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CAPITAL ALLOWANCES 2021
A round-up of our most popular and topical articles covering capital allowances case law, legislation changes, news and related...

Bryan Crawford
Dec 7, 20217 min read


Tax Costs of Commercial Property Insurance Claims
Article exploring the capital gains tax and capital allowances position of commercial property insurance claims.

Bryan Crawford
Sep 14, 20214 min read


Work in Progress and Capital Allowances
An article on the practical aspects of making capital allowances claims on construction works that are accounted for as Work in Progress.

Bryan Crawford
Sep 14, 20217 min read


Structures and Building Allowances Simplification
Article explaining FA2021 changes to the Structures and Building Allowances statements and simplification rules.

Bryan Crawford
Sep 14, 20212 min read


Farming Partnership Loses Holiday Cottage Tax Claim
A salient reminder on the need for owners (in this case a farming partnership) to plan all stages for tax purposes

Bryan Crawford
Aug 5, 20212 min read


Specialist potato storage warehouse win for taxpayer
Warehouse treated as a 'cold store' and 'silo for temporary storage' enabling capital allowances win at Tribunal.

Bryan Crawford
Aug 5, 20214 min read


Free Online Super Deductions Course
A short online course on the new capital allowances super deductions designed to inform students on how the relief operates, key timings etc

Bryan Crawford
Jun 24, 20211 min read


A Badly Drafted Closure Notice
This case concerns closure notices in a capital allowances claim for software licenses held in 2018.

Bryan Crawford
May 5, 20213 min read


Notable Victory for Eurocentral Investors
This was a notable victory for the taxpayer as some £13m of tax allowances depended almost entirely on the true meaning of 'temporary'.

Bryan Crawford
May 5, 20213 min read


Satellite Launch Costs
The recent case of Inmarsat Global Limited v The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs [2021] UKUT0059(TCC) is an appeal...

Bryan Crawford
Apr 7, 20214 min read


Gas Storage Caverns as Plant
Can a hole in the ground be an item of plant or machinery? The hole here was in fact a sophisticated underground cavern which had been...

Bryan Crawford
Apr 7, 20215 min read


Super Deductions for Landlords Update
Following last month’s budget announcement on the Capital Allowances Super Deduction, we have received a response from the Capital...

Bryan Crawford
Apr 7, 20212 min read


Super Deductions for Capital Expenditure
Today’s budget announced a temporary increase in tax relief for companies who invest in certain types of new plant and machinery

Bryan Crawford
Mar 3, 20214 min read


Reduce Workload and Costs in Your Claims
How do you get the best capital allowances results for your business for the least amount of work and hassle – the answer could lie in...

Bryan Crawford
Feb 8, 20214 min read


Tighter Incentives for Green Cars on Statute Books
On 5th February the government passed the legislation announced in Budget 2020 to extend and tighten the availability of 100% First Year...

Bryan Crawford
Feb 8, 20212 min read


Defending Structure Claims as Plant
The case of Revenue and Customs Commissioners v SSE Generation Ltd [2021] will be of interest to anyone involved in capital allowances...

Bryan Crawford
Feb 3, 20216 min read


The Importance of Working Together
Co-operation and planning with fixtures sales are essential to make the most of any capital allowances in the deal involved

Bryan Crawford
Dec 1, 20206 min read


Freeports Tax Incentives
The UK Government open up a bidding process in England to establish at least seven new Freeports.

Bryan Crawford
Dec 1, 20205 min read


Countdown to COP26
With the UN Climate Change Conference UK 2021 coming to Glasgow in less than 12 months time we wanted to shine a spotlight on tax

Bryan Crawford
Dec 1, 20202 min read


Capital Allowances Elections OTS Review
The OTS has now concluded its latest review into capital allowances elections and made the following recommendations

Bryan Crawford
Oct 29, 20203 min read
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