Finance Act, 1916

Provision as to accounting period.

51. It is hereby declared that, for the purpose of subsection (2) of section thirty-eight of the principal Act, any period for which the books of a trade or business have been actually made up for any interim or other purpose in such a manner that the profits for that period can be readily ascertained is (without prejudice to the powers of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue under that provision) to be taken as an accounting period, notwithstanding that under the articles of association of the company carrying on the trade or business or under any other regulations affecting the carrying on of the trade or business the accounts are also required to be made up for some other peiod, and notwithstanding that such accounts are not issued.