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Part 3 U.K.Property income

Chapter 3U.K.Profits of property businesses: basic rules

Calculation of profitsU.K.

272Profits of a property business: application of trading income rulesU.K.

(1)The profits of a property business are calculated in the same way as the profits of a trade.

(2)But the provisions of Part 2 (trading income) which apply as a result of subsection (1) are limited to the following—

In Chapter 3 (basic rules)—
section 25generally accepted accounting practice
section 26losses calculated on same basis as profits
section 27receipts and expenses
section 28items treated under CAA 2001 as receipts and expenses
section 29interest
In Chapter 4 (rules restricting deductions)—
section 33capital expenditure
section 34expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses
section 35bad and doubtful debts
sections 36 and 37unpaid remuneration
sections 38 to 44employee benefit contributions
sections 45 to 47business entertainment and gifts
sections 48 to [F150B]car F2... hire
F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
section 52exclusion of double relief for interest
section 53social security contributions
section 54penalties, interest and VAT surcharges
section 55crime-related payments
[F4section 55A expenditure on integral features]
In Chapter 5 (rules allowing deductions)—
section 57pre-trading expenses
sections 58 and 59incidental costs of obtaining finance
section 68replacement and alteration of trade tools
section 69payments for restrictive undertakings
sections 70 and 71seconded employees
section 72payroll deduction schemes: contributions to agents' expenses
sections 73 to 75counselling and retraining expenses
sections 76 to 80redundancy payments etc.
section 81personal security expenses
sections 82 to 86contributions to local enterprise organisations or urban regeneration companies
sections 87 and 88scientific research
sections 89 and 90expenses connected with patents, designs and trade marks
section 91payments to Export Credits Guarantee Department
[F5section 94A costs of setting up SAYE option scheme or CSOP scheme]
In Chapter 6 (receipts)—
section 96capital receipts
section 97debts incurred and later released
section 104distribution of assets of mutual concerns
section 105industrial development grants
section 106sums recovered under insurance policies etc.
In Chapter 7 (gifts to charities etc.)—
section 109receipt by donor or connected person of benefit attributable to certain gifts
[F6In Chapter 10A (long funding leases)—
Sections 148A to 148JLeases of plant or machinery: special rules for long funding leases]
In Chapter 11 (other specific trades)—
section 155levies and repayments under FISMA 2000
In Chapter 13 (deductions from profits)—
sections 188 to 191unremittable amounts

(3)In those provisions the expression “this Part” is to be read as a reference to those provisions as applied by subsection (2) and to the other provisions of Part 3.

Textual Amendments

F1Word in s. 272(2) Table substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 paras. 65-67 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 11 para. 41(a)

F2Words in s. 272(2) Table omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 paras. 65-67 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 11 para. 41(b)

F3S. 272(2) Table: entry repealed (6.4.2007 with effect as stated in s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss, 1027, 1031, 1034, Sch. 1 para. 507, {Sch. 3 Pt. 1} (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2)

F4Words in s. 272(2) Table inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 73(5)

F5Words in s. 272(2) Table inserted (1.4.2010) (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 381(1), Sch. 7 para. 29 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F6S. 272(2) Table: entry relating to Ch. 10A (long funding leases) inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 8 para. 15 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 81, Sch. 8 para. 14(2)

273Amounts not brought into account as part of a property businessU.K.

(1)The rules for calculating the profits of a property business need to be read with the following provisions of Part 2 (trading income)—

(a)section 19 (tied premises),

(b)section 20 (caravan sites where trade carried on),

(c)section 21 (surplus business accommodation), and

(d)section 22(3) (payments for wayleaves).

(2)Those provisions secure that amounts which would otherwise be brought into account in calculating the profits of the business are, or may be, brought into account instead in calculating the profits of a trade.

274Relationship between rules prohibiting and allowing deductionsU.K.

(1)Any relevant permissive rule in this Part—

(a)has priority over any relevant prohibitive rule in this Part, but

(b)is subject to [F7section 36 (unpaid remuneration), section 38 (employee benefit contributions), section 48 (car F8... hire) and section] 55 (crime-related payments), as applied by section 272.

(2)In this section “any relevant permissive rule in this Part” means any provision of this Part (apart from sections 291 to 294) which allows a deduction in calculating the profits of a property business.

(3)In this section “any relevant prohibitive rule in this Part”, in relation to any deduction, means any provision of this Part (apart from sections [F936, 38,] 48 and 55, as applied by section 272) which might otherwise be read as—

(a)prohibiting the deduction, or

(b)restricting the amount of the deduction.

(4)In this section any reference to any provision of this Part includes any provision applied by section 272.

Textual Amendments

F7Words in s. 274(1)(b) substituted (with effect as stated in s. 67(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 67(5)

F8Words in s. 274(1)(b) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 paras. 65-67 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 11 para. 42

F9Words in s. 274(3) inserted (with effect as stated in s. 67(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 67(6)