Finance Act 1988 (c. 39)

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9 (1) In subsection (1) of section 302 (replacement capital), for the words "carry on as its trade or as part of its trade a trade which was" there shall be substituted the words "carry on, as its activities or as part of its activities, activities which were" and for the words "of a trade" there shall be substituted the words "of activities".

(2) In subsection (2) of that section, for the words "the trade", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words "the activities".

(3) In subsection (4) of that section, for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted--

" (a) the persons to whom activities belong and, where activities belong to two or more persons, their respective shares in those activities shall be determined in accordance with section 344(1)(a) and (b), (2) and (3) (those provisions having effect for this purpose with any necessary modifications); " .

(4) In subsection (5) of that section, the definition of "trade" shall be omitted.

Claims

10 In subsections (2) and (3) of section 306 (claims), for the words "the trade" there shall be substituted the words "the activities".

Subsidiaries

11 In subsection (1) of section 308 (application to subsidiaries), for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted--

" (b) the subsidiary or, as the case may be, each subsidiary is a dormant subsidiary or exists wholly, or substantially wholly, for the purpose of carrying on activities which do not include, to any substantial extent, activities which are not qualifying activities; " .

12 In subsection (2) of section 309 (further provisions as to subsidiaries), for the words "a qualifying trade which is" there shall be substituted the words "qualifying activities which are" and for the words "subsections (8), (9), (12)(b)(ii) and (13)" there shall be substituted the words "subsections (8) and (9)".

Part II Dwelling-Houses to Which Section 50 Does Not Apply

Expensive dwelling-houses

13 (1) Section 50 of this Act does not apply to a dwelling-house the market value of which exceeds--

(a) in the case of a dwelling-house in Greater London, £125,000;

(b) in any other case, £85,000.

(2) The market value of a dwelling-house at any date ("the valuation date") shall be taken to be the price which, at the relevant date, it might reasonably have been expected to fetch on a sale in the open market--

(a) on the assumptions as to state mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) below; and

(b) on the assumptions as to title mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) below;

and in this paragraph "the relevant date" means the date of the issue of the shares or, if later, the date when the company or any of its subsidiaries first acquired an interest in the dwelling-house (or the land which comprises the dwelling-house).

(3) The assumptions as to state are that, at the relevant date--

(a) the dwelling-house was in the same state as at the valuation date; and

(b) that the locality in which the dwelling-house is situated was in the same state, so far as concerns the other premises situated in that locality and the occupation and use of those premises, the transport services and other facilities available in the locality, and other matters affecting the amenities of the locality, as at that date.

(4) The assumptions as to title are--

(a) where the dwelling-house is in England and Wales or Northern Ireland and is a house, that the vendor was selling for an estate in fee simple with vacant possession and that the dwelling-house was to be conveyed with the same rights and subject to the same burdens as it would be if conveyed in pursuance of the right to buy legislation;

(b) where the dwelling-house is in England and Wales or Northern Ireland and is a flat, that the vendor was granting a lease with vacant possession for a term of 125 years at a rent of £10 per annum and that the grant was to be made with the same rights and subject to the same burdens as it would be if made in pursuance of that legislation; and

(c) where the dwelling-house is in Scotland, that it was available with vacant possession and with no heritable security constituted over any interest in it.

(5) In sub-paragraph (4) above "the right to buy legislation" means--

(a) in relation to a dwelling-house in England and Wales, Part V of the [1985 c. 68.] Housing Act 1985;

(b) in relation to a dwelling-house in Northern Ireland, Chapter I of Part II of the [S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15).] Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983;

and "flat" and "house" have the same meanings as in that legislation.

(6) The Treasury may by order amend sub-paragraph (1) above by substituting a different amount for any amount for the time being specified there.

Unfit and sub-standard dwelling-houses

14 Section 50 of this Act does not apply to--

(a) a dwelling-house in England and Wales which is unfit for human habitation within the meaning of section 604 of the [1985 c. 68.] Housing Act 1985 or does not have all the standard amenities within the meaning of section 508 of that Act;

(b) a dwelling-house in Scotland which does not meet the tolerable standard described, for the purposes of the [1987 c. 26.] Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, by section 86 of that Act or does not have all the standard amenities described in the first column of Part I of Schedule 18 to that Act; or

(c) a dwelling-house in Northern Ireland which is unfit for human habitation within the meaning of Article 46 of the [S.I. 1981/156 (N.I. 3).] Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or does not have all the standard amenities within the meaning of Article 59 of the [S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15).] Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983.

Dwelling-houses already let etc.

15 (1) Section 50 of this Act does not apply to a dwelling-house if--

(a) before the relevant date, the company or any of its subsidiaries had entered into arrangements for letting the whole or any part of the dwelling-house;

(b) at that date, the whole or any part of the dwelling-house was let; or

(2) In this paragraph--

"let" includes let under a licence and "letting" shall be construed accordingly;
"the relevant date" means the date when the company or any of its subsidiaries first acquired an interest in the dwelling-house (or the land which comprises the dwelling-house).

Dwelling-houses already qualifying for relief

16 (1) Section 50 of this Act does not apply to a dwelling-house if--

(a) a certificate has been issued under section 306(2) of the Taxes Act 1988 (as modified by paragraph 10 above) by some other company ("the other company"); and

(b) at any time after the issue of the shares to which that certificate related, the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below were satisfied in relation to the dwelling-house (or a dwelling-house the whole or any part of which has been converted into or consists of the whole or any part of the dwelling-house).

(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are satisfied in relation to a dwelling-house at any time if, at that time--

(a) the dwelling-house is a dwelling-house to which section 50 of this Act applies in relation to the other company or any of its subsidiaries; and

(b) an interest in the dwelling-house is owned by that company or any such subsidiary.

Dwelling-houses qualifying for capital allowances

17 Section 50 of this Act does not apply to a dwelling-house in respect of which the company is entitled to capital allowances under paragraph 2 of Schedule 12 to the [1982 c. 39.] Finance Act 1982.

Interpretation of certain expressions: Scotland

18 In the application of the above provisions of this Part to Scotland, references to acquiring an interest shall be construed, if there is a contract to acquire the interest, as references to entering into that contract and for the purposes of paragraph 16(2)(b) above, a company or subsidiary shall be regarded as owning an interest during the period between its entering into such a contract as regards that interest and its acquiring the interest.

Section 58.

SCHEDULE 5 Underwriters: Assessment and Collection of Tax

Preliminary

1 (1) In this Schedule--

"agent", in relation to a syndicate and a year of assessment, means--
(a)
the person who was acting as underwriting agent for that syndicate at the end of the corresponding underwriting year; or
(b)
such other person as may be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Board by statutory instrument;
"closing year", in relation to a year of assessment, means the year of assessment next but one following that year;
"inspector" includes any officer of the Board;
"profits" includes gains;
"syndicate" means a syndicate of underwriting members of Lloyd's formed for an underwriting year;
"syndicate profit or loss", in relation to a syndicate, means the aggregate amount of the profits or losses arising to all the members of the syndicate (taken together), and "syndicate profits" and "syndicate losses" shall be construed accordingly.

(2) References in this Schedule to profits or losses arising to a member of a syndicate are references to profits or losses which--

(a) arise to him in his capacity as such a member, whether from his underwriting business or from assets forming part of a premiums trust fund; and

(b) are chargeable or, as the case may be, allowable under Case I of Schedule D.

(3) Regulations under this paragraph may make provision with respect to the year of assessment next but one preceding the year of assessment in which they are made.

Returns by agent

2 (1) An inspector may, at any time after the end of the closing year for a year of assessment, by notice in writing to the agent require him to deliver to the inspector, on or before the final day determined under sub-paragraph (2) below, a return of the syndicate profit or loss for the year of assessment--

(a) containing such information as may be required in pursuance of the notice; and

(b) accompanied by such accounts, statements and reports as may be so required; and

(c) in the case of a syndicate profit, containing a statement of the amount of tax which would be payable on that profit if the whole of it were charged to tax at the basic rate of income tax for that year.

(2) The final day for the delivery of any return required by a notice under sub-paragraph (1) above is whichever is the later of--

(a) the 1st September next following the end of the closing year for the year of assessment; and

(b) the end of the period of three months beginning on the day following that on which the notice was served.

(3) If the agent, having been required by a notice under sub-paragraph (1) above to deliver a return, fails to deliver the return on or before the final day for its delivery, he shall be liable to a penalty equal to the prescribed amount multiplied by the number of days on which the failure continues; and in this sub-paragraph "the prescribed amount" means £10 for each fifty members of the syndicate (counting any number of members left over as fifty).

(4) If the agent fraudulently or negligently delivers an incorrect return under sub-paragraph (1) above, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding the prescribed amount multiplied by the number of members of the syndicate; and in this sub-paragraph "the prescribed amount" means £500 in the case of fraud and £250 in the case of negligence.

(5) In relation to a return required by a notice under sub-paragraph (1) above--

(a) any reference in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above to the delivery of the return is a reference to its delivery together with the accompanying documents referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above; and

(b) the reference in sub-paragraph (4) above to the return being incorrect includes a reference to any of those documents being incorrect.

Payments on account of tax

3 (1) In the case of a syndicate profit for a year of assessment, the agent shall, on or before the 1st January next following the end of the closing year for that year--

(a) pay to the collector, on account of the liabilities to tax of the members of the syndicate, the amount stated in his return for that year under paragraph 2(1)(c) above; and

(b) deliver to the inspector a return apportioning, between those members, the amount so paid.

(2) Where an amount is paid to the collector under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above for a year of assessment, the following provisions shall apply as between each member of the syndicate and the agent--

(a) where the member's proportion of the amount so paid exceeds the amount deducted by the agent in accounting to the member for his share of the syndicate profit for that year, the amount of the excess shall be paid by the member to the agent; and

(b) where the amount so deducted exceeds that proportion, the amount of the excess shall be paid by the agent to the member.

(3) Where an amount is paid to the collector under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above for a year of assessment, the following provisions shall apply as respects the liability to tax for that year of each member of the syndicate--

(a) where the amount in which the member is charged to tax exceeds his proportion of the amount so paid, the amount of the excess shall be the amount of tax due and payable; and

(b) where that proportion exceeds the amount in which the member is so charged, the amount of the excess shall be treated as tax overpaid.

(4) Any amount which is payable under sub-paragraph (1)(a) above shall carry interest at the prescribed rate from the date when it becomes payable until payment, whether or not that date is a non-business day within the meaning of the [1882 c. 61.] Bills of Exchange Act 1882; and--

(a) section 89 of the [1970 c. 9.] Taxes Management Act 1970 (the prescribed rate of interest); and

(b) section 90 of that Act (disallowance of relief for interest on tax),

shall apply for the purposes of this sub-paragraph as they apply for the purposes of any provision of Part IX of that Act.

Determinations by inspector

4 (1) If the inspector is satisfied that a return under paragraph 2(1) above affords correct and complete information concerning the syndicate profit or loss for a year of assessment, he shall determine that profit or loss accordingly.

(2) If for a year of assessment the inspector is dissatisfied with a return under paragraph 2(1) above, or there is no such return, the inspector shall determine the syndicate profit or loss for that year to the best of his judgment.

(3) If the inspector discovers that a determination under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) above--

(a) understates the syndicate profits for the year of assessment; or

(b) overstates the syndicate losses for that year,

he may, by a determination under this sub-paragraph, vary the first-mentioned determination accordingly.

(4) Notice of a determination under this paragraph shall be served on the agent and shall state the time within which any appeal against the determination may be made under paragraph 5 below.

(5) After notice of a determination under this paragraph has been served on the agent, the determination shall not be altered except in accordance with the express provisions of the Taxes Acts.

Appeals

5 (1) The agent may appeal against a determination under paragraph 4 above by a notice of appeal in writing given to the inspector within thirty days after the date of the notice of determination.

(2) An appeal under this paragraph shall be to the General Commissioners, except that the agent may elect (in accordance with section 46(1) of the Taxes Management Act 1970) to bring the appeal before the Special Commissioners instead of the General Commissioners; and subsections (5) to (5E) of section 31 of that Act shall apply for the purposes of an election under this sub-paragraph as they apply for the purposes of an election under subsection (4) of that section.

Modification of determinations pending appeal

6 (1) Where the agent appeals against a determination under paragraph 4 above, then, for the purpose of establishing, in the event of a member of the syndicate appealing against an assessment made on him, the amount of tax the payment of which should, pending the determination of that appeal, be postponed under section 55 of the Taxes Management Act 1970, that section shall apply to the first-mentioned appeal with the modifications specified in sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2) The modifications are as follows--

(a) any reference to the notice of assessment shall be construed as a reference to the notice of determination;

(b) any reference to the appellant believing that he is overcharged to tax by the assessment shall be construed as a reference to him believing that the determination overstates the syndicate profits, or understates the syndicate losses, for the year of assessment, and any reference to the appellant having grounds for so believing, or there being reasonable grounds for so believing, shall be construed accordingly;

(c) any reference to a determination of the amount of tax the payment of which should be postponed pending the determination of the appeal shall be construed as a reference to a direction that the determination shall, pending the determination of the appeal, have effect for the purpose stated in sub-paragraph (1) above as if the syndicate profits there stated were reduced, or the syndicate losses there stated were increased, by such amount as may be specified in the direction, and any reference to an amount of tax so determined, or to the amount of tax which should be so postponed, shall be construed accordingly; and

(d) subsections (2) and (9) and, in subsection (6), paragraphs (a) and (b) and the word "and" immediately preceding paragraph (a) shall be omitted.

Apportionments of syndicate profit or loss

7 (1) Where a determination of a syndicate profit or loss for a year of assessment is made, varied or modified (whether under the foregoing provisions of this Schedule or on appeal), the inspector may, by notice in writing to the agent, require him to make to the inspector, within the specified period, a return apportioning, between the members of the syndicate, the syndicate profit or loss as stated in the determination as so made, varied or modified.

(2) If the agent, having been required by a notice under sub-paragraph (1) above to deliver a return within the specified period, fails to deliver the return within that period, he shall be liable to a penalty equal to the prescribed amount multiplied by the number of days on which the failure continues; and in this sub-paragraph "the prescribed amount" means £5 for each fifty members of the syndicate (counting any number of members left over as fifty).

(3) In this paragraph "the specified period" means such period, not being less than thirty days and beginning with the day following the date of the notice under sub-paragraph (1) above, as may be specified in that notice.

Individual members: effect of determinations

8 (1) A determination of a syndicate profit or loss for a year of assessment (whether as originally made or as varied or modified) shall, for the purpose of determining the liability to tax of each member of the syndicate, be conclusive against that member that the syndicate profit or loss for that year is as there stated.

(2) Where a determination of a syndicate profit or loss for a year of assessment is varied or modified at any time after the issue of a notice of assessment assessing any member of the syndicate to tax--

(a) section 31 of the [1970 c. 9.] Taxes Management Act 1970 (right of appeal) and section 55 of that Act (postponement of tax) shall have effect, in relation to that member, as if any reference to the date of the notice of assessment, or the date of the issue of the notice of assessment, were a reference to the date of the variation or modification; and

(b) in the case of a variation, an assessment which gives effect to the determination as varied shall not be out of time if it is made within one year of the date of the variation.

(3) Sub-paragraph (2)(b) above shall not apply in the case of a variation under paragraph 4(3) above which is made later than six years after the end of the closing year.

Assessment of individual members: time limits

9 For the purposes of sections 36, 37, 40 and 41 of the [1970 c. 9.] Taxes Management Act 1970 (extension of time in cases of fraud, wilful default or neglect), anything done or omitted to be done by the agent shall be deemed to have been done or omitted to be done by each member of the syndicate.

Supplemental: penalties

10 (1) If it appears to an inspector or the Board that the agent is liable to a penalty under paragraph 2(3) or 7(2) above, the amount appearing to be due may be assessed by the inspector or the Board as if it were tax for the year of assessment in which the failure to make the return occurred; and, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the provisions of the Taxes Management Act 1970 relating to the assessment and collection of tax shall apply accordingly.

(2) An amount assessed by way of penalty under paragraph 2(3) or 7(2) above shall be due at the end of the period of thirty days beginning with the date of the issue of the notice of assessment.

(3) On an appeal against an assessment of an amount by way of penalty under sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 or sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 7 above, subsections (6) to (8) of section 50 of that Act shall not apply but the Commissioners--

(a) may confirm the amount of the assessment or, if it appears to them that the amount assessed is greater or smaller than the penalty provided for under that sub-paragraph, may reduce it or increase it to such an amount as is appropriate having regard to the provisions of that sub-paragraph; and

(b) if it appears to them that no penalty has been incurred, may set the assessment aside.

(4) Where an amount has been assessed by way of penalty under sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 or sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 7 above and either no appeal has been brought against that assessment or the amount assessed has been confirmed or varied on appeal--

(a) a certificate of an inspector or other officer of the Board that an amount is due by way of penalty under that sub-paragraph; and

(b) a certificate of a collector that payment of that amount has not been made to him or, to the best of his knowledge and belief, to any other collector, or to a person acting on his behalf or on behalf of another collector,

shall be sufficient evidence that the amount mentioned in the certificates is unpaid and is due to the Crown; and any document purporting to be such a certificate as is mentioned in this sub-paragraph shall be deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.

(5) Section 100 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (procedure for recovery of penalties) shall not apply to a penalty under paragraph 2(3) or 7(2) above.

Supplemental: interest

11 (1) Interest charged under paragraph 3(4) above shall be treated for the purposes of the enactments mentioned in section 69 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (interest on tax) as if it were tax charged and due and payable under an assessment.

(2) References to section 86 of that Act in sections 70(2) and 92 of that Act (evidence, and remission of interest in certain cases) shall include a reference to paragraph 3(4) above.

Section 65.

SCHEDULE 6 Commercial Woodlands

Preliminary

1 In this Schedule "commercial woodlands" means woodlands in the United Kingdom which are managed on a commercial basis and with a view to the realisation of profits.

Abolition of charge under Schedule B

2 (1) The charge to tax under Schedule B in respect of the occupation of commercial woodlands is hereby abolished.

(2) In any case where, as respects an accounting period of a company which begins before and ends on or after 6th April 1988, the charge to tax under Schedule B has effect in relation to one part of that period but does not have effect in relation to the other part--

(a) the income deemed to arise to the company for that period from the occupation of the woodlands concerned shall be apportioned between those parts; and

(b) so much of that income as is apportioned to the part beginning on 6th April 1988 shall not be regarded as income arising to the company for that period.

(3) This paragraph shall be deemed to have come into force on 6th April 1988.

Abolition of Schedule D election etc.

3 (1) Section 54 of the Taxes Act 1988 and section 111 of the Taxes Act 1970 (which confer on a person occupying commercial woodlands the right to elect to be assessed and charged to tax in respect of them under Schedule D instead of under Schedule B) shall cease to have effect.

(2) Subject to paragraph 5(1) below, profits or gains or losses which arise to a person from the occupation of commercial woodlands on or after 15th March 1988 shall not be regarded for any purposes as profits or gains or losses chargeable under Schedule D.

(3) Subject to paragraph 5(1) below--

(a) interest which is paid by a company on or after 15th March 1988 shall not be treated as a charge on income for the purposes of corporation tax; and

(b) interest which is paid by any person on or after that date and--

(i) is stated in section 360(1), 361(3) or 362 of the Taxes Act 1988 (loans to buy interest in close company, interest in employee-controlled company or into partnership) to be eligible for relief under section 353 of that Act; or

(ii) is stated in any of the corresponding enactments repealed by that Act to be eligible for relief under section 75 of the [1972 c. 41.] Finance Act 1972,

shall not be so eligible,

if the relevant business consists of the occupation of commercial woodlands.

(4) Where part only of the relevant business consists of the occupation of commercial woodlands--

(a) interest falling within paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (3) above shall not be treated as a charge on income for the purposes of corporation tax; and

(b) interest falling within paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph shall not be eligible for relief under section 353 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 75 of the [1972 c. 41.] Finance Act 1972,

to such extent as may be just and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the case and, in particular, to the proportion which that part of that business bears to the whole.

(5) In this paragraph "the relevant business" means--

(a) in relation to interest paid on or after 15th March 1988 by a company which is not a member of a group, the business carried on by the company;

(b) in relation to interest paid on or after that date by a company which is a member of a group, the business carried on by the group; and

(c) in relation to interest falling within paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (3) above, the business carried on by the close company, employee-controlled company or partnership concerned;

and for the purposes of this paragraph two or more businesses carried on by a company, group or partnership shall be regarded as a single business.

(6) For the purposes of this paragraph a company shall be deemed to be a member of a group with one or more other companies if the relationship between that company and the other company or, as the case may be, each of the other companies is as mentioned in section 341(2) of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 60(2) of the [1987 c. 51.] Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (payments of interest between related companies).

(7) This paragraph shall be deemed to have come into force on 15th March 1988.

Transitional provisions

4 (1) Where this paragraph applies in relation to a person's occupation of any commercial woodlands--

(a) that person; or

(b) in the event of his death, any other person who occupies them by virtue of any disposition (whether effected by will, under the law relating to intestacy or otherwise) of property comprised in his estate immediately before his death,

may elect to be assessed and charged to tax in respect of them under Schedule D; and the reference in this sub-paragraph to a disposition includes a reference to a disposition as varied under section 142 of the [1984 c. 51.] Inheritance Tax Act 1984.

(2) This paragraph applies in relation to a person's occupation of any commercial woodlands if--

(a) he had entered into a contract or made arrangements before 15th March 1988 for his occupation of them;

(b) he was occupying them on that date; or

(c) he is or was occupying them after that date and the requirements of sub-paragraph (3) below are satisfied with respect to the land which comprises them;

and in this sub-paragraph and sub-paragraph (3) below "arrangements" does not include arrangements which are not evidenced by an instrument or other document made before that date.

(3) The requirements of this sub-paragraph are satisfied with respect to any land which comprises commercial woodlands if, before 15th March 1988, the person who is or was occupying them after that date--

(a) had entered into a contract or made arrangements for the afforestation (including the replanting) of the land; or

(b) had made an application for a grant under section 1 of the [1979 c. 21.] Forestry Act 1979 or section 2(1)(e) of the [1953 c. 2 (N.I.).] Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 with respect to the land;

and for the purposes of paragraph (b) above an application shall be treated as made when it was received by the Forestry Commissioners or, in Northern Ireland, by the Department of Agriculture.

(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below, an election under sub-paragraph (1) above--

(a) shall be made by notice in writing given to the inspector not later than two years after the end of the chargeable period to which the election relates;

(b) shall have effect not only in relation to that period but also, so long as the person by whom it is made continues to occupy the woodlands, in relation to subsequent chargeable periods; and

(5) An election made under sub-paragraph (1) above in respect of any commercial woodlands shall not have effect in relation to any chargeable period if before the beginning of that period a relevant grant has been made with respect to any land which comprises woodlands on the same estate.

(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) above, woodlands shall be treated as being on a separate estate if the person occupying them so elects by notice in writing given to the inspector not later than two years after the time when they are planted or replanted.

(7) An election under section 111 of the Taxes Act 1970 made before 15th March 1988 in respect of any commercial woodlands by a person who, on that date, was occupying those woodlands shall have effect as if made under sub-paragraph (1) above.

(8) In this paragraph and paragraph 5 below "relevant grant" means a grant under section 1 of the Forestry Act 1979 or section 2(1)(e) of the Forestry Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 which--

(a) is made on terms and conditions first published after 15th March 1988; and

(b) is not made by way of supplement to a grant made on terms and conditions first published before that date.

(9) This paragraph shall be deemed to have come into force on 15th March 1988 and shall cease to have effect on 6th April 1993.

5 (1) For any chargeable period in relation to which an election made under paragraph 4(1) above by any person has effect in respect of any commercial woodlands--

(a) any profits or gains or losses which arise to him before 6th April 1993 from the occupation of those woodlands shall for all purposes be regarded as profits or gains or losses of a trade chargeable under Schedule D;

(b) in computing those profits or gains or losses, no account shall be taken of any relevant grant and no deduction shall be made for any expenditure in respect of which any such grant was made; and

(c) the occupation of those woodlands shall not be taken into account under paragraph 3(3) or (4) above as respects any interest paid before that date.

(2) In any case where, as respects an accounting period of a company which begins before and ends on or after 6th April 1993, sub-paragraph (1) above has effect in relation to one part of that period but does not have effect in relation to the other part--

(a) the profits or gains or losses arising to the company for that period from the occupation of the woodlands concerned shall be apportioned between those parts; and

(b) such of those profits or gains or losses as are apportioned to the part beginning on 6th April 1993 shall not be regarded as profits or gains or losses arising to the company for that period.

(3) In any case where--

(a) sub-paragraph (1) above, as it applies for income tax purposes, has effect for a year of assessment as respects a person's occupation of any commercial woodlands;

(b) that year of assessment is the final year of assessment for which that sub-paragraph, as it so applies, has effect as respects that person's occupation of those woodlands; and

(c) there is an interval between the end of the relevant basis period and the beginning of the next following year of assessment;

then, for the purpose of calculating any capital allowances which fall to be made in taxing his occupation of those woodlands, the interval shall be deemed to form part of that basis period.

(4) In sub-paragraph (3) above--

"basis period" has the meaning given by section 72 of the [1968 c. 3.] Capital Allowances Act 1968;
"the relevant basis period", in relation to a year of assessment, means--
(a)
except where that year of assessment is in relation to the occupation by the person of the woodlands concerned a year of loss within the meaning of section 383 of the Taxes Act 1988, the basis period for that year of assessment;
(b)
in the excepted case, the basis period for the next following year of assessment.

(5) Sub-paragraph (1) above shall be deemed to have come into force on 15th March 1988 and shall cease to have effect on 6th April 1993.

Consequential amendments

6 (1) In section 69 of the Capital Allowances Act 1968, in the definition of "forestry land", and in section 85(4) of that Act, for any reference to section 111 of the Taxes Act 1970 or section 54 of the Taxes Act 1988 there shall be substituted a reference to paragraph 5 of this Schedule.

(2) In section 67(1) of the Taxes Act 1970 (Schedule A), in paragraph 3 of Schedule A (exceptions), after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted--

" (aa) to any profits or gains arising from a person's occupation of any woodlands which are managed on a commercial basis and with a view to the realisation of profits, or " .

(3) In section 110 of the Taxes Act 1970 (farming and the commercial occupation of land), in subsection (3), for the proviso there shall be substituted--

" Provided that nothing in this subsection shall apply in relation to the occupation of land which comprises woodlands or is being prepared for use for forestry purposes. " ;

but the amendment made by this sub-paragraph shall not apply in relation to land which is being prepared for use for forestry purposes if the requirements of paragraph 4(3) above are satisfied with respect to it.

(4) In sections 168(8), 169(10) and 171(5) of the Taxes Act 1970, for the words "section 111 of this Act" there shall be substituted the words "paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 1988".

(5) In section 113(1) of the [1979 c. 14.] Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (woodlands)--

(a) for the words "land assessed to income tax or corporation tax under Schedule B" there shall be substituted the words "woodlands managed by the occupier on a commercial basis and with a view to the realisation of profits";

(b) for the words "such land" there shall be substituted the words "such woodlands"; and

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