Section 51: Companies treated as same person as individual
205.This section explains how to calculate losses for the purposes of section 48 where a trade has been transferred from an individual to a company but that individual and that company are treated as the same person by virtue of section 50. It is based on section 397(10) of ICTA.
206.Subsection (4) adapts rules in section 70 of ITA and section 203 of ITTOIA to deal with cases where profits or losses have not actually been calculated by reference to tax years. In such cases, the calculation of profits or losses for tax years is an arithmetical exercise, involving apportioning (on a time basis) the profits or losses of periods falling partly within the tax year, and combining these with the profits or losses of any periods falling completely within the tax year.
