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Income Tax Act 2007

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128 Employment loss relief against general income

(1) A person may make a claim for employment loss relief against general income if the person— (a) is in employment or holds an office in a tax year, and (b) makes a loss in the employment or office in the tax year (“the loss-making year”). (2) The claim is for the loss to be deducted in calculating the person's net income— (a) for the loss-making year, (b) for the previous tax year, or (c) for both tax years. (See Step 2 of the calculation in section 23.) (3) If the claim is made in relation to both tax years, the claim must specify the year for which a deduction is to be made first. (4) Otherwise the claim must specify either the loss-making year or the previous tax year. (5) The claim must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the loss-making year. (5A) No claim may be made in respect of the loss if and to the extent that it is made as a result of anything done in pursuance of arrangements the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of which is the avoidance of tax. (6) Nothing in this section prevents a person who makes a claim specifying a particular tax year in respect of a loss from making a further claim specifying the other tax year in respect of the unused part of the loss. (7) This Chapter is subject to paragraph 2 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970 (claims for loss relief involving two or more years). (8) This section needs to be read with section 129 (how relief works).

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128 Employment loss relief against general income

(1) A person may make a claim for employment loss relief against general income if the person— (a) is in employment or holds an office in a tax year, and (b) makes a loss in the employment or office in the tax year (“the loss-making year”). (2) The claim is for the loss to be deducted in calculating the person's net income— (a) for the loss-making year, (b) for the previous tax year, or (c) for both tax years. (See Step 2 of the calculation in section 23.) (3) If the claim is made in relation to both tax years, the claim must specify the year for which a deduction is to be made first. (4) Otherwise the claim must specify either the loss-making year or the previous tax year. (5) The claim must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the loss-making year. (5A) No claim may be made in respect of the loss if and to the extent that it is made as a result of anything done in pursuance of arrangements the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of which is the avoidance of tax. (6) Nothing in this section prevents a person who makes a claim specifying a particular tax year in respect of a loss from making a further claim specifying the other tax year in respect of the unused part of the loss. (7) This Chapter is subject to paragraph 2 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970 (claims for loss relief involving two or more years). (8) This section needs to be read with section 129 (how relief works).

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