Explanatory Notes

Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

2005 CHAPTER 5

24 March 2005

Commentary on Sections

Part 7: Income charged under this Act: rent-a-room and foster-care relief

Chapter 1: Rent-a-room relief
Section 788: Meaning of “total rent-a-room amount”

2947.This section introduces and defines a key rent-a-room term: “total rent-a-room amount”. It is based on paragraphs 9 and 11 of Schedule 10 to F(No 2)A 1992.

2948.The term “total rent-a-room amount” is new. It sets out how the amount of income to be compared with the limit is calculated. The level of an individual’s “total rent-a-room amount” determines which form of rent-a-room relief the individual is entitled to: the full relief or the alternative method of calculation.

2949.Subsection (1)(b) includes any relevant balancing charges in the “total rent-a-room amount” to remove an anomaly in the source legislation. See Change 130 in Annex 1.