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    HMRC internal manual

    Business Income Manual

    From:
    HM Revenue & Customs
    Published
    22 November 2013
    Updated:
    3 June 2025 - See all updates
    1. Back to contents
    2. BIM20000

    BIM20200 - Meaning of trade: badges of trade: contents

    1. BIM20201
      The origin of the concept
    2. BIM20205
      Summary
    3. BIM20210
      Profit-seeking motive
    4. BIM20215
      Profit-seeking motive - not main purpose
    5. BIM20220
      Profit-seeking motive - fiscal purpose
    6. BIM20230
      Isolated transactions
    7. BIM20235
      Repeated operations
    8. BIM20240
      Repeated operations - later transactions reflecting on first
    9. BIM20245
      Nature of the asset
    10. BIM20250
      Income-producing assets
    11. BIM20255
      Assets acquired for personal enjoyment
    12. BIM20260
      Assets with no income yield or 'pride of possession'
    13. BIM20265
      Quantity purchased
    14. BIM20270
      Connections with existing trade
    15. BIM20275
      Modification of the asset
    16. BIM20280
      Organisation of the activity
    17. BIM20285
      Sales organisation
    18. BIM20290
      Company formed for the purpose of the transaction
    19. BIM20295
      Reasons for sale
    20. BIM20300
      Method of finance
    21. BIM20305
      Funding from an existing trade
    22. BIM20310
      Interval of time between purchase and sale
    23. BIM20315
      Supervening trade
    24. BIM20401
      Intention - stated intention
    25. BIM20405
      Intention - unequivocal and equivocal transactions
    26. BIM20410
      Intention - dual motive transactions
    27. BIM20415
      Intention - dual motive transactions - links to non-trading undertakings or charities
    28. BIM20420
      Memorandum of association
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