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Schedule 25 — First-year tax credits
Part 1 — Amendments of CAA 2001

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plant and machinery which the company has previously

disposed of, and

ARL is the amount of the restored loss (or the aggregate of the

amounts of the restored loss) on any previous application

of this paragraph.

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Clawback of first-year tax credits: administrative provision

27    (1)  

Where paragraph 24 applies, all such assessments and

adjustments of assessments are to be made as are necessary.

      (2)  

If a company which has made a tax return becomes aware that, as

a result of that paragraph applying after the return was made, the

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return has become incorrect, it must give notice to HMRC

specifying how the return needs to be amended.

      (3)  

The notice must be given within 3 months beginning with the day

on which the company became aware that anything in the tax

return had become incorrect because of paragraph 24.

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Part 4

Supplementary

Artificially inflated claims

28    (1)  

To the extent that a transaction is attributable to arrangements

entered into wholly or mainly for a disqualifying purpose, it shall

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be disregarded in determining for a chargeable period the amount

of any first-year tax credit to which a company is entitled under

this Schedule.

      (2)  

Arrangements are entered into wholly or mainly for a

disqualifying purpose if their main object, or one of their main

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objects, is to enable a company to obtain a first-year tax credit—

(a)   

to which it would not otherwise be entitled, or

(b)   

of a greater amount than that to which it would otherwise

be entitled.

      (3)  

“Arrangements” includes any scheme, agreement or

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understanding, whether or not legally enforceable.

Interpretation

29         

In this Schedule—

“HMRC” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s

Revenue and Customs;

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“national insurance contributions” means contributions

under Part 1 of the Social Security Contributions and

Benefits Act 1992 or Part 1 of the Social Security

Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.”

 
 

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Schedule 25 — First-year tax credits
Part 2 — Amendments of other enactments

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6          

In Part 1 of Schedule 1, insert at the appropriate places—

 

“FA 2000

The Finance Act 2000 (c. 17)”

 
 

“FA 2001

The Finance Act 2001 (c. 9)”

 
 

“FA 2002

The Finance Act 2002 (c. 23)”.

 

Part 2

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Amendments of other enactments

ICTA

7     (1)  

Section 826 of ICTA (interest on tax overpaid) is amended as follows.

      (2)  

In subsection (1), after paragraph (f) insert “, or

(g)   

a payment of first-year tax credit falls to be made to a

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company under Schedule A1 to the Capital Allowances Act.”

      (3)  

After subsection (3C) insert—

“(3D)   

In relation to a payment of first-year tax credit falling within

subsection (1)(g) above the material date is whichever is the later

of—

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(a)   

the filing date for the company’s company tax return for the

accounting period for which the tax credit is claimed, and

(b)   

the date on which the company tax return or amended

company tax return containing the claim for payment of the

tax credit is delivered to the Commissioners for Her

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Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

   

For this purpose “the filing date”, in relation to a company tax return,

has the same meaning as in Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998.”

      (4)  

In subsection (8A)(b)(ii), after “film tax credit” insert “or first-year tax credit

under Schedule A1 to the Capital Allowances Act”.

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      (5)  

In subsection (8BA), after “film tax credit” (in both places) insert “or first-

year tax credit under Schedule A1 to the Capital Allowances Act”.

FA 1998

8     (1)  

Schedule 18 to FA 1998 (company tax returns, assessments etc.) is amended

as follows.

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      (2)  

In paragraph 10(2)—

(a)   

after “capital allowances” insert “, first-year tax credits”, and

(b)   

after “79” insert “, 83ZA”.

      (3)  

In paragraph 52, after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

   “(2A)  

The provisions of paragraphs 41 and 45 to 48 relating to discovery

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assessments apply to an amount paid to a company by way of

first-year tax credit under Schedule A1 to the Capital Allowances

Act as if it were unpaid tax, but only to the extent that the

company was not, or is no longer, entitled to it.”

 
 

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Part 3 — Commencement

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      (4)  

In paragraph 52(5), after paragraph (ae) insert—

“(af)   

an amount of first-year tax credit under Schedule A1 to the

Capital Allowances Act paid to a company for an

accounting period,”.

      (5)  

After paragraph 83 insert—

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“83ZA (1)  

 Subject as follows, this Part of this Schedule applies to claims for

a first-year tax credit under Schedule A1 to the Capital Allowances

Act as it applies to claims for allowances under that Act.

      (2)  

A company tax return in which a claim to a first-year tax credit is

made must specify—

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(a)   

the plant or machinery to which the relevant first-year

expenditure relates,

(b)   

the amount of the relevant first-year expenditure incurred

in respect of that plant or machinery, and

(c)   

the date on which that expenditure was incurred.

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      (3)  

Where an order under section 45B or 45I of that Act (first-year

allowance available only if relevant certificate in force) applies in

relation to the plant or machinery, the company tax return must be

accompanied by the relevant certificate.

      (4)  

The company is liable to a penalty where it—

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(a)   

fraudulently or negligently makes a claim for a first-year

tax credit which is incorrect, or

(b)   

discovers that a claim for a first-year tax credit made by it

(neither fraudulently or negligently) is incorrect, and does

not remedy the error without unreasonable delay.

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      (5)  

The penalty is an amount not exceeding the excess first-year tax

credit claimed, that is the difference between—

(a)   

the amount of the first-year tax credit to which the

company is entitled for the accounting period to which the

claim relates, and

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(b)   

the amount of the first-year tax credit claimed by the

company for that period.”

Part 3

Commencement

9          

The amendments made by this Schedule have effect in relation to

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expenditure incurred on or after 1 April 2008.

 
 

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Schedule 26 — Special rate expenditure and the special rate pool
Part 1 — Amendments to CAA 2001

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Schedule 26

Section 79

 

Special rate expenditure and the special rate pool

Part 1

Amendments to CAA 2001

Introductory

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1          

CAA 2001 is amended in accordance with this Part of this Schedule.

Special rate expenditure and the special rate pool

2          

After Chapter 10 insert—

“Chapter 10A

Special rate expenditure

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Special rate expenditure

104A    

Special rate expenditure

(1)   

“Special rate expenditure” means—

(a)   

expenditure incurred on or after the relevant date to which

section 28 (thermal insulation) applies,

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(b)   

expenditure incurred on or after that date to which section

33A (integral features) applies,

(c)   

long-life asset expenditure (within the meaning of Chapter

10) incurred on or after that date, and

(d)   

long-life asset expenditure (within the meaning of that

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Chapter) incurred before that date but allocated to a pool in a

chargeable period beginning on or after that date.

(2)   

The relevant date is—

(a)   

for corporation tax purposes, 1 April 2008, and

(b)   

for income tax purposes, 6 April 2008.

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104B    

Application of Chapter to part of expenditure

(1)   

If part only of the capital expenditure on plant and machinery is

special rate expenditure—

(a)   

the part which is such expenditure, and

(b)   

the part which is not,

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are to be treated for the purposes of this Act as expenditure on

separate items of plant or machinery.

(2)   

For the purposes of subsection (1), all such apportionments are to be

made as are just and reasonable.

 
 

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Schedule 26 — Special rate expenditure and the special rate pool
Part 1 — Amendments to CAA 2001

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Rules applying to special rate expenditure

104C    

Special rate pool

(1)   

Special rate expenditure to which this section applies, if allocated to

a pool, must be allocated to a class pool (“the special rate pool”).

(2)   

This section applies to special rate expenditure if—

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(a)   

it is incurred wholly and exclusively for the purposes of a

qualifying activity, and

(b)   

it is not expenditure which is required to be allocated to a

single asset pool.

104D    

Writing-down allowances at 10%

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(1)   

The amount of the writing-down allowance to which a person is

entitled for a chargeable period in respect of expenditure which is

special rate expenditure is 10% of the amount by which AQE exceeds

TDR (see Chapter 5).

(2)   

Subsection (1) applies even if the special rate expenditure is in a

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single asset pool.

(3)   

In the case of expenditure in the special rate pool, this section is

subject to section 56A (writing-down allowance for small pools).

(4)   

Subsections (3) and (4) of section 56 (proportionate increases or

reductions in amount in certain cases) apply for the purposes of

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subsection (1) of this section as they apply for the purposes of

subsection (1) of that section.

104E    

Disposal value of special rate assets

(1)   

This section applies if—

(a)   

section 104D (writing-down allowances at 10%) has had

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effect in relation to any special rate expenditure incurred by

a person (“the taxpayer”),

(b)   

any disposal event occurs in relation to the item on which the

expenditure was incurred,

(c)   

the disposal value to be brought into account by the taxpayer

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would (but for this section) be less than the notional written-

down value of the item, and

(d)   

the disposal event is part of, or occurs as a result of, a scheme

or arrangement the main purpose or one of the main

purposes of which is the obtaining by the taxpayer of a tax

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advantage under this Part.

(2)   

The disposal value that the taxpayer must bring into account is the

notional written-down value of the item.

(3)   

The notional written-down value is—equation: plus[times[char[Q],char[E]],minus[char[A]]]

   

where—

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QE is the taxpayer’s expenditure on the item that is

qualifying expenditure, and

   

A is the total of all allowances which could have been made

to the taxpayer in respect of that expenditure if—

 
 

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Part 1 — Amendments to CAA 2001

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(a)   

that expenditure had been the only expenditure that

had ever been taken into account in determining the

taxpayer’s available qualifying expenditure,

(b)   

where the item is a long-life asset, that expenditure

had not been prevented by the application of a

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monetary limit from being long-life asset

expenditure, and

(c)   

all allowances had been made in full.”

Consequential amendments

3          

In section 54(5) (the different kinds of pools), for “section 101 (long life

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assets);” substitute “section 104C (special rate expenditure);”.

4          

In section 56(2) (amount of allowances and charges), for paragraph (a)

substitute—

“(a)   

section 104D (special rate expenditure: 10%), and”.

5          

In section 65(1) (final chargeable period), for paragraph (b) substitute—

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“(b)   

a special rate pool,”.

6          

In section 66 (list of provisions about disposal values), for the entry relating

to section 104 substitute—

 

“section 104E

special rate expenditure: avoidance cases”.

 

7          

In column 1 of the table in section 84 (cases in which short-life asset

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treatment is ruled out), for item 4 substitute—

“4         

The expenditure is special rate expenditure (see Chapter 10A).”

8          

Omit section 92 (application of Chapter 10 to part of expenditure).

9          

For section 101 (long-life asset pool) substitute—

“101    

Allocation of long-life asset expenditure to pool

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Chapter 10A (special rate expenditure and the special rate pool)

provides for long-life asset expenditure to be allocated to the special

rate pool.”

10         

For section 102 (6% writing-down allowance in respect of long-life asset

expenditure) substitute—

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“102    

Writing-down allowance in respect of long-life asset expenditure

Chapter 10A (special rate expenditure and the special rate pool)

provides for the writing-down allowance to which a person is

entitled in respect of long-life asset expenditure.”

11         

Omit section 104 (disposal value of long-life assets).

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12         

In section 266(7) (certain provisions disapplied where election made under

section 266)—

(a)   

for “104” substitute “104E”, and

(b)   

for “of long-life assets” substitute “in connection with special rate

expenditure”.

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Schedule 26 — Special rate expenditure and the special rate pool
Part 2 — Commencement etc

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13         

In Part 2 of Schedule 1 (index of defined expressions), insert at the

appropriate place—

 

“special rate expenditure

section 104A”

 
 

(in Part 2)

  

Part 2

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Commencement etc

Commencement

14    (1)  

This Schedule has effect in relation to—

(a)   

expenditure incurred on or after the relevant date, and

(b)   

long-life asset expenditure (within the meaning of Chapter 10 of

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CAA 2001) incurred before the relevant date but allocated to a pool

in a chargeable period beginning on or after that date.

      (2)  

Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to—

(a)   

section 80 (which provides that certain other long-life asset

expenditure is to be treated as special rate expenditure for the

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purposes of CAA 2001), and

(b)   

paragraphs 15 to 17.

      (3)  

The relevant date is—

(a)   

for corporation tax purposes, 1 April 2008, and

(b)   

for income tax purposes, 6 April 2008.

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Sale between connected persons

15    (1)  

This paragraph applies where, on or after the relevant date—

(a)   

there is a sale of a pre-commencement integral feature,

(b)   

the buyer and seller are connected persons (within the meaning of

section 575 of CAA 2001), and

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(c)   

the buyer’s expenditure on the integral feature would (apart from

this paragraph) be special rate expenditure.

      (2)  

An integral feature is a pre-commencement integral feature if the seller—

(a)   

incurred expenditure on it before the relevant date, or

(b)   

incurred expenditure on it on or after that date which was not

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qualifying expenditure because of a previous application of this

paragraph.

      (3)  

The buyer’s expenditure on the integral feature is not qualifying

expenditure unless—

(a)   

the original expenditure was qualifying expenditure, or

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(b)   

the buyer’s expenditure would have been qualifying expenditure,

had it been incurred at the time the original expenditure was

incurred.

      (4)  

The “original expenditure”—

 
 

 
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