Section 642: Disregard of rent from members and of interest payable
1994.This sectionprovides that, where an approved housing association makes a claim, any rent that it receives from its members is ignored for tax purposes and any interest that it pays is treated by the association as not payable. It is based on section 488(1) and (2) of ICTA.
1995.The source legislation is based on tax years, but as these bodies are subject to corporation tax it is more appropriate to operate on the basis of accounting periods. Moving to this basis also brings the disregard of rent and interest into line with the chargeable gains exemption in section 643. See Change 46 in Annex 1.