Estates Gazette Front Page Ad: Enhanced Capital Allowances
By : Julie Davies
October 3, 2019
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Groundhog Day – HMRC Loses Appeal To Upper Tax Tribunal: Late Capital Allowances Claim
By : Julie Davies
August 8, 2019
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Further to our article titled ‘The Lazarus Impact – Making very Late Capital Allowances Claims’ where the First Tier Tax Tribunal allowed a pub company (the taxpayer) to file a very late capital allowances claim. HMRC appealed the First Tier Tax Tribunal’s decision at the Upper Tax Tribunal.
The taxpayer won again and HMRC
lost the […]
Definition of what Constitutes Qualifying Expenditure for BPRA Claims
By : Julie Davies
May 9, 2019
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LONDON LUTON HOTEL BPRA PROPERTY FUND LLP V THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HMRC
FIRST TIER TRIBUNAL TAX CHAMBER
This is a significant case heard by the First Tier Tribunal
(FTT) concerning a BPRA claim and the definition of qualifying expenditure ‘on
or in connection with’. HMRC have
typically considered that BPRA claims often include items of expenditure that
they deem […]
Structures and Buildings Allowances – Update
Following the announcement in October 2018 of the
introduction of a new capital allowance for expenditure incurred on non-residential
structures and buildings (SBA), HMRC have now published detailed secondary
legislation for consultation.
Comments are invited by 24th April 2019, with an
overall response to the consultation published in May 2019.
Once finalised, it will be introduced as a Statutory
Instrument and the […]
Resolving Capital Allowances Figures where Buyer and Seller are unable to agree quantum of Allowances on a Nursing Home
By : Julie Davies
March 15, 2019
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GLAIS HOUSE CARE LIMITED V THE COMISSIONER FOR HER MAJESTY’S REVENUE & CUSTOMS [2019]
UKFTT 0059 (TC)
Summary
HMRC has lost an interesting capital allowances case where it tried to limit the Taxpayer’s purchase price attributable to second-hand fixed plant and machinery to £1. The tax payer had claimed allowances of £318,792 based […]
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Capital Allowances Plant and Machinery in a Civil Engineering Context Update
By : Julie Davies
February 28, 2019
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UPDATE ON CASE
SSE GENERATION LIMITED V THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HMRC
HMRC TO CHALLENGE THE FIRST TIER TRIBUNAL TAX CHAMBER RULING
HMRC have decided to challenge the ruling given by the First Tier Tax Tribunal which they considered was largely in favour of the taxpayer. The case is to be heard by […]
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Capital Allowances: HMRC Clutching Straws on a Grain Storage Structure
By : Julie Davies
February 13, 2019
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HMRC clutching straws on a grain storage structure :
Stephen May and another v HMRC [2019] UKFTT 32 (TC)
Overview
There has been a capital allowance case to determine whether a facility for drying, conditioning and storage of grain is a “silo provided for temporary storage” within the meaning of Capital Allowances Act […]
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Capital Allowances Plant and Machinery in a Civil Engineering Context
By : Julie Davies
October 3, 2018
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SSE GENERATION LIMITED V THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HMRC
FIRST TIER TRIBUNAL TAX CHAMBER
This is the first significant capital allowances case since IRC v Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd [1969] where expenditure on capital allowances has been considered for civil engineering type expenditure.
Of particular interest is just how far […]
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