Finance Act, 1955

Amendment as to exemption from income tax of profits of trades carried on by charities.

3.—Subsection (1) of section 30 of the Finance Act, 1921 , is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) from income tax under Schedule D in respect of the profits of a trade carried on by any charity, if the profits are applied solely to the purposes of the charity and either—

(i) the trade is exercised in the course of the actual carrying out of a primary purpose of the charity, or

(ii) the work in connection with the trade is mainly carried on by beneficiaries of the charity.”