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If you are thinking about setting up a business, and need it done quickly and easily with no additional requirements, then this package is the perfect choice.
This package is a cheap and efficient way to begin business, and includes the provision of a registered office address in London for the duration of one year.
This package is a not expensive and efficient way to begin business, and includes the provision of a registered office address in London and a nominee secretary for the duration of one year.
This package is one of the most cost effective and the efficient way to start a UK company, which includes a registered office address in London, a nominee secretary, and a nominee director for the duration of one year.
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Private Company Limited by Shares:

  • A private company limited by shares in England and Wales must have at least one director, one shareholder, and may have a secretary.

  • You need at least one person to form this type of company. If there is only one director, and that director is a natural person in your company, that director can also act as the secretary.

  • A company must have at least one director who is a natural person. This requirement is met if the office of director is held by a natural person as a corporation sole or otherwise by virtue of an office.

  • You can register a sole director' company, if you are familiar with the secretaries duties and responsibilities, because all of them belongs to a sole director.

  • The directors and secretary of your company can also be shareholders.

  • The Companies Act imposes no restriction on the minimum age of company directors. However Companies House will actively discourage the appointment of anyone under the age of 16 from taking up a company directorship on the grounds that the individuals concerned may not fully understand the legal liabilities that go with the position and for the most part will not have the experience necessary to perform the duties of a company director.

  • Under the Companies Act 2006, there is no restriction on any or all of the members/shareholders being from an overseas country (i.e. outside the United Kingdom in terms of residency, domicile, citizenship, place of incorporation or all or any of those concepts).

  • There is no requirement for the officers of your company to be UK citizens or residents, nor for them to hold valid work permits.

  • Owning, or being an officer of a UK company does not, however, grant you any right to live or work in the UK if you are a foreign national.

  • Your company must have a registered office address within England or Wales; this is the official address of your company and will be on the public record as such.

  • Your company must hold its official company documents at its registered office address: its register of shareholders, and its constitutional documents.

  • So long as you maintain a registered office address in England or Wales, you can conduct your business from any place in the world: you do not have to run your business from your registered office address.

  • Coddan offers company formation, ready-made company registration for UK limited companies. We offer electronic filing enterprises & registering corporation services. In addition to business registrations, we offer trademark registration, shareholder agreements, toll-free numbers, telephone answering, virtual office and company searches for UK limited companies. You are an accountant for whom company establishment is a frequent activity or an individual ordering your first company registrations. Start a company by incorporating or forming a LTD, PLC or LLP at Coddan. Learn about incorporation & how to incorporate your business online: register a business name, company registration, business registration numbers, company house web filing - business name registration check. Whether you start-up online, register London business or form a corporation Scotland, we can help you understand the business start-up process for filing LTD United Kingdom.
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    This is actually a pretty good reason to incorporate in Delaware or Nevada. In fact, you could be a foreigner from Lebanon, never setting foot on American soil, form a Delaware corporation and no one would know who you are! However, many states will require the owners and/or officers and/or directors information while operating in that state (as a foreign corp.). Besides, how many small businesses require anonymity? Incorporate, incorporation, incorporating, incorporation services, incorporating services, incorporate Wyoming business online, incorporating Oregon business, New York LLC formation, Louisiana limited liability corporation, Texas articles of incorporation, Florida company incorporation, California non profit corporation, corporate name search offshore, BVI corporate name availability, Seychelles corporate name registration.
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    A business may be conducted by a company as an entity in its own right and comes into existence by incorporation under companies legislation which also regulates the running of the company and sets out the duties of its officers. In recent years trading trusts have been commonly used as the structure for carrying on a business with their main objective of tax minimization. A trust requires a trustee to act on behalf of a trust and it has been preferable to have a company newly incorporated to act as the trustee as it is believed that this limits the liability of the trust to the paid-up capital of the Trustee Company. A trust is formed by a gift or settlement being made to the trustee on behalf of the, as yet unformed, trust. A solicitor draws up a Trust Deed setting out the powers and formalizing the administration of the trust. The trust has beneficiaries rather than shareholders as in a company, who are entitled to distributions of capital and/or income and these distributions, are controlled by the trustee.
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    This is one of our most popular packages with worldwide customers, and includes: -

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  • Our Deluxe package is a fast and easy option, it is ideal for the UK, EU, and international small to medium businesses who wish to appoint a nominee director and a nominee secretary in order to maintain the anonymity of the real owner, and it includes: -

  • Incorporation of your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses in London, our nominee director and nominee secretary. We can appoint your own candidate(s) to the role of shareholder(s), or you can appoint a nominee sharholder provided by Coddan;
  • The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);
  • The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
    • The provision of a registered office address for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);
    • The provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our nominee secretary service is charged annually);
    • The provision of a nominee director for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our nominee director service is charged annually);

    The following two hard bound copies of corporate documents, will be send by post to you upon formation of your private limited company: -

  • A laminated copy of the certificate of incorporation of your company;
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • A hard bound copy of the minutes of the first meeting of directors;
  • Share certificates, and your company register;
  • The general power of attorney signed by a nominee director;
  • Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee director;
  • The agreement for the provision of nominee service and indemnification of nominee.
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  • This is our most popular package with the UK residents, and includes: -

  • The registration of your company from scratch using your own registered office address, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;
  • The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);
  • The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
  • The following documents, which need to be printed and signed, will be e-mailed to you upon formation of your company: -

  • A certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);
  • The memorandum & articles of association (requires PDF file reader);
  • The first meeting of the board of directors (requires PDF file reader);
  • Share certificates and a company register (requires PDF file reader).
  • *If you do not have an a valid address in the UK, which can be used as the registered office address for your company, please check our Economy package. The non-UK address cannot be acceptable as the office address for the UK company.

    This is our most popular package with the UK and EU residents, and includes: -

  • The registration your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, secretary (if needed), and shareholder;
  • The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);
  • The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
    • The provision of a registered office address for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);

    The following documents, which need to be printed and signed, will be e-mailed to you upon formation of your company: -

  • A certificate of incorporation (requires PDF file reader);
  • The memorandum & articles of association (requires PDF file reader);
  • The first meeting of the board of directors (requires PDF file reader);
  • Share certificates and a company register (requires PDF file reader).
  • This is another one very popular package with worldwide customers, and includes: -

  • The formation of a company limited by guarantee usually takes as little as five to seven working days from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The incorporation your BVI company limited by guarantee from scratch using our registered agent & registered office address, and appoint your own candidate to the role of a members;
  • The government and initiation fees for incorporation are included in the price of this package;
  • The search for a company name availability, confirmation, and reservation;
  • An original certificate of incorporation
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum & articles of association
  • The preparation and submission of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • A local registered office address and a local registered agent for 12 months are included in the price of this package (our registered agent & office address service are charged annually);
  • The provision of a nominee director for one year is also included in the price of this package (our nominee director service is charged annually);

  • To receive an original of the certificate of incorporation from the Companies Registrar usually takes as little as two to three days from the time of incorporation.
  • The following hard bound copy of corporate documents, will be posted to you upon formation of your company limited by guarantee: -

  • An original certificate of incorporation;
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • The minutes of the first meeting of the board of directors;
  • A completed register of directors and members;
  • An elegant printed membership certificates;
  • A pliers seal.
  • The general power of attorney signed by a nominee director (additional fee applies);
  • Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee director;
  • The agreement for the provision of a nominee service and indemnification of nominee.
  • This is our most popular package with international customers, and includes: -

  • The formation of a company limited by guarantee usually takes as little as five to seven working days from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The registration your BVI company limited by guarantee from scratch using our registered agent & registered office address, and appoint our own candidates to the role of a nominee director and a nominee member;
  • The government and initiation fees for incorporation are included in the price of this package;
  • The search for a company name availability, confirmation, and reservation;
  • The preparation and submission of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • A local registered office address and a local registered agent for one year are included in the price of this package (our registered agent & office address service are charged annually);
  • The provision of a nominee director for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our nominee director service is charged annually);
  • A completed register of directors and members
  • The provision of a nominee member for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our nominee member service is charged annually);

  • To receive an original of the certificate of incorporation from the Companies Registrar usually takes as little as two to three days from the time of incorporation.
  • The following hard bound copy of corporate documents, will be posted to you upon formation of your company limited by guarantee: -

  • An original certificate of incorporation;
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • The minutes of the first meeting of the board of directors;
  • A completed register of directors and members;
  • An elegant printed membership certificates;
  • A pliers seal.
  • Pre-signed, undated letters of resignation from a nominee director and a nominee member;
  • A general power of attorney signed by a nominee director (additional fee applies);
  • A declaration of trust from a nominee member;
  • An indemnity letter for the power of attorney;
  • A nominee agreement which provides for the indemnification of the nominees.
  • This is another one of our most popular packages for small and medium size businesses, such as those being run by a sole director from home, and for companies owned by overseas residents who still need a local registered office address, but would rather not open a local office in the UK;

    This package is often chosen by such customers, who are looking to minimise a sole director' personal liability (and who are not quite familiar with the UK corporate legislation), because this package includes thye provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months. This package is also includes: -

  • The registration your company from scratch using one of our registered office addresses, and appoint your own candidates to the roles of director, and shareholder;
  • The standard capital on formation is £1.00, this is divided into 1.00 ordinary share valued at £1.00 (a minimum of one share must be issued);
  • The formation of a limited company usually takes as little as four to six hours from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The government fee for incorporation is included in the price of this package;
    • The provision of a registered office address for 12 months is included in the price of this package (our registered office address service is charged annually);
    • The provision of a nominee secretary for 12 months is also included in the price of this package (our nominee secretary service is charged annually);

    The following hard bound copy of the corporate documents, will be send by post to you, upon formation of your private limited company: -

  • A laminated copy of the certificate of incorporation of your company;
  • A hard bound copy of the memorandum and articles of association;
  • A hard bound copy of the minutes of the first meeting of directors;
  • Share certificates, and your company register.
  • This is another one very popular package with worldwide customers, and includes: -

  • The formation of a limited partnership usually takes as little as five to seven working days from the time that your application and payment are received by Coddan;
  • The incorporation your BVI offshore limited partnership from scratch using our registered agent & registered office address, and appoint your own candidate to the role of a general partner;
  • The government and initiation fees for registration are included in the price of this package;
  • The search for a limited partnership name availability, confirmation, and reservation;
  • The preparation and submission of the partnership agreement;
  • A local registered office address and a local registered agent for 12 months are included in the price of this package (our registered agent & office address service are charged annually);
  • The provision of a nominee limited partner for one year is also included in the price of this package (our nominee limited partner service is charged annually);

  • To receive an original of the certificate of incorporation from the Companies Registrar usually takes as little as two to three days from the time of incorporation.
  • The following hard bound copy of corporate documents, will be posted to you upon formation of your offshore company: -

  • An original certificate of incorporation;
  • A hard bound copy of the partnership agreement;
  • The minutes of the first meeting of the board of partners;
  • A completed register of partners;
  • An elegant printed membership certificates;
  • A pliers seal;
  • The general power of attorney signed by a nominee limited partner (additional fee applies);
  • Pre-signed, undated resignation letter from a nominee limited partner;
  • The agreement for the provision of a nominee service and indemnification of nominee.
  • This is our most popular package with international customers, and includes: -

    This is our most popular package with international customers, and includes: -

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    Part V
     
    Agricultural Buildings etc.
     
    Chapter I
     
    Agriculture

    Allowances for expenditure incurred before 1st April 1986.

            122.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, where the owner or tenant of any agricultural land has, before 1st April 1986 or, if it is expenditure under an existing contract, before 1st April 1987, incurred any capital expenditure on the construction of farmhouses, farm buildings, cottages, fences or other works, there shall be made to him during a writing-down period of 8 years beginning with the chargeable period related to the incurring of that expenditure, writing-down allowances of an aggregate amount equal to four-fifths of that expenditure.

        (2) In any case where by virtue of subsection (3A) of section 68 of the 1968 Act the aggregate amount of allowances and the period during which allowances may be made under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of that section (and accordingly also under subsection (1) above) are increased, the amount of the allowances and the period during which they may be made under subsection (1) above shall be similarly increased.

        (3) Where a person would, if he continued to be the owner or, as the case may be, the tenant of any land, be entitled under this section to a writing-down allowance in respect of any expenditure, and the whole of his interest in the land in question, or in any part of the land in question, is transferred, whether by operation of law or otherwise, to some other person, then, subject to subsection (4) below, for the part of the writing-down period falling after the date of the transfer, the person to whom the interest is transferred shall, to the exclusion of the person from whom it is transferred, be entitled to the allowances (a writing-down allowance to either of them for a chargeable period falling partly before and partly within that part of the writing-down period being reduced accordingly).

        (4) Where the interest transferred is in part only of the land, subsection (3) above shall apply to so much of the allowance as is properly referable to that part of the land as if it were a separate allowance.

        (5) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) above, where an interest in land is a tenancy and that tenancy comes to an end, that interest shall be deemed to have been transferred—
       (a) if an incoming tenant makes any payment to the outgoing tenant in respect of assets representing the expenditure, to the incoming tenant, and
       (b) in any other case, to the owner of the interest in immediate reversion on the tenancy.
        (6) For the purposes of this section as it applies for income tax purposes, the basis period for a year of assessment is the year ending with 31st March next preceding that year of assessment, or with such other date as may be agreed by the owner or tenant in question and the inspector, and section 160 shall not apply for the purposes of this section.

        (7) Subject to any provision to the contrary, any reference to this Part which is contained in this Part does not include a reference to this section.

    Allowances for expenditure incurred after 31st March 1986.

            123.    Subject to the following provisions of this Part, if a person having a major interest in any agricultural land has incurred or incurs, after 31st March 1986 or, if it is expenditure under an existing contract, after 31st March 1987, any capital expenditure on the construction of farmhouses, farm buildings, cottages, fences or other works, there shall be made to him during a writing-down period of 25 years beginning on the first day of the chargeable period related to the incurring of the expenditure, writing-down allowances of an aggregate amount equal to that expenditure.

    Expenditure qualifying for allowances.

            124.—(1) No expenditure shall be taken into account for the purposes of this Part, including section 122, unless it is incurred for the purposes of husbandry on the agricultural land in question, and—
       (a) where the expenditure is on a farmhouse, one-third only of the expenditure shall be taken into account, or, if the accommodation and amenities of the farmhouse are out of due relation to the nature and extent of the farm, such proportion thereof not greater than one-third as may be just,
       (b) where expenditure is incurred on any asset other than a farmhouse, being an asset which is to serve partly the purposes of husbandry and partly other purposes, such apportionment of the expenditure shall be made for the purposes of this Part as may be just.
        (2) In any case where—
       (a) capital expenditure is incurred on the construction of any building, fence or other works, but
       (b) when the building, fence or other works comes to be used it is not used for the purposes of husbandry,
    the expenditure shall be left out of account for the purposes of this Part and, accordingly, any writing-down allowance made in respect of the expenditure under section 123 shall be withdrawn and all such assessments and adjustments of assessments shall be made as may be necessary to give effect to that withdrawal.

        (3) Where an allowance or charge is or has been made under section 24 by reference to an amount of qualifying expenditure which took account of a particular amount of capital expenditure, that capital expenditure shall be left out of account for the purposes of this Part.
      This subsection shall not have effect in relation to any chargeable period or its basis period ending after 26th July 1989.

    Meaning of "major interest" and "the relevant interest".

            125.—(1) In this Part a "major interest" in land means—
       (a) the fee simple estate in the land or an agreement to acquire that estate;
       (b) in Scotland, the estate or interest of the proprietor of the dominium utile (or, in the case or property other than feudal property, of the owner) and any agreement to acquire such an estate or interest, and
       (c) a lease.
        (2) Subject to the provisions of this section, in this Part "the relevant interest" means, in relation to any expenditure falling within section 123, the major interest in the agricultural land concerned to which the person who incurred the expenditure was entitled when he incurred it.

        (3) Where, when he incurs expenditure falling within section 123, a person is entitled to two or more major interests in the agricultural land concerned, and one of those interests is an interest which is in reversion on all the others, that interest is the relevant interest for the purposes of this Part.

        (4) A major interest shall not cease to be the relevant interest for the purposes of this Part by reason of the creation of any lease (or other interest) to which the interest is subject; and where the relevant interest is a lease which is extinguished—
       (a) by reason of the surrender thereof, or
       (b) on the person entitled thereto acquiring the interest which is the reversion on the relevant interest,
    then, unless a new lease of the land concerned is granted to take effect on the extinguishment of the former lease, the interest into which that lease merges shall thereupon become the relevant interest.

    Transfers of relevant interest.

            126.—(1) In any case where—
       (a) if a person ("the former owner") continued to be the owner of the relevant interest in any land, he would be entitled to a writing-down allowance in respect of any expenditure, and
       (b) another person ("the new owner") acquires the relevant interest in the whole or part of that land (whether by transfer, by operation of law or otherwise),
    the former owner shall not be entitled to an allowance under this Part for any chargeable period of his after that related to the acquisition and the new owner shall be entitled to allowances under this Part for the chargeable period of his related to the acquisition and for subsequent chargeable periods falling within the writing-down period.

        (2) If, in a case falling within subsection (1) above, the date of the acquisition occurs during a chargeable period of the former owner or its basis period, he shall be entitled only to an appropriate portion of an allowance for the chargeable period related to the acquisition and, similarly, if the date of the acquisition occurs during a chargeable period of the new owner or its basis period, he shall be entitled only to an appropriate portion of an allowance for the chargeable period (of his) related to the acquisition.

        (3) Where the new owner acquires the relevant interest in part only of the land concerned, subsections (1) and (2) above shall apply to so much only of the allowance as is properly referable to that part of the land as if it were a separate allowance.

        (4) Where section 125(4) applies and the person who owns the interest into which the lease is merged is not the same as the person who owned the lease, the relevant interest shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as acquired by the owner of the interest into which the lease is merged.

        (5) Where the relevant interest is a lease which comes to an end and section 125(4) does not apply, then, for the purposes of this Part—
       (a) if a new lease is granted to a person who makes any payment to the outgoing lessee in respect of assets representing the expenditure in question, the new lease shall be treated as the same interest as the former lease and, accordingly, the relevant interest shall be treated as acquired by the incoming lessee; and
       (b) if a new lease is granted to the person who was the lessee under the former lease, the new lease shall be treated as the same interest as the former lease; and
       (c) in any other case, the former lease and the interest of the person who was the landlord under the former lease shall be treated as the same interest and, accordingly, the relevant interest shall be treated as acquired by that person.
        (6) If, by virtue only of the operation of subsections (1) to (5) above and, where appropriate, section 146(2) and (3), the total allowances which, apart from this subsection, would fall to be made under this Part in respect of any expenditure during the writing-down period appropriate to it would be less than the amount of that expenditure, then, for the chargeable period in which that writing-down period ends, the allowance in respect of that expenditure shall be increased to such amount as will secure that the total of the allowances equals the amount of that expenditure.

        (7) This section has effect subject to sections 127 to 133.

    Buildings etc. bought unused.

            127.—(1) This section applies where expenditure falling within section 123 is expenditure on the construction of a building, fence or other works and, before the building, fence or works comes to be used, the relevant interest is sold.

        (2) Where this section applies—
       (a) the expenditure shall be left out of account for the purposes of this Part and, accordingly, any writing-down allowance made in respect of the expenditure shall be withdrawn and all such assessments and adjustments of assessments shall be made as may be necessary to give effect to that withdrawal;
       (b) section 126 shall not apply; and
       (c) the person who buys the relevant interest shall be treated for the purposes of this Part as having incurred, on the date when the purchase price becomes payable, expenditure falling within section 123 on the construction of the building, fence or other works.
        (3) The expenditure referred to in subsection (2)(c) above is whichever is the lesser of—
       (a) the net price paid by the person concerned for the purchase of the relevant interest; and
       (b) the expenditure referred to in subsection (1) above.
        (4) Where the relevant interest is sold more than once in circumstances falling within subsection (1) above, subsection (2)(c) and (3) above shall have effect only in relation to the last of those sales.

    Balancing allowances and charges.

            128.—(1) If, in respect of any expenditure falling within section 123, a balancing event occurs in a chargeable period or its basis period and, apart from this section, a person would be entitled to a writing-down allowance in respect of that expenditure for the chargeable period related to that event, no such allowance shall be made but an allowance or charge (a "balancing allowance" or "balancing charge") shall, in the circumstances mentioned below, be made for that period to or, as the case may be, on the person entitled to the relevant interest immediately before that event occurs.

        (2) In relation to any expenditure, the amount of any balancing allowance or charge shall be determined in accordance with the following provisions of this section by reference to—
       (a) the residue of that expenditure, that is to say, the amount of that expenditure falling to be taken into account for the purposes of this Part less the aggregate of any writing-down allowances made in respect of it (whether or not to the person to or on whom the allowance or charge is to be made); and
       (b) subject to subsection (3) below, any sale, insurance, salvage or compensation moneys related to the event which gives rise to the balancing allowance or balancing charge.
        (3) If, by virtue of section 124(1)(a) or (b), only a portion of any expenditure falls to be taken into account for the purposes of this Part, any reference in subsections (4) and (5) below to the sale, insurance, salvage or compensation moneys is a reference only to the like portion of those moneys.

        (4) Where there are no sale, insurance, salvage or compensation moneys or where the residue of the expenditure immediately before the balancing event exceeds those moneys, a balancing allowance shall be made of an amount equal to that residue or, as the case may be, to the excess of it over those moneys.

        (5) If the sale, insurance, salvage or compensation moneys exceed the residue of the expenditure immediately before the event, a balancing charge shall be made on an amount equal to that excess.

        (6) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (5) above, in no case shall the amount on which a balancing charge is made on any person exceed the amount of the writing-down allowances made to him in respect of the expenditure before the balancing event.

        (7) If a balancing event relates to—
       (a) the acquisition of the relevant interest in part only of the land in which it subsisted at the time the expenditure was incurred, or
       (b) only part of the building, fence or other works on the construction of which the expenditure was incurred,
    subsections (1) to (6) above shall apply to so much of the expenditure as is properly attributable to the part of the land, building, fence or other works concerned, as if it were an item of expenditure separate from the rest.

        (8) Where—
       (a) before 6th April 1990, a woman was entitled to the relevant interest in relation to expenditure falling within section 123 (whether she was entitled to it when the expenditure was incurred or acquired it afterwards);
       (b) for a chargeable period ending before that date, an allowance under section 123 was made to the woman's husband in respect of her relevant interest; and
       (c) on or after that date there occurs an event which is a balancing event and in respect of which the woman is entitled to all or part of any sale, insurance, salvage or compensation moneys,
    the allowance shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (6) above as having been made to the woman.

    Balancing events.

            129.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, in relation to expenditure ("the original expenditure") for which, apart from section 128, a person ("the former owner") would be entitled to a writing-down allowance, the following events are balancing events for the purposes of this Part—
       (a) the acquisition of the relevant interest by another person ("the new owner") as mentioned in section 126; and
       (b) where any building, fence or other works on the construction of which the expenditure was incurred is demolished, destroyed or otherwise ceases to exist as such.
        (2) An event falling within subsection (1) above is not a balancing event for the purposes of this Part unless an election is made with respect to that event by notice given to the inspector not more than two years after the end of the chargeable period related to the occurrence of the event.

        (3) Where, during the writing-down period applicable to the original expenditure, a balancing event falling within subsection (1)(a) above occurs, the amount of any writing-down allowances to which the new owner is entitled for chargeable periods which, or the basis periods for which, end after the balancing event shall be determined as if—
       (a) that part of the writing-down period applicable to the original expenditure which falls after the balancing event were itself the writing-down period in which the allowances in respect of that expenditure were to be made; and
       (b) the allowances were in respect of expenditure equal to the residue of the original expenditure (determined under section 128(2)(a)) immediately before the balancing event less the amount of any balancing allowance made to the former owner or, as the case may be, plus the amount on which any balancing charge was made on him by reason of the balancing event.
        (4) Subject to subsection (5) below, an election under this section shall be made as follows—
       (a) where the event falls within subsection (1)(a) above, jointly by the former owner and the new owner; and
       (b) where the event falls within subsection (1)(b) above, by the former owner.
        (5) No election may be made under this section if any person by whom that election should be made is not within the charge to tax in the United Kingdom; and no election may be made in relation to an acquisition falling within subsection (1)(a) above if it appears with respect to that acquisition, or with respect to transactions of which that acquisition is one, that the sole or main benefit which (apart from section 157) might have been expected to accrue to the parties or any of them was the obtaining of an allowance, or a greater allowance, under this Part.

    Restriction of balancing allowances on sale of buildings.

            130.—(1) This section has effect where—
       (a) the relevant interest in a building is sold subject to a subordinate interest; and
       (b) a balancing allowance under section 128 would, apart from this section, fall to be made to the person who is entitled to the relevant interest immediately before the sale ("the former owner") by virtue of the sale; and
       (c) either—
         (i) the former owner, the person to whom the relevant interest is sold and the grantee of the subordinate interest, or any two of them, are connected with each other within the terms of section 839 of the principal Act, or
         (ii) it appears with respect to the sale or to the grant of the subordinate interest, or with respect to transactions including the sale or grant, that the sole or main benefit which, apart from this section, might have been expected to accrue to the parties or any of them was the obtaining of an allowance under this Part.
        (2) For the purposes of section 128, the net proceeds to the former owner of the sale—
       (a) shall be taken to be increased by an amount equal to any premium receivable by him for the grant of the subordinate interest; and
       (b) where no rent, or no commercial rent, is payable in respect of the subordinate interest, shall be taken to be what those proceeds would have been if a commercial rent had been payable and the relevant interest had been sold in the open market (increased by any amount to be added under paragraph (a) above);
    but the net proceeds of sale shall not by virtue of this subsection be taken to be greater than such amount as will secure that no balancing allowance falls to be made.

        (3) Where subsection (2) above operates in relation to a sale to deny or reduce a balancing allowance in respect of any expenditure, section 129(3) shall have effect as if that balancing allowance had been made or, as the case may be, had not been reduced.

        (4) In this section—
      "subordinate interest" means any interest in or right over the building in question (whether granted by the former owner or by somebody else);
      "premium" includes any capital consideration except so much of any sum as corresponds to any amount of rent or profits falling to be computed by reference to that sum under section 34 of the principal Act (premium treated as rent or Schedule D profits);
      "capital consideration" means consideration which consists of a capital sum or would be a capital sum if it had taken the form of a money payment;
      "rent" includes any consideration which is not capital consideration;
      "commercial rent" means such rent as may reasonably be expected to have been required in respect of the subordinate interest in question (having regard to any premium payable for the grant of the interest) if the transaction had been at arm's length.
        (5) Where the terms on which a subordinate interest is granted are varied before the sale of the relevant interest, any capital consideration for the variation shall be treated for the purposes of this section as a premium for the grant of the interest, and the question whether any and, if so, what rent is payable in respect of the interest shall be determined by reference to the terms as in force immediately before the sale.
     
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