Capital Allowances Act 2001 section 290

Election to treat grant of lease exceeding 50 years as sale

Section 290 allows a lessor and lessee to jointly elect that the grant of a long lease (over 50 years) on a building is treated as a sale of the relevant interest, so that the lessee rather than the lessor becomes entitled to capital allowances.

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