Finance Act 2002

Amount of allowances and charges: balancing charge for period in which expenditure incurred

12(1)Section 418 is amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (4) (amount of balancing charge) after paragraph (b) insert the following as a second sentence—

Where a person is liable to a balancing charge in respect of first-year qualifying expenditure for the chargeable period in which he incurred the expenditure, any first-year allowance made in respect of the expenditure shall be treated for the purposes of paragraph (b) as if it were an allowance for an earlier chargeable period..