HC Deb 30 April 1931 vol 251 c1810
62. Sir F. HALL

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the attitude taken up by the Inland Revenue authorities in a number of cases recently in refusing to allow trading companies to set off investment losses against trading profits is in accordance with established practice?

Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCE

It is settled law that in the computation of trading profits for Income Tax purposes no regard can be had either to capital losses or to capital gains.