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Xxyzc4y ago
In the example 32, of business asset disposal relief section, finance act 2020 technical article the warehouse has been mentioned to not qualify for business asset disposal relief. whereas in example 1 chapter 14 of the notes warehouse does qualify for business asset disposal relief. Why is it so
Aarkadiusz4y ago#1
I assume the reason is that in Chapter 14 example 1 Susan sells the whole or significant part of business, not the asset used in trade but asset used for business
TTTax Tutor4y ago#2
In the FA 2020 article - the question specifically states that the warehouse has never been used for business purposes - it is therefore clearly not eligible for business asset disposal relief. In my example in the notes there is no such statement - the warehouse has therefore been used in the business and is therefore included in the calculation of the relief
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