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Section 313 Restrictions on relief

United Kingdom

(1)

This section restricts deductions that would otherwise be allowable under section 312.

(2)

No deduction is allowed if, when the energy-saving item is installed, the dwelling-house—

(a)

is in the course of construction, or

(b)

is comprised in land in which the person does not have an interest or is in the course of acquiring an interest or further interest.

F1(3)

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(4)

No deduction is allowed if—

(a)

the person derives rent-a-room receipts from the dwelling-house, and

(b)

those receipts are brought into account in calculating the profits of the business in accordance with section 793 or 797 (rent-a-room relief).

(5)

No deduction is allowed in respect of expenditure treated by section 57 (as applied by section 272) as incurred on the date on which the person starts to carry on the business unless the expenditure was incurred not more than 6 months before that date.

F2(6)

No deduction is allowed in respect of expenditure incurred in acquiring and installing the energy-saving item in a building containing the dwelling-house in so far as the expenditure is not for the benefit of the dwelling-house.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 313(3) omitted (for the purposes of income tax in relation to the tax year 2025-26 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of Finance Act 2025 (c. 8), Sch. 5 paras. 2(7), 12(1) (with Sch. 5 paras. 15, 18(4), 19)

F2

S. 313(6) inserted (19.7.2007 with effect as stated in s. 18(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 18(4)