CIRD46030 - Intangible assets: special rules for restricted assets: when an intangible asset is restricted – the three cases

CTA09/S900B – S900D

Summary of the three cases

CTA09/S900B – S900D determine when an intangible fixed asset is restricted by reference to three cases. Broadly:

• CTA09/S900B deals with the more straightforward types of transaction that involve a transfer. See CIRD46040+
• CTA09/S900C deals with transactions that typically involve the grant of a licence (the asset concerned), where the underlying asset, ‘the other asset’, continues to exist following the grant of a licence. See CIRD46060.
• CTA09/S900D deals with any other transactions not within CTA09/S900B or S900C. See CIRD46070.

For a restriction to apply within Chapter 16A, the asset must come within one of the three cases. You should therefore consider each case in turn. If none of the three cases apply, the asset should not be restricted.