Capital Allowances Act 2001

Recovery of allowances given in cases where prohibition applies U.K.

114 Prohibited allowances: standard recovery mechanism U.K.

(1) If—

(a) a first-year allowance, a writing-down allowance or a balancing allowance has been made in respect of expenditure incurred in providing plant or machinery, and

(b) at any time in the designated period, an event occurs such that the expenditure is brought within section 110(2) (cases where allowances are prohibited),

the following provisions have effect in relation to the person owning the plant or machinery immediately before that event.

(2) For the chargeable period in which the event occurs, the owner is—

(a) liable to a balancing charge of an amount equal to A — R, and

(b) required to bring into account a disposal value of an amount equal to E - (A - R).

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2)—

• A is the amount of any allowances within subsection (1)(a),

• R is any amount previously recovered under section 111 or 112 (recovery of excess allowances), and

• E is the amount of the expenditure referred to in subsection (1)(a).

(4) For the purpose of calculating A, the amount of the allowances made in respect of expenditure on an item of plant or machinery is to be determined as if that item were the only item of plant or machinery in relation to which Chapter 5 had effect.

115 Prohibited allowances: connected persons U.K.

(1) Section 114 applies with the modifications in subsection (2) in a case in which—

(a) an amount falls to be treated as a balancing charge under that section,

(b) the person on whom the balancing charge is to be imposed acquired the plant or machinery in question as a result of a transaction between connected persons (or a series of transactions each of which was between connected persons),

[F1 (c) the transaction was not effected (or, if more than one, none of the transactions was effected) on the occasion of a change in the persons carrying on the qualifying activity—

(i) which falls within [F2 Chapter 1 of Part 22 of CTA 2010 (transfers of trade] without change of ownership), or

(ii) in relation to which Condition A or Condition B is met, and]

(d) a first-year allowance, a writing-down allowance or a balancing allowance in respect of expenditure on the provision of that plant or machinery has been made to any of those persons.

[F3 (1A) Condition A is that—

(a) at least one person who carried on the qualifying activity immediately before or immediately after the change was within the charge to income tax in respect of that activity, and

(b) at least one person who carried on the qualifying activity before the change continued to carry it on after the change.

(1B) Condition B is that—

(a) the qualifying activity was carried on in partnership both immediately before and immediately after the change,

(b) a company that was within the charge to corporation tax in respect of the activity carried it on immediately before or immediately after the change, and

(c) at least one company which carried the activity on before the change continued to carry it on after the change.]

(2) For the purpose of calculating the balancing charge—

(a) A is the amount of any allowances within subsection (1)(d),

(b) any consideration paid or received on a disposal of the plant or machinery between the connected persons is to be disregarded, and

(c) if a balancing allowance or a balancing charge has been made in respect of any of the transactions, A is to be adjusted in a just and reasonable manner.

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 115(1)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 487(2) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F2 Words in s. 115(1)(c)(i) substituted (1.4.2010) (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 336 (with Sch. 2)

F3 S. 115(1A)(1B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 487(3) (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F4 S. 115(3) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act)by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 539(3), Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)