Small Dealership Purchase – additional allowances of £160,000
This project consisted of the purchase of a Jaguar dealership from a national dealer group for £2,000,000.
The seller, in replies to pre-contract enquiries had confirmed that no capital allowances were available to the buyer.
The seller had not claimed capital allowances but had acquired the plant & machinery fixtures at the property from a group company in the sum of £1.00 by election under Capital Allowances Act 2001 s198.
We identified items of plant & machinery that were not claimed by the seller (or any company in the sellers group) and claimed allowances of £160,000.
Our work produced an overall tax saving for a 23% taxpayer of £36,800
Dealership Group – additional allowances of £24,200,000
This project consisted of the re-analysis of 10+ years of property additions totalling in excess of £100,000,000.
The re-analysis resulted in an additional £14,000,000 of plant & machinery plus £20,000,000 of industrial buildings expenditure. Despite the phased withdrawal of industrial buildings allowances whilst the work was being carried out, £10,200,000 of industrial buildings allowances were claimed before the regime was withdrawn completely in 2011.
Our work produced an overall tax saving for a 23% taxpayer of £5,566,000.
Dealership Group – additional allowances of £180,000
This project consisted of the analysis of a new Land Rover dealership at a construction cost of £2,100,000. The accountant had, with the assistance of the project Quantity Surveyor, analysed the contract sum analysis and prepared a claim amounting to £480,000.
We analysed the project expenditure from first principles and our work resulted in an additional £180,000 of plant & machinery allowances.
Our work produced an overall tax saving for a 23% taxpayer of £41,400.