Part 3Property income
Chapter 5Profits of property businesses: other rules about receipts and deductions
F1Property businesses using cash basis
307CCash basis: deduction for costs of loans
(1)
Section 307D applies in calculating the profits of a property business for a tax year if conditions A to D are met.
(2)
Condition A is that the profits of the business are calculated on the cash basis for the tax year.
(3)
Condition B is that a deduction for costs of a loan is allowed in calculating the profits of the business for the tax year or, ignoring section 272A (restricting deductions for finance costs related to residential property) and section 307D (cash basis: modification of deduction for costs of loans), would be so allowed. In this section such a loan is referred to as a “relevant loan”.
(4)
Condition C is that an amount of the principal of one or more relevant loans is outstanding at the end time (and a relevant loan in respect of which such an amount is outstanding at the end time is referred to in this section as an “outstanding relevant loan”).
(5)
Condition D is that—
where—
L is the total outstanding amount of relevant loans (see subsections (6) and (7)), and
V is the sum of the values of all relevant properties (see subsections (8) to (10)).
(6)
The “total outstanding amount of relevant loans”—
(a)
if there is only one outstanding relevant loan, is the outstanding business amount of that loan, and
(b)
if there are two or more outstanding relevant loans, is found by calculating the outstanding business amount of each such loan and adding those amounts together.
(7)
The “outstanding business amount” of a relevant loan is given by—
where—
A is the amount of the principal of the loan which is outstanding at the end time,
X is the amount of the deduction for costs of the loan that would be allowed, apart from sections 272A and 307D, in calculating the profits of the business for the tax year, and
Y is the amount of the deduction for costs of the loan that would be allowed, apart from the wholly and exclusively rule and sections 272A and 307D, in calculating the profits of the business for the tax year.
(8)
A property is a “relevant property” if—
(a)
it is involved in the property business at the end time, or
(b)
although it is not involved in the business at the end time—
(i)
it was last involved in the business at an earlier time in the tax year, and
(ii)
the person carrying on the business holds the property throughout the period beginning with that earlier time and ending with the end time.
(9)
The “value” of a relevant property is the total of—
(a)
the market value of the property at the time that it is first involved in the property business, and
(b)
such amount of any expenditure of a capital nature incurred by the person carrying on the business in respect of the property as is not brought into account in calculating the profits of the business for the tax year or any previous tax year.
(10)
A property is “involved in the property business” if it is a property whose exploitation forms the whole or part of the business.
(11)
The “end time” is—
(a)
the time immediately before the end of the tax year, or
(b)
if in the tax year the person carrying on the business permanently ceases to carry it on, the time immediately before the person permanently ceases to carry on the business.
(12)
“Costs”, in relation to a loan, means—
(a)
interest on the loan,
(b)
an amount in connection with the loan that, for the person receiving or entitled to the amount, is a return in relation to the loan which is economically equivalent to interest, or
(c)
incidental costs of obtaining finance by means of the loan.
(13)
Section 58(2) to (4) (meaning of “incidental costs of obtaining finance”) apply for the purposes of subsection (12)(c).
(14)
In this section—
“market value”, in relation to a property, means the price which the property might reasonably be expected to fetch—
(a)
in the market conditions then prevailing, and
(b)
between persons dealing with each other at arm's length in the open market;
“property” means an estate, interest or right in or over land;
“the wholly and exclusively rule” means the rule in section 34 (expenses not wholly and exclusively for trade and unconnected losses), as applied by section 272ZA (application of trading income rules: cash basis).