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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007/section-257MP",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/3",
  "legislation_title": "Income Tax Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007",
  "path": "section/257MP",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "257MP",
  "heading": "Meaning of “qualifying trade”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, a trade is a qualifying trade if—\n(a) it is conducted on a commercial basis and with a view to the realisation of profits, and\n(b) it does not at any time in the shorter applicable period consist wholly or as to a substantial part in the carrying-on of excluded activities.\n(2) References in this section and sections 257MQ to 257MT (excluded activities) to a trade are to be read without regard to the definition of “trade” in section 989.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 5B inserted (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 11 para. 1"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/257MP",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:03.599581+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}