Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 63: Tenants dealing with land as property employed for purposes of trade
260.This section applies to a tenant who, while not occupying a property, uses the property for the purposes of a trade – for example a trader who lets premises held under a taxed lease to a tenant who sells only goods supplied by that trader. It is based on section 87(4) and (6) of ICTA.
261.Subsection (2) treats the tenant as if he or she occupied the property for the purposes of relief under section 61 of this Act.
262.Subsection (3) is based on section 87(6) of ICTA which says that a tenant shall not be treated as paying rent under section 87(4) of ICTA for any chargeable period for which rent has, or will be, treated as paid under section 37(4) of ICTA. It prevents a tenant obtaining relief under section 61 to the extent that relief for the same day has been allowed in calculating the profits of a property business under section 292. Section 292 rewrites section 37(4) of ICTA.