Section 158 | Lease premiums etc: reduction of receipts

(1)This section applies for the purpose of calculating the profits of a trade of dealing in land if a receipt of the trade falls within one of the following categories—

(a)lease premiums within section 277,

(b)sums within section 279 (sums payable instead of rent),

(c)sums within section 280 (sums payable for surrender of a lease),

(d)sums within section 281 (sums payable for variation or waiver of terms of lease),^F1

(e)consideration for the assignment of a lease within section 282 (lease granted at an undervalue), and

(f)amounts received on the sale of an estate or interest in land within section 284 (sales with right to re-conveyance) or section 285 (sale and leaseback transactions).

(2)The receipt is reduced by the relevant amount.

(3)The relevant amount is the amount which is treated as a receipt of a property business as a result of any of sections 277 to 285.

(4)But if—

(a)the person carrying on the trade makes a claim under section 301 or 302, and

(b)as a result of the claim a repayment of tax is made to that person,

the relevant amount is the amount which, for the purpose of determining the amount of the repayment of tax, is treated as brought into account as a receipt in calculating the profits of the property business.

(5)If subsection (4) applies, any adjustment of liability to tax may be made—

(a)by assessment or otherwise, and

(b)at any time at which it could be made if it related only to tax for the tax year in which the claim under section 301 or 302 is made.