Section 681AL | Lease and rent

(1)This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2)A reference to a lease includes a reference to any of the following—

(a)an underlease, sublease, tenancy or licence, and

(b)an agreement for a lease, underlease, sublease, tenancy or licence, and

(c)in the case of land outside the United Kingdom, an interest corresponding to a lease (as defined here).

(3)A reference to rent includes a reference to any payment under a lease.

(4)A reference to rent under a lease includes a reference to expenses which the tenant under the lease is treated as incurring in respect of the land subject to the lease under any of—

(a)sections 61 to 67 of ITTOIA 2005 (land occupied for trade purposes), and

(b)sections 292 to 297 of that Act (taxed leases).

(5)Expenses within subsection (4) must be treated as having been paid as soon as they were incurred.