Full Expensing vs The Annual Investment Allowance – Battle of the allowances

Many companies will be starting to think about ‘full expensing’, which was temporarily introduced at the 2023 Spring Budget and made…

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What’s all this about double cab pick-ups?

Double cab pick-ups have been in the news (at least the tax news!) over the last few weeks. I must admit…

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Don’t forget research and development (R&D) capital allowances!

The issue R&D tax credits have been around for over 20 years now.  However, many people are unaware that the regime…

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Can abortive deal costs ever be allowable?

The issue Whenever a transaction completes there are usually sellers who need to calculate their capital gains and pay tax in…

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Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) will drop down

The issue The annual investment allowance (AIA) allows a 100% tax deduction for qualifying expenditure (most expenditure which qualifies for capital…

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Use or lose the structures and buildings allowance

The issue A longstanding frustration of businesses is that most capital expenditure on commercial buildings does not benefit from capital allowances…

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£1 elections may not take capital allowances off the table

The issue When a property is sold it is quite common for the vendor to insist on a £1 ‘section 198…

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Be quick – Annual Investment Allowance set to fall

The Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) – the maximum amount of business expenditure that can be fully deducted on qualifying plant and…

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Tax Bite – Benefiting from the Annual Investment Allowance where cash is tight

In the 2014 Budget the Chancellor announced an increase in the Annual Investment Allowance (“AIA”) – which provides for a 100%…

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