BLM40135 - Taxation of long funding leases: long funding finance lessors: bad debts


Where a debt under a long funding finance lease turns out to be bad the bad debt may be reflected in a reduction in rental earnings and/or as a loss elsewhere in the accounts. The loss will therefore be relieved under ICTA88/S502B or ICTA88/S502C, as appropriate.

Any later recovery of the bad debt would be taxed under ICTA88/S502C unless it was taken through rental earnings, in which case it would be taxed under ICTA88/S502B.