Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 157: Relief in respect of mineral royalties
637.This section gives relief if trade receipts include mineral royalties. It is based on section 122 of ICTA.
638.Most mineral royalties will be taxed under Chapter 8 of Part 3 of this Act. That Chapter rewrites the charge under Schedule D Case VI if rents are received from a concern listed in section 55 of ICTA. That list includes mines and quarries. The charge under Schedule D Case VI results from the operation of section 119 of ICTA. That section alters the normal priority rule between Schedules A and D. It applies to rents that would normally be taxed under Schedule A and provides that the rents are to be taxed under Schedule D. It does not say under what Case of Schedule D the charge is to be imposed.
639.In nearly all cases the rents will be taxed under Schedule D Case VI as they are not received in respect of a trade. But it is possible that the receipt of the rent will be incidental to a trade. In that case section 261 of this Act provides that the rent will be taxed under Part 2 of this Act. This is only likely to happen if the rent is received by a property developer in respect of land held as trading stock.
640.If the rent is a mineral royalty as defined in section 122(5) of ICTA the trader is entitled to the relief given by section 122(1) of ICTA. The mineral royalties are halved. The relief is rewritten in this section because dealers in land are the traders who are most likely to benefit from the relief. But the relief is not confined to dealers in land.