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(1)This Chapter enables an individual (a “taxpayer”) to make a claim (an “averaging claim”) if—
(a)the taxpayer is, or has been, carrying on a qualifying trade, profession or vocation (alone or in partnership), and
(b)the taxpayer's profits from it (“the relevant profits”) fluctuate from one tax year to the next.
(2)[F1For the purposes of section 222 (two-year averaging)] a trade, profession or vocation is a “qualifying trade, profession or vocation” if—
(a)it is farming or market gardening in the United Kingdom,
(b)it is the intensive rearing in the United Kingdom of livestock or fish on a commercial basis for the production of food for human consumption, or
(c)the taxpayer's profits from it are derived wholly or mainly from creative works.
[F2(2A)For the purposes of section 222A (five-year averaging), a trade, profession or vocation is a “qualifying trade, profession or vocation” if it falls within subsection (2)(a) or (b).]
(3)For [F3the purpose of subsection (2)] “creative works” means—
(a)literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works, or
(b)designs,
created by the taxpayer personally or, if the qualifying trade, profession or vocation is carried on in partnership, by one or more of the partners personally.
(4)For the purposes of this Chapter references to the relevant profits of a tax year are to profits before making any deduction for a loss made in any tax year.
(5)If the taxpayer makes a loss in the qualifying trade, profession or vocation in a tax year, the relevant profits of the tax year for the purposes of this Chapter are nil.
[F4(6)For the purposes of this Chapter references to the relevant profits of a tax year are to profits after any adjustment made under Chapter 16ZA (compensation for compulsory slaughter of animals).]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 221(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(2)(a)
F2S. 221(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(2)(b)
F3Words in s. 221(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(2)(c)
F4S. 221(6) inserted (1.3.2012) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/266), arts. 1, 7 (with art. 9)
Nothing in this Chapter applies in calculating the profits of a trade on the cash basis.]
Textual Amendments
F5S. 221A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 paras. 56, 57 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 4 para. 32
(1)An averaging claim may be made [F7under this section] in relation to two consecutive tax years in which a taxpayer is or has been carrying on the qualifying trade, profession or vocation if—
(a)the relevant profits of one of the tax years are less than 75% of the relevant profits of the other tax year, or
(b)the relevant profits of one (but not both) of the tax years are nil.
[F8(2)The earlier of the two years to which an averaging claim under this section relates may be a tax year in relation to which an averaging claim under this section or section 222A has already been made.]
(3)An averaging claim may not be made [F9under this section] in relation to a tax year if an averaging claim has already been made [F10under this section or section 222A] in relation to a later tax year in respect of the trade, profession or vocation.
(4)An averaging claim may not be made [F11under this section] in relation to the tax year in which—
(a)the taxpayer starts, or permanently ceases, to carry on the trade, profession or vocation, or
(b)in the case of a trade, profession or vocation within section 221(2)(c), it begins or ceases to be a qualifying trade, profession or vocation.
(5)An averaging claim [F12under this section] must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the second of the tax years to which the claim relates.
(6)But see section 225(4) (extended time limit if profits adjusted for some other reason).
Textual Amendments
F6Words in s. 222 heading inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(4)(a)
F7Words in s. 222(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(4)(b)
F8S. 222(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(4)(c)
F9Words in s. 222(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(4)(d)(i)
F10Words in s. 222(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(4)(d)(ii)
F11Words in s. 222(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(4)(e)
F12Words in s. 222(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(4)(f)
(1)An averaging claim may be made under this section in relation to five consecutive tax years in which a taxpayer is or has been carrying on the qualifying trade, profession or vocation if the volatility condition in subsection (2) is met.
(2)The volatility condition is that—
(a)one of the following is less than 75% of the other—
(i)the average of the relevant profits of the first four tax years to which the claim relates;
(ii)the relevant profits of the last of the tax years to which the claim relates; or
(b)the relevant profits of one or more (but not all) of the five tax years to which the claim relates are nil.
(3)Any of the first four tax years to which an averaging claim under this section relates may be a tax year in relation to which an averaging claim under this section or section 222 has already been made.
(4)An averaging claim (“the subsequent claim”) may not be made under this section if an averaging claim in respect of the trade, profession or vocation has already been made under this section or section 222 in relation to a tax year which is later than the last of the tax years to which the subsequent claim relates.
(5)An averaging claim may not be made under this section in relation to the tax year in which the taxpayer starts, or permanently ceases, to carry on the trade, profession or vocation.
(6)An averaging claim under this section must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the last of the tax years to which the claim relates.
(7)But see section 225(4) (extended time limit if profits adjusted for some other reason).]
Textual Amendments
F13S. 222A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(3)
(1)If a taxpayer makes an averaging claim, the amount taken to be the taxpayer's profits of each of the tax years for which the claim is made is adjusted in accordance with this section.
(2)But this is subject to paragraph 3 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970 (claim given effect in the [F14last of the two or five tax years]).
[F15(3)The amount of the adjusted profits of each of the tax years to which the claim relates is the average of the relevant profits of those tax years.]
F16(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F14Words in s. 223(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(5)(a)
F15S. 223(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(5)(b)
F16S. 223(4) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(5)(c)
(1)The adjusted profits are taken to be the relevant profits of the tax years to which the claim relates for all income tax purposes, including the further application of this Chapter.
(2)This is subject to—
(a)subsection (3) of this section and section 225(2), and
(b)paragraph 3 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970.
(3)If the relevant profits of one of the tax years are nil, this Chapter does not prevent the taxpayer from obtaining relief under the Income Tax Acts for a loss made by the taxpayer in the tax year in question or any other tax year.
(4)A claim by the taxpayer for relief under any other provision of the Income Tax Acts for [F17any] of the tax years to which an averaging claim relates (“the other claim”)—
(a)is not out of time if made on or before the last date on which the averaging claim could have been made, and
(b)if already made, may be amended or revoked on or before that date.
(5)For this purpose—
(a)references to a claim include an election or notice, and
(b)if the other claim is made in a return, the reference to amending or revoking the other claim is to amending the return by amending or omitting the other claim.
(6)For provision determining in which tax year a claim, amendment or revocation made as a result of subsection (4) has effect, see paragraph 4 of Schedule 1B to TMA 1970 (claim, amendment or revocation given effect in the [F18last of the two or five tax years]).
Textual Amendments
F17Word in s. 224(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(6)(a)
F18Words in s. 224(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(6)(b)
(1)This section applies if, after the taxpayer has made an averaging claim, the relevant profits in [F19any one or more] of the tax years to which the claim relates are adjusted for another reason.
(2)The averaging claim is ignored.
(3)But this does not prevent a further averaging claim from being made in relation to the taxpayer's profits as adjusted for the other reason.
(4)A further averaging claim is not out of time as long as it is made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the tax year in which the adjustment for the other reason is made.
Textual Amendments
F19Words in s. 225(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 25(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 25(7)
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