Eclipse Film Partners No 35 LPP v Revenue and Customs Commissioners – WLR Daily

Posted February 19th, 2015 in appeals, HM Revenue & Customs, income tax, interest, law reports, taxation by sally

Eclipse Film Partners No 35 LPP v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015 EWCA Civ 95; [2015] WLR (D) 71

‘On the proper meaning and application of “trade” in sections 5 and 863(1) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 and section 362 (1)(b) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 the taxpayer carried on the business of exploiting films not amounting to a trade. Accordingly, the taxpayer’s members were not entitled to tax relief in respect of interest on their borrowings.’

WLR Daily, 17th February 2015

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