Section 480: Exemption for profits of small-scale trades
1471.This section provides an exemption for trading income, related adjustment income and post-cessation receipts in circumstances where the amount of income to be exempted under this section and the next is small, and provided the income is applied to the purposes of the charitable company. It is based on section 46 of FA 2000. The corresponding rule for income tax is in section 526 of ITA.
1472.The exemption provided by this section applies only if the income is not otherwise exempt. So profits from primary purpose trading (including related adjustment income and post-cessation receipts) are exempt under section 478, whereas profits from a non-primary purpose trading activity (including related adjustment income and post-cessation receipts) may be exempt under this section.
1473.Change 32 is not necessary here as post-cessation receipts from a “small trade” are already exempt because of the exemption in section 46 FA 2000 for income chargeable under Schedule D Case VI.
1474.The condition about the limit on the level of income for this exemption to apply is in section 482. For Change 34 see commentary on section 482.
