Commentary on Sections Part 7: Income charged under this Act: rent-a-room and foster-care relief Overview Section 820: Periods of account not ending on 5th April
3038.This section is the first of four sections that deal with cases where the foster-care activities amount to a trade and accounts are prepared to a date other than 5 April. It is based on paragraph 15 of Schedule 36 to FA 2003.
3039.The rules that apply to this sort of case have been extracted from the main body of the rules and grouped together in a place of less prominence as they are believed to apply only to a minority of foster carers.