CA50640 - MEA: Second-hand assets:
expenditure on mineral asset: previous trader
Where a person carrying on a trade of mineral extraction
acquires an asset, and part of the value is attributable to
expenditure on exploration and access incurred prior to his
acquisition, CAA01/S407 and CAA01/S411 provide:
- the measure of expenditure to be relieved
at the writing down allowance rate of 25% a year,
- with the balance relieved at 10% per
year.
The expenditure, which is treated as attracting the 25% rate, is
the smaller of:
- the amount of the buyer's expenditure
corresponding to the part of the value of the asset attributable to
the previous trader's expenditure on mineral exploration and
access,
- the previous trader's expenditure on
mineral exploration and access attributable to the asset acquired
by the buyer.
The balance of the purchaser's qualifying expenditure qualifies
at the 10% writing down allowance rate.
