Deduction for expenditure incurred on immovable property while vacant
14ZF.—(1) This section applies where an immovable property used by a person to derive rental income chargeable to tax under section 10(1)(f), in the basis period for the year of assessment 2022 or a subsequent year of assessment, is vacant during any part of the basis period.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), for the purpose of ascertaining the rental income derived during the basis period by the person from the immovable property that is chargeable to tax under section 10(1)(f), there is to be allowed a deduction for —
(a)
any expenditure incurred by the person for the repair, insurance, maintenance or upkeep of the immovable property while it is vacant during that basis period; and
(b)
any amount paid during that basis period in respect of property tax charged on that immovable property.
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(3) A deduction under subsection (2) is allowed to a person only if the Comptroller is satisfied that the person has made reasonable efforts in the circumstances to procure a lessee for the immovable property while it is vacant during the basis period.