BIM65801 - Solicitors: bank interest received: chargeability

Bank interest received and retainable by a solicitor on the investment of clients' or his own business moneys should normally be assessed under Case III of Schedule D.

Interest on money subject to a trust of which the solicitor is a trustee is separately chargeable under Case III of Schedule D (see TSEM3035).

As regards assessment procedure, see CD1100.

See BIM65820 as regards temporary loans made by solicitors.