# Capital Allowances Act 2001, Section 272: Expenditure on the construction of a building


(1) For the purposes of this Part, expenditure on the construction of a building does not include expenditure on the acquisition of land or rights in or over land.
(2) This Part has effect in relation to capital expenditure incurred by a person on repairs to a part of a building as if it were capital expenditure on the construction of that part of the building for the first time.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), expenditure incurred for the purposes of a trade on repairs to a building is to be treated as capital expenditure if it is not expenditure that would be allowed to be deducted in calculating the profits of the trade for tax purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/2/section/272 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/capital-allowances-act-2001/section-272
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