B Tax Adjusted Profit Walkthrough Flashcards
Advice on labour contracts paid 3 years prior to setting up a business (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable, not added back
Advertising costs incurred in the 6 months prior to setting up a business (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Legal fees on a building to be converted to a shop for trading incurred 2 years prior to setting up a business (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Capital allowances on a car that was purchased 6 years ago and is now used in the business (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
When are legal fees allowable?
When they are revenue based, not capital
Wages and salaries (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable if fair
Heat and light (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Motor expenses (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Genuine repairs (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Cost of replacing asset or significant expenditure (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Incidental costs (e.g. legal expenses) for non-current assets (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Incidental costs (e.g. legal expenses) of renewing an existing short lease (50 or fewer years) (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Staff entertaining (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Gifts which bear an advertisement for the business, cost <£50 and aren’t food, drink or tobacco (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Donations to political parties (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Small donations to local bodies (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Business portion of leasing costs (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Private portion of leasing costs (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Leasing costs of a car with CO2 emissions exceeding 50 grams/km (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable by adding back 15% of the leasing costs
Accountancy fees for preparing an individual’s personal tax return (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Accountancy fees for preparing the business accounts (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Legal fees in connection with capital expenditure (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Legal fees in connection with capital expenditure in the renewal of a short lease (50 or fewer years) (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Legal fees of a revenue nature in connection with any trade purposes (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Costs incurred by a sole trader in travelling from home to workplace (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Other business travel expenses (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Subsistence costs (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Expenses incurred by a sole trader on subsistence while travelling for business purposes (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Telephone expenses or motor expenses (Allowable or disallowable)?
Private use is disallowable, business use is allowable
The cost of setting up a website (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
The costs of updating the website (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Fines and penalties (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
A parking fine for an employee incurred while on business (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Costs resulting from fraud by proprietors (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
The cost of petty theft and pilferage not covered by insurance (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Impairment losses on non-trade debts (e.g. write-off loans) (Allowable or disallowable)?
DIsallowable
Impairment losses on trade debts (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Interest payable on loans taken out for non-trade purposes (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Interest payable on loans taken out for trading purposes (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Cash withdrawn by a proprietor of an unincorporated business that constitutes remuneration (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Remuneration of a company director (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Personal use (by proprietor of an unincorporated business) of business assets (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Personal expenses of a proprietor of an unincorporated business paid by the business (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Private element of rent? (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Council tax? (Allowable or disallowable)? Job-related
Disallowable
Personal pension contributions (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Redecoration of private rooms (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
New fittings for shop (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Selling price of received goods for his own use? (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Running costs of motor expenses (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Business rates (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Profit on sale of machinery?
Deducted
Savings income?
Deducted
Capital allowances?
Deducted
Debt collection (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Professional subscriptions to approved bodies (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Payroll gift to charity (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Contributions to an occupational pension scheme (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Entertaining which is treated as allowable by the employer (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Travelling from home to a temporary workplace? (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
When mileage allowance received - statutory amount is positive?
It is assessable
When mileage allowance received - statutory amount is negative?
It is allowable
Entertaining which is treated as disallowable by the employer (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Use of own car for business purposes (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Working from home (Allowable or disallowable)?
Allowable
Expenses tainted by duality of purpose (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
The costs of training to obtain a professional qualification where
paid by the employee themself (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable
Cost of clothes for work (Allowable or disallowable)?
Disallowable