TTM11420 - Offshore Activities: Allowance for training costs
Example calculation
A tonnage tax group’s training commitment for the year ended 30 September 2005 shows that it has a total of 78 officers, and is required to train 5 trainee officers. It actually has 3 trainees in this year and makes a payment of £13,200 (2x £6,600) in lieu of training (PILOT) for the balance of its training obligation.
Most companies in the group operate their ships within the normal Tonnage Tax regime, but one group company, company X, has three ships, A, B, and C, which engage in offshore activities during the year, and one other ship, D, which operates wholly within Tonnage Tax.
- A has 3 officers, and spends the whole year engaged in offshore activities
- B has 4 officers and spends 90 days engaged in offshore activities
- C has 5 officers and spends 180 days engaged in offshore activities
The computation shows:
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Offshore profits from ships A, B & C |
6,500 |
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Tonnage tax profits of ships B, C & D |
2,150 (ship A is wholly ‘offshore’) |
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Rent from letting |
1,500 |
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Total CT Profit |
10,150 @ say 20% = £2,030.00 tax payable |
An acceptable computation of the special allowance would be:
Step 1
The cash equivalent of the group training obligation is 5 x 6,600 = £33,000
Step 2
The cash equivalents of the training obligations for ships A, B, and C are
- A: 33,000 x 3/78 = £1,270
- B: 33,000 x 4/78 = £1,693
- C: 33,000 x 5/78 = £2,116
Step 3
The allowance in respect of each ship is:
- A: 1,270 x 365/365 = £1,270
- B: 1,693 x 90/365 = £417
- C: 2,116 x 180/365 = £1,044
The total allowance available to be set of against the company’s profits from the ships engaged in offshore activities is therefore 1,270 + 417 + 1,044 = £2,731.
Step 4
Allocate the allowance to the corporation tax on offshore profits:
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CT on offshore profits £6,500 @ 20% |
£1,300.00 |
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Less training allowance |
£1,300.00 |
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Net CT on offshore profits |
£Nil |
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CT on other profits £3,650 @ 20% |
£730.00 |
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Total CT to pay |
£730.00 |
Training Allowance c/fwd £2,731 less £1,300 = £1,431.00
References
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Overview of training requirement for offshore activities |
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Procedure for computing training costs allowance |
