Introduction Details of the Sections Part 2 Chapter 4
32.Section 97 introduces Chapter 4, which contains rules for the allocation to BLAGAB of investment income and losses, expenses, and chargeable gains and allowable losses for the purposes of I – E.
33.Section 98 requires that investment income or losses, and expenses referable to BLAGAB are to be determined by an acceptable commercial method. It explains what is an acceptable commercial method. HM Treasury is given a power to make regulations prescribing what is, or is not, an acceptable commercial method.
34.Sections 99 to 101 explain how chargeable gains and allowable losses referable to BLAGAB are determined.
35.Section 100 provides that gains or losses on assets are attributable to BLAGAB to the extent that the assets are wholly or partly matched to BLAGAB liabilities. The concept of matching is explained in section 138.
36.Section 101 explains that the extent to which gains or losses on assets, which are not matched to BLAGAB liabilities, are referable to BLAGAB is determined using an acceptable commercial method. The section applies to the unmatched proportion of a gain or loss where the asset is partly matched. It explains what is an acceptable commercial method, and gives HM Treasury a power to make regulations prescribing what is, or is not, an acceptable commercial method.