Commentary on Sections Overview Chapter 2: Property businesses Section 205: UK property business
763.This section defines “UK property business” and introduces the concept of “generating income from land”. It is based on section 15(1) of ICTA. The corresponding rule for income tax is in section 264 of ITTOIA.
764.It gives a basic “one business per company” rule: that (subject to special cases such as those mentioned in section 203(3) and (4)) all the income from a company’s UK land interests is treated as falling within a single UK property business.
765.Although the Chapter builds on the concept of the “business”, the approach differs from the approach in the source legislation. This Act adopts the same approach as ITTOIA and uses the term “UK property business” rather than “Schedule A business”.