Company tax - Dealings with HMRC

Request for closure of enquiry letterIf you believe you've given HMRC all the information it has requested, you can ask it to close the enquiry. Your first step is to write a letter asking for the enquiry to be closed or for details of the further inf... Read more

Election for pre-trading debitsCosts incurred on financing your company, e.g. loan interest, before it starts to trade are classed as non-trading debits. Normally, tax relief for these can only be  obtained by offsetting them against non-trading cre... Read more

Herd basis electionIf you keep animals for production purposes, you might be able to take advantage of the "herd basis" to simplify calculating your taxable profits.ProductionFarm animals are treated as trading stock. For tax and accounting purposes th... Read more

Farmers' averaging electionIf you carry on a farming or market gardening business, you can elect to average your profits over either two or five years.FarmingBusinesses that depend on a successful harvest are notoriously volatile in terms of profits. ... Read more

Intangible asset rollover relief claimIf your company sells a chargeable intangible fixed asset, it can give rise to a gain which is subject to corporation tax. However, if further intangible assets are bought, rollover relief for the gain can be cla... Read more

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

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