Section 150 | Revenue nature of expenditure

(1)If a company carrying on a trade incurs expenditure on the production or acquisition of the original master version of a sound recording, the expenditure is treated for corporation tax purposes as expenditure of a revenue nature.

(2)If expenditure is treated under this section as revenue in nature, sums received by the company from the disposal of the original master version of the sound recording—

(a)are treated for corporation tax purposes as receipts of a revenue nature, and

(b)are brought into account in calculating the profits of the relevant period in which they are received.

(3)For this purpose sums received from the disposal of the original master version include—

(a)sums received from the disposal of any interest or right in or over the original master version (including an interest or right created by the disposal), and

(b)insurance, compensation or similar money derived from the original master version.