E Reliefs Flashcards
Does goodwill in a company qualify for relief/
Not for a company, does for an individual
Difference between rollover relief for a comapny vs an individual?
Rollover relief for company has indexation allowance
A claim for rollover relief?
Claim must be made within four years of the end of the accounting period in which the gain arises
Relief for reinvesting in depreciating assets company vs individual?
Company and individual has the same treatment
How is current year relief set off?
Against total profits before qualifying charitable donations of the current accounting period
Current year relief treatment?
he claim must be for the whole loss, and must be made within two years of the end of the loss-making accounting period
What happens to losses remaining after set off against current year?
Carried back to the preceding 12 months, and set against total profits before qualifying charitable donations.
When can prior year relief only be claimed?
This claim can only be made after a claim for current year loss relief
What is carry forward relief?
Losses can be carried forward indefinitely, and do not require a current year or prior year claim to be done first
When must a carry forward relief be made?
Within two years of the end of the accounting period in which the loss is relieved
Can property business losses be carried back?
FUCK NO
What comes first, property business losses or trading losses when setting stuff of?
Property business losses
How are property business losses relieved?
Against same accounting period and then future accounting periods
How are capital losses set off?
Against current and then future chargeable gains
Interacting with trading loss relief (what is dealt with first)
Capital loss (current and brought forward)
Interacting with trading loss relief (what is dealt with second)
Trading losses brought forward
Interacting with trading loss relief (what is dealt with third)
Current property business loss
Interacting with trading loss relief (what is dealt with last)
Current and later trading losses
How can group relief claims be restricted?
So that the surrendering company retains sufficient losses to bring its own augmented profits down to the lower limit
What is meant by group relief?
Losses of a surrendering company against the profits of one or more claimant companies for the corresponding accounting period.
Surrendering company in group relief can surrender?
Can surrender any amount of its current period trade losses, unrelieved property business losses and unrelieved qualifying charitable donations
When can brought forward trading and business property losses be surrendered for group relief?
If the surrendering company is unable to use the loss
What is assumed in a claimant company in group releif?
The claimant company uses any of its own current period losses first, even if such a claim is not made
What are profits against which losses can be group relieved?
total profits of a claimant company after deducting the claimant’s b/f unrelieved trading losses, current period trading losses and charitable donations