BIM61405 - Licensed houses: legal etc expenses



The legal etc expenses incurred in connection with a first application under (a) of BIM61401 are inadmissible Kneeshaw v Albertolli [1940] 23TC462.

Legal expenses incurred in obtaining renewal of an existing licence under (b) of BIM61401 are allowable as a deduction.

If a licence is transferred under (c) of BIM61401 from one trader to another, the relevant expenses are inadmissible; if, however, the transfer is merely from one employed manager to another, they may be admitted.

Legal etc expenses connected with the removal of a licence under (d) of BIM61401 are inadmissible Morse v Stedeford [1934] 18TC457.

Where, after 31 March 2002, a company incurs the expense see BIM35501.