Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 158: Lease premiums etc.: reduction of receipts
641.This section prevents a person carrying on trade of dealing in land being taxed on all or part of a lease premium, or of certain other amounts received in respect of a lease, both as a receipt of the trade under Part 2 of this Act and as a receipt of a property business under Part 3 of this Act. It is based on section 99(2) and (3) of ICTA.
642.Subsections (2) and (3) provide for a receipt taken into account in calculating the profits of a trade of dealing in land to be reduced by the amount of that receipt taken into account under sections 277 to 285 of this Act.
643.Subsections (4) and (5) provide for a corresponding adjustment to be made in calculating the profits of the trade if tax paid as a result of section 284 or 285 is repaid under section 301 or 302 of this Act.