8 - BL - VAT & CT Flashcards

1
Q

What is the charge to VAT?

A
  • any supply of goods or services
  • where it is a taxable supply
  • made by a taxable person
  • in the course or furtherance of any business carried on by that person.
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2
Q

When is a person required to register for VAT?

A
  • at the end of the month if their taxable supplies exceeded the VAT threshold in the previous 12 months.

OR

  • at any time if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the value of their taxable supplies in a period of 30 days will exceed the VAT registration threshold
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3
Q

What is the current VAT registration threshold?

A

£90,000

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4
Q

A person can apply to be de-registered. What is the threshold?

A

£83,000

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5
Q

What is Output tax?

A

The VAT charged by a business on its goods or services

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6
Q

What is Input tax?

A

The VAT paid by a business on the goods or services it buys.

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7
Q

What is the rate of standard VAT?

A

20%

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8
Q

What are the different rates of supply that a business can make?

A
  • Standard rated
  • Reduced Rate
  • Zero rated
  • Exempt
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9
Q

What is the rate of reduced rate VAT?

A

5%

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10
Q

How often are VAT returns submitted?

A

Every 3 months

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11
Q

What is the due date for a VAT return?

A

1 month and 7 days after the end of the period.

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12
Q

What is the threshold for annual accounting / cash accounting for VAT?

A

£1,350,000

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13
Q

What is the threshold for the flat rate scheme for VAT?

A

taxable turnover not exceeding £150,000

AND

total annual turnover not exceeding £230,000

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14
Q

If there is no VAT on the invoice for a vatable supply, the invoice is assumed to be inclusive of VAT true/false?

A

True

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15
Q

When does the financial year for companies end?

A

31 March

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16
Q

What is the main rate of CT

A

25% over £250,000

17
Q

What is the small profits rate and when does it apply?

A

19% profits do not exceed £50,000

18
Q

What is the percentage WDA for CAs?

A

18%

19
Q

What is the level of CA AIAs?

A

£1,000,000 = 100% deduction

20
Q

What is the Super-deduction?

A

130% of expenditure without limit up until 31 March 2023. Does not include a lot of items

21
Q

Is there an annual exemption for CGT for companies?

A

No, but there is indexation frozen at 31.12.2017

22
Q

What is Substantial Shareholding Exemption and when does it apply?

A
  • No tax due when a company disposes of shares in a trading company
  • must hold 10% of the ordinary shares for a consecutive period of 12 months within the last 6 years.
23
Q

When does Rollover Relief apply?

A
  • company disposes of qualifying business assets and buys another asset (includes members of group)
    -sole trade/p-ship disposed of qualifying business assets and buys another qualifying business asset.
  • individual owns a business asset and sells it buying another qualifying asset and both assets:
    • a company which is the individuals personal company; or
    • a partnership of which the individual is a partner
24
Q

What are qualifying assets for Rollover relief?

A
  • Land & Buildings
  • Goodwill
  • Fixed P&M
  • Ships and hovercraft
  • aircraft, and
  • Lloyd’s syndicate capacity
25
Q

When must the replacement asses be purchased for Rollover relief?

A

12 month before or 3 years after the sale of the old asset.

26
Q

What happens if the new asset costs less than the asset disposed of?

A

Rollover is restricted by the difference in cost

Proceeds from land sale £200,000
Costs £120,000
Gain £80,000

New land £180,000
less rollover (80k - (200k-£180k) £60k
Base cost £120,000

27
Q

What happens if the replacement asset is

A
28
Q

What is the CT charge on dividends received?

A

£0

29
Q

What is the TTP threshold for paying CT?

A

£1.5m
(Below this annual payments, over this quarterly payments

30
Q

When is CT due for TTP less than £1.5m?

A

9 months and 1 day after the APE

31
Q

When is CT due for TTPmore than £1.5m?

A

Quarterly

32
Q

When is a CT return due ?

A

12 months after the AP

33
Q

How can CT trading losses be used in the current and previous years?

A
  • against income AND gains of the same year
    IF CANT BE USED IN CURRENT YEAR;
  • carry back to prev. accounting period against income AND gains (if carrying on same trade)
  • claim within 2 years

IF ceases trading:
- loss in last 12 months can be carried back against income and gains for 3 prior years

34
Q

How can CT losses be used in future years?

A

Automatically carried forwards
- set off restricted to £5m after which only 50% of profits may be offset (inc cap losses)

35
Q

How much interest can a company deduct?

A

if greater than £2m can only claim interest against up to 30% of income receipts

36
Q

What is a close company?

A

Company controlled by:
- 5 or fewer participators, or
- any number of participators who are also directors

BUT NOT IF:
- shares are quoted on a stock exchange, or
- cannot be controlled without including a non-close company

37
Q

Which loans are not caught by s.455?

A
  • loans for goods or services under normal terms / 6 months
  • loan made in ordinary course of trade of money lending
  • loan of £15,000 or less to a person who works for the company but has less than a 5% interest (shares or winding up) in the company
38
Q

How can capital losses be used by a company?

A
  • Can offset against gains in current or
  • future years (subject to £5m / 50% restrictions).
  • can’t offset against income
  • can’t carry back