Section 291: Deductions for expenses under section 292
1197.This section and the next three sections give a tenant relief in calculating the profits of his or her property business by reference to the amount of the premium or other sum brought into account by the landlord (the “taxed receipt”) in respect of the same property. This section is based on section 37(4) and (9) of ICTA.
1198.Section 37(4) of ICTA treats a tenant under a lease in respect of which a chargeable amount arose under section 34 or 35 of ICTA as paying rent for the purpose of computing the profits of a Schedule A business.
1199.A deduction for rent which a tenant is treated as paying under section 37(4) of ICTA is allowed only in respect of premises used in the Schedule A business. So subsection (2) provides that a deduction for an expense which a tenant is treated as incurring under section 292 is allowed for each “qualifying day” on which all or part of the premises subject to the taxed lease is either occupied for the purposes of the tenant’s property business or is sublet.
1200.A “qualifying day” is defined in section 292(3) as a day which falls within the receipt period of the taxed receipt.
1201.The amount which the tenant can deduct in respect of the rent which he or she is treated as paying under section 37(4) of ICTA is qualified by:
the general rules as to deductions not allowable in computing the profits of a trade in section 74(1) of ICTA; and
rules prohibiting or restricting the deduction of expenditure elsewhere in ICTA.
1202.In this Act, the rules restricting deductions are in Part 2 of Chapter 4. Section 74(1)(a) of ICTA is rewritten in section 34. Subsection (3) of this section preserves the interaction of section 37(4) of ICTA and the general and specific rules restricting deductions in ICTA by providing that a deduction for an expense which a tenant is treated as incurring under section 292 is subject to the application of any provisions of Chapter 4 of Part 2 of this Act.
1203.Subsection (4) provides that the deduction allowed in respect of an expense under section 292 may be restricted to prevent the cap in section 295 on the total relief which can be given by reference to a taxed receipt being exceeded. See Change 73 in Annex 1.