SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 Tonnage tax

Part X The ring fence: capital allowances: ship leasing

Quantitative restrictions on allowances

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(1)

Where the lessor under the F1... lease is entitled to capital allowances in respect of expenditure on the provision of the ship, the following provisions apply.

(2)

There is no entitlement to any F2annual investment allowance or first-year allowance.

(3)

The lessor is entitled—

(a)

in respect of the first £40 million of the cost of providing the ship, to writing-down allowances at a rate of F320% per annum on the reducing balance, and

(b)

in respect of the next £40 million, to writing-down allowances at a rate of 10% per annum on the reducing balance.

(4)

The expenditure within each of those bands shall be allocated to separate pools and dealt with under F4Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 in the same way as expenditure allocated to a class pool.

These pools are referred to below as “the F520% pool" and “the 10% pool".

(5)

If the cost of providing the ship exceeds £80 million, the lessor is not entitled to capital allowances in respect of the excess.