Commentary on Sections Overview Overview Section 280: Sums payable for surrender of lease
1133.This section deals with cases where a sum is payable for the surrender of a lease. It is based on sections 34(1), (4), (6) and (7A) and 37(2) of ICTA.
1134.Subsections (2) to (4) of this section are drafted on the same basis as subsections (2) to (4) of section 277.
1135.Subsection (2) treats a person to whom a sum is due as consideration for the surrender of the lease as entering into a transaction mentioned in section 264 (if the land to which the lease relates is in the United Kingdom) or section 265 (if the land to which the lease relates is outside the United Kingdom). The effect of sections 264 and 265 is that the transaction will be included in, or will constitute, the person's UK or overseas property business.
1136.Section 34(1) of ICTA treats income in the hands of a landlord as received when the lease is granted. There is no corresponding rule for non-landlords in section 34(6) of ICTA. This section instead requires the person carrying on the property business (whether or not that person is the landlord) to bring an amount into account in calculating the profits of that business for the tax year in which the sum for the surrender of the lease is payable. See Change 69 in Annex 1.