Ascertainment of income from business of making investments
10E.—(1)  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, in determining the income of a company or trustee of a property trust derived from any business of the making of investments, the following provisions shall apply:
(a)any outgoings and expenses incurred by the company or trustee of a property trust in respect of investments of that business which do not produce any income shall not be allowed as a deduction under section 14 for that business or other income of the company or trustee of a property trust;
(b)any outgoings and expenses incurred by the company or trustee of a property trust in respect of investments of that business which produce any income shall only be available as a deduction under section 14 against the income derived from such investments and any excess of such outgoings and expenses over such income in any year shall be disregarded; and
(c)the allowances under sections 19, 19A, 20 and 21 relating to that business shall only be available as a deduction against the income derived from investments of that business which produce any income and the balance of the allowances in any year shall be disregarded.
[32/95; 37/2002]
(1A)  Where subsection (1) would apply to the originator of any approved Islamic debt securities arrangement if that arrangement had not been entered into, that subsection shall continue to apply to the originator as if the arrangement had not been entered into.
[53/2007]
(2)  In this section —
“approved Islamic debt securities arrangement” and “originator” have the same meanings as in section 10(28);
“business of the making of investments” includes the business of letting immovable properties;
“immovable property-related assets” means debt securities and shares issued by property companies, mortgaged-backed securities, other property trust funds, and assets incidental to the ownership of immovable properties;
“investments” means securities, immovable properties and immovable property-related assets;
“property trust” means a trust which invests in immovable properties or immovable property-related assets.
[32/95; 37/2002; 53/2007]