3477.This amendment repeals paragraph 5 of Schedule 30 to ICTA for income tax purposes.
3478.Paragraph 5 of Schedule 30 to ICTA is a transitional measure that relates to the pre-1963 version of Schedule A. Under that version of Schedule A a trader who owned the property from which he or she carried on a trade was allowed a Schedule D Case I deduction equal to the amount of the Schedule A charge on the property. The right to the deduction was removed when Schedule A moved from a charge on the annual value of the property to a charge on the rent received.
3479.Timing differences between Schedule D Case I and Schedule A could result in a loss of relief if the taxpayer ceased to occupy the property for the purposes of the trade in a period in which he or she did not also cease to carry on the trade. FA 1963 introduced a relief to compensate for this loss of relief. It is based on the relief that would have been given for the tax years 1963-64 and 1964-65 and is allowed as a deduction in calculating the trade profits for the tax year in which they cease to carry on the trade.
3480.While in theory it is still possible to claim the relief, given the passage of over 40 years and the effects of inflation it is almost certain no new claims will be made in or after the tax year 2005-06.