TTM09000 - Capital Allowances

Introduction

This section details the capital allowance regime for tonnage tax companies. It explains the different treatment for assets acquired either before entry into tonnage tax or acquired during tonnage tax and how the disposal of these assets is treated. It also explains what happens when a company leaves tonnage tax.

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TTM09001

Outline

Entry into Tonnage Tax (P&M)

TTM09010

Tonnage tax pool (frozen pool)

TTM09020

Unrelieved qualifying expenditure

TTM09030

Apportioning a mixed pool

TTM09040

Mixed use asset acquired before entry

TTM09050

Ships bought and sold within 12 months

During Tonnage Tax (P&M)

TTM09100

Mixed use asset acquired after entry

TTM09110

Change of use of tonnage tax asset; General

TTM09120

Change of use of tonnage tax asset acquired before entry

TTM09130

Change of use of tonnage tax asset acquired after entry

TTM09140

Change of use of non-tonnage tax asset

TTM09150

Disposals of plant and machinery

Balancing charges (P&M)

TTM09200

Deferment of balancing charges arising before entry

TTM09210>

Reduction of balancing charges arising during Tonnage Tax

TTM09220

Giving effect to balancing charges arising during Tonnage Tax

TTM09230

Deferment of balancing charges arising after entry

TTM09240

Examples of deferred balancing charges

TTM09250

Procedure on deferred balancing charge

TTM09260

Surrender of unrelieved qualifying expenditure

Exit from Tonnage Tax (P&M)

TTM09300

Qualifying expenditure: General

TTM09305

Expiry of election or withdrawal notice

TTM09310

Assets other than expensive cars and long-life assets

TTM09320

Expensive cars

TTM09330

Long-life assets

TTM09340

Capital allowances after exiting from Tonnage Tax

Industrial buildings

TTM09400 

Buildings used in tonnage tax trade

TTM09410

Balancing charges

TTM09420

Industrial building disposed of by tonnage tax company

TTM09430

Company with industrial building leaves Tonnage Tax