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- November 17, 2014 at 6:47 pm #210771
Hi Sir,
Do you pro-rata acquired equipments or car lets say in mid year either in Main pool and Special pool.
When working out CA – do you do 6/12 of the amount? Is that applicable for both Sole trader and Corporate?
Thanks
November 19, 2014 at 12:32 am #211146ys u do pro rata wda on main pool and special pool for individual as per period of accounts and nt as acquisition date.
November 19, 2014 at 11:47 am #211250The date within the accounting period that the business incurs the capital expenditure does not affect the available capital allowance. The AIA and WDA will however be time apportioned based on the length of the accounting period itself (as stated by Pooja above). If the accounting period is 9 months then 9/12 of the AIA and WDA will be available irrespective of the date within the period that the expenditure is incurred.
This will only be seen for an unincorporated trader in the opening period of trading that may be either more or less than 12 months. For a company the capital allowance computation is prepared for the chargeable accounting period which can never be longer than 12 months but you may see a short chargeable accounting period in either the company’s first period of trading or whenever it changes its accounting date.
Remember that we never time apportion the FYANovember 19, 2014 at 11:53 am #211251ok thanks..
Just one more question which require your kind assistance.
If we have a capital loss of lets say £10,000 in 12/13.. In 13/14, we have a capital gain of £5000.
As there is AEA available of £10,800. Hence, how do we use the capital loss c/f from 12/13? Or as the AEA is already cover up the gain. Can we c/f again the loss £10,000 from 12/13 to 14/15?
November 19, 2014 at 8:37 pm #211429Capital losses b/f are only used against gains in excess of the AEA, so that in your example the capital loss b/f from 12/13 will not be used at all in 13/14 and will be c/f to 14/15.
Look at OT course notes chapter 12 section 2 and then work example 6.November 20, 2014 at 4:48 am #211497AEA is 10900 for this tax year
November 20, 2014 at 9:05 am #211534Don’t matter. It is the last thing which need to remember, it is given in the exam.
November 20, 2014 at 1:29 pm #211615AEA is 10,900 for 2013/14 and will be given in the exam on the rates and allowances pages provided.
November 21, 2014 at 9:34 pm #212039Sir, if you check June 2011 question ( molten metal Plc) you will observe that the cost of the second hand building of £378,000 was not included in neither the capital allowance computations nor the chargeable gain computations. Please what could be the reason for that?
November 24, 2014 at 6:41 pm #212817A building is not plant and machinery and therefore does not attract capital allowances other than for any integral features. As the building is purchased not sold neither is there any chargeable gain to compute.
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