Part 19 Sale and lease-back etc

Chapter 2 New lease of land after assignment or surrender

Introduction

849 Overview of Chapter
(1) This Chapter provides that in certain circumstances where a lease of land is assigned or surrendered and another lease is granted or assigned—
(a) consideration received for the assignment or surrender of the first lease is taxed as a trade receipt or charged to corporation tax on income, and
(b) tax relief is allowed for rent under the other lease.
(2) The Chapter provides that in certain circumstances where a lease is varied it is treated as surrendered and another lease is treated as granted.
Pt. 19 Ch. 2 applied by 2007 c. 3, s. 681BD(4) (as inserted (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. 4 para. 3 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22))