Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 193: Debts released after cessation
724.This section sets out the rules that apply when a debt owed by the trader is released after the trade has ceased. It is based on section 103 of ICTA. The corresponding rule for income tax is in section 249 of ITTOIA.
725.Subsection (1) sets out the four conditions to be met if the section is to apply. It is the equivalent of section 94 of this Act which applies in the case of a continuing trade. The reference to income tax caters for the possibility that a deduction for an expense is allowed to a person liable to income tax but a person liable to corporation tax takes over the related trade debt and is released from it.