Company tax

Election for land remediation reliefLand remediation relief gives an enhanced deduction for qualifying revenue expenditure spent on bringing land back into use in some circumstances. Use our template letter to treat capital costs as qualifying.Relief... Read more

Claim for payment under guaranteeOne way of helping a growing business is to act as guarantor to its loan finance. If you are called upon to make good some or all of the loan under the terms of the guarantee, you may be entitled to claim a capital ga... Read more

Employee loan letterWhere an employee or a director owes their employer more than £10,000 at any point during a tax year, a taxable benefit in kind arises. You need to work out the cash equivalent of this. Use this letter to write to any employees w... Read more

Election for share value to ignore restrictionsIf shares are acquired because of an individual's employment, they are liable to an income tax charge on the difference between the market value of the shares and the price paid by an employee, but specia... Read more

Deduction for deemed employment paymentsA company can claim a deduction from its taxable profits in respect of the notional cost of a deemed payment of salary made for the purposes of IR35. The deduction is allowable for the accounting period in whic... Read more

Election to carry back earn out lossIf you sell a business which includes an earn-out arrangement, e.g. the sale price is wholly or partly deferred and paid depending on the profits made by the purchaser's company after the sale, you must estimate th... Read more

Election to transfer stock at less than market valueWhen an unincorporated business is transferred to a company with its stock and work in progress these are deemed to be transferred at net realisable value, broadly, the amount it could be sold for t... Read more

Election to transfer assets at written down valueWhere you transfer your sole trader or partnership business to a company, plant and machinery or other tangible fixed assets are often transferred too. Strictly, these assets have to be transferred at ... Read more

Election to disapply incorporation reliefWhere you transfer your sole trader or partnership business to a company in which you own shares, often referred to as incorporating your business, it counts for capital gains tax purposes as if you had sold i... Read more

Election for business asset disposal relief to apply to QCBsWhen you sell a business the purchasing company might offer to pay you with loan notes. This is a loan arrangement but in the form of a security, i.e. like shares. The loan notes pay interes... Read more