Legislation – Finance Act 2024
Schedule 10Calculation of trade profits etc
Part 3Commencement and transitional provision
Transitional provision
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(1)
This paragraph has effect for the purposes of construing references in the Income Tax Acts to a change in the basis of calculation of the profits of a trade (but not a property business) for the tax year 2024-25.
(2)
A person carrying on a trade “enters the cash basis” in relation to the trade in the tax year 2024-25 if—
(a)
the cash basis applies in relation to the trade for the tax year 2024-25, and
(b)
no election under section 25A of ITTOIA 2005 had effect in relation to the trade for the tax year 2023-24,
and related expressions are to be construed accordingly.
(3)
A person carrying on a trade “leaves the cash basis” in relation to the trade in the tax year 2024-25 if—
(a)
an election under section 25A of ITTOIA 2005 had effect in relation to the trade for the tax year 2023-24, and
(b)
the cash basis does not apply in relation to the trade for the tax year 2024-25,
and related expressions are to be construed accordingly.
(4)
For the purposes of this paragraph, the cash basis applies to a trade in relation to a tax year if the profits of the trade for the tax year are required by virtue of section 24A(1) of ITTOIA 2005 to be calculated in accordance with that section.