{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-trading-and-other-income-act-2005/section-7B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-trading-and-other-income-act-2005/section-7B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/5",
  "legislation_title": "Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-trading-and-other-income-act-2005",
  "path": "section/7B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7B",
  "heading": "Rule if trader starts to carry on trade after 31 March",
  "text": "(1) This section applies if, in a tax year (“the relevant tax year”), the trader—\n(a) starts to carry on the trade after 31 March, and\n(b) does not permanently cease to carry on the trade.\n(2) For the purposes of this Chapter—\n(a) the profits or losses of the trade of the relevant tax year are treated as nil, and\n(b) the actual profits or losses of the trade of the relevant tax year are treated as arising in the following tax year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 7A-7D inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 61(1)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/5/section/7B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:32.370392+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}