(1) Where, in computing for any of the purposes of the Tax Acts the profits or gains of a profession which has been discontinued, a valuation is taken of the work of the profession in progress at the discontinuance, that work shall be valued as follows:
(a) if the work is transferred for money or any other valuable consideration to a person who carries on or intends to carry on a profession in the State, and the cost of the work may be deducted by that person as an expense in computing for any such purpose the profits or gains of that profession, the value of the work shall be taken to be the amount paid or other consideration given for the transfer;
(b) if the work is not to be valued under paragraph (a), its value shall be taken to be the amount which would have been paid for a transfer of the work on the date of the discontinuance as between parties at arm's length.
(2) Where a profession is discontinued and the person by whom it was carried on immediately before the discontinuance
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