SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14Leases: changes to accounting standards etc

PART 1Finance leases: amendments as a result of changes to accounting standards

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In section 809BZN of ITA 2007 (finance arrangements: exceptions), after subsection (9) insert—

9A

A finance arrangement code does not apply if the arrangement is a right-of-use lease—

a

under which the relevant person is a lessee, and

b

which, were that person required under generally accepted accounting practice to determine whether the lease falls to be treated in the accounts of that person as a finance lease or loan, would not fall to be so treated.

9B

In subsection (9A) “right-of-use lease” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of CAA 2001 (see section 70YI(1) of that Act).