains of a trade, profession, employment or vocation are not chargeable to income tax or that losses are not allowable for those purposes. (3) In this Chapter references to income or profits charged or chargeable to tax include references to income or profits taxed or as the case may be taxable by deduction at source. (4) For the purposes of any computation of the gain any necessary apportionments shall be made of any consideration or of any expenditure and the method of apportionment adopted shall, subject to the express provisions of this Chapter, be ... just and reasonable. (5) In this Chapter “capital allowance” and “renewals allowance” have the meanings given by subsections (4) and (5) of section 41 (and, except in section 41, references in this Chapter to a capital allowance include references to an allowance under Part 2A of CAA 2001 (structures and buildings allowances)).

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52A Chapter to apply only for corporation tax purposes

This Chapter applies only for the purposes of corporation tax.

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