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IntroductionU.K.

60Overview of ChapterU.K.

(1)This Chapter—

(a)provides for trade loss relief against general income (see sections 64 to 70),

(b)provides for early trade losses relief (see sections 72 to 74),

(c)contains provision restricting both those reliefs [F1and capital gains relief (see sections 74ZA] to 82),

(d)provides for carry-forward trade loss relief (see sections 83 to 88),

(e)provides for terminal trade loss relief (see sections 89 to 94),

(f)contains restrictions on the above reliefs for trades, professions and vocations carried on wholly outside the United Kingdom (see section 95), and

(g)provides for post-cessation trade relief (see sections 96 to 100).

(2)This Chapter is subject to paragraph 2 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970 (claims for loss relief involving two or more years).

(3)For a rule treating an individual as starting or permanently ceasing to carry on a trade, profession or vocation for income tax purposes (including those of this Part), see—

(a)section 17 of ITTOIA 2005 (effect of becoming or ceasing to be a UK resident),F2...

F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)For the purposes of this Chapter sideways relief is—

(a)trade loss relief against general income, or

(b)early trade losses relief.

(5)References in this Chapter to a firm are to be read in the same way as references to a firm in Part 9 of ITTOIA 2005 (which contains special provision about partnerships).

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 60(1)(c) substituted (8.4.2010 with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 11 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 3 para. 2

F2S. 60(3)(b) and word omitted (6.4.2024 for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 1 paras. 40, 61(1)

F361Non-partners: losses of a tax yearU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F3S. 61 omitted (6.4.2024 for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 1 paras. 41, 61(1)

F462Partners: losses of a tax year etcU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F4S. 62 omitted (6.4.2024 for the tax year 2024-25 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 1 paras. 41, 61(1)

63Prohibition against double countingU.K.

If relief is given under any provision of this Chapter for a loss or part of a loss, relief is not to be given for—

(a)the same loss, or

(b)the same part of the loss,

under any other provision of this Chapter or of the Income Tax Acts.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Ss. 61-63 modified (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 6 para. 2(4)

C2Ss. 61-63 modified (10.6.2021) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), Sch. 2 para. 3(4)

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