Finance Act 2000

Quantitative restrictions: change of circumstances bringing case within restrictions E+W+S+N.I.

98 (1) The provisions of this paragraph apply where— E+W+S+N.I.

(a) the lessor under a finance lease has been entitled to capital allowances in circumstances in which paragraph 94 (quantitative restrictions on allowances) did not apply, and

(b) a change of circumstances brings the case within paragraph 89(1) so that the restrictions in paragraph 94 do apply.

(2) In this paragraph—

• “the relevant period” means the period beginning—

  (a)

  with the beginning of the accounting period of the lessor in which there occurs the change of circumstances in relation to which this paragraph applies, or

  (b)

  if since the beginning of that period there has been a change of circumstances in relation to which paragraph 99 applied (change taking case out of restrictions), with the time of that change (or if there has been more than one such change, the last of them),

  and ending with the time of the change of circumstances in relation to which this paragraph applies; and

• “the lessor’s normal pool” means the lessor’s pool that contains the qualifying expenditure relating to the ship at the beginning of the relevant period.

(3) At the beginning of the relevant period an amount (“amount A”) equal to—

(a) the tax written down value of the ship as at that time, or

(b) if less, the amount of unrelieved qualifying expenditure in the lessor’s normal pool at that time,

shall be brought into account as a disposal value in the lessor’s normal pool.

(4) At the same time an amount of qualifying expenditure equal to amount A shall be taken to a separate single-asset pool (“the temporary pool”).

(5) Any qualifying expenditure or other items relating to the ship that would otherwise have been brought into account in the lessor’s normal pool in the relevant period shall instead be brought into account in the temporary pool.

(6) At the end of the relevant period, the temporary pool shall be closed as if the ship had been disposed of by the lessor for an amount equal to its tax written down value at that time (“amount B”), and any resulting balancing allowance or balancing charge shall be given effect.

(7) The lessor shall be treated as if he had incurred qualifying expenditure equal to amount B on the provision of the ship for the purposes of the lessee’s tonnage tax trade immediately after the end of the relevant period.

(8) There shall be allocated to the lessor’s 25% and 10% pools the same proportions of amount B as the proportions of the actual cost of providing the ship that would have been so allocated if the case had been within paragraph 89(1) at all material times.