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TRADING PROFIT
(Income from self employment)
Test Consider
S Subject matter Personal use? Investment? Trade?
R Reason for sale Forced sale to raise cash indicates not trading
Test Consider
Was a loan taken out to finance the purchase which will need to be
F Finance
repaid on sale?
A Acquisition method Asset acquired via gift or inheritance indicates not trading
Existence of Similar
ST Similarities to an existing trade indicate trading
Trading transactions
Trading allowance: If trading receipt for individual < £1,000 those receipts are not taxable. If >£1,000 choose
between normal way or deducting £1,000 as deemed expenses.
Car leasing costs CO2 emissions > 50 from 6/4/2021; >110 g/km from 6/4/2018-
5/4/2021 and before 2018>130g/km :15% of leasing costs disallowed.
Private using also deducted
Political donation
Unpaid
Irrecoverable
employers’
VAT not for
contribution to
trading
pension
purpose
scheme
1. Can you describe and explain at least four of the badges of trade?
2. Can you correctly reproduce the pro-forma computation for the adjustment of profits?
3. Do you understand why a trader would use the trading allowance rather than actual
expenses?
4. Can you remember the main categories of disallowed expenses, and the exceptions?
5. Do you understand the different adjustments that may be required when a trader
removes goods from their business for personal use?
CAPITAL ALLOWANCES
TWDV b/f X X X
Additional (Acquisition) X X
FYA – 100% (X) X
Acquisition AIA limit X
200,000 (X) X
Disposal (X)
Acquisition cars X
WDA 18% (X) X
TWDV c/f X X X
WDV: time apportion if not 12 months period
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CAPITAL ALLOWANCES PRO-FORMA
Main pool
• Cars with CO2 emissions of not more than 50 g/km purchased on or after 6 April 2021 (1 April
for companies). The limit was previously 110 g/km for cars purchased on or after 6 April 2018 (1
April for companies) and 130 g/km purchased since 6 April 2013.
Annual The AIA of £1,000,000 is given for expenditure from 1 January 2019 to 31 March
2023
investment After 31 March 2023, the AIA limit is due to reduce to £200,000 pa
allowance
(AIA) Pro-rate if period not 12 months
Any balance of expenditure which AIA is not given is eligible for WDA
All assets except cars
First year 0 g/km of CO2 for cars purchased on or after 1 April 2021
50 g/km of CO2 for cars purchased between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2021
allowances 75 g/km of CO2 for cars purchased before 1 April 2018
Small pool WDA – can write off balance of £1,000 or less before
any WDA. Limit £1,000 for 12 months period
Restrict for private use: Asset written down by full AIA, FYA, WDA
but allowance claimed = restricted to business use
Proceeds
(restricted to original cost)
3. Could you identify an asset that qualified for 100% first year allowances?
5. Do you understand the adjustments required for private use of an asset, and that
these restrictions do not apply to companies?
TRADING PROFITS
Basis of assessment
Example
Three self – employed persons, A, B and C, have each adopted different accounting dates as follows
A: Year ended 5 April
B: Year ended 31 December
C: Year ended 30 April
The basis periods under the CYB for the year 2022-23 are as follows
A: Year ended 5 April 2023. This would have been the same under the actual basis as the accounting period = the tax year
2022-23.
B: Year ended 31 December 2022. The Whole profit of this accounting period is assessed in the tax year 2022-23 although
only nine months of the profits actually accrue in the tax year beginning 6 April 2022. CYB means that the whole of the
profits of the year ended 31 December 2022 will be assessed in the tax year 2022-23.
C: Year ended 30 April 2022. The whole profit of this accounting period is assessed in the tax year 2022- 23 although only
one month of the profits actually accrue in the tax year beginning 6 April 2022. CYB means that the whole of the year
ended 30 April 2023 will be assessed in the tax year 2023-24.
3 scenarios
year in which
First tax year
business
commences trade
Year 2
Is there an accounting period ending in the tax year?
Yes No
Is it 12 months long? Assess on an actual basis
from 6 April
to 5 April
Yes No
Assess profits of
those 12 months =
normal current Is it < 12 months? Is it > 12 months?
year basis Assess profits of first Assess profits of 12 months
12 months up to accounting date
of trade (i.e. last 12 months of long
period)
• Usually CYB
Overlap profits
The basis period for the final tax year is from the end of the basis
period for the penultimate tax year to the date of cessation
Ernest started trading on 1 January 2022. He decided to make up accounts to 31 December. His
taxable trading profit for the period of account for the year ended 31 December 2022 is £12,000
Overlap profits
Trading profits £15,000 + £24,000 = £39,000
Less profits assessed (£3,000 + £12,000 + £24,000) =
(£39,000)
Overlap profits £Nil
What trading profits will be assessed for 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24?
Overlap profits
Trading profits £10,500 + £33,600 = £44,100
Less profits assessed (£4,500 + £24,500 + £33,600) = (£62,600)
Overlap profits £18,500
1. Do you understand the current year basis and the circumstances in which it
applies?
2. Can you calculate the amount of profit to assess in the first two tax years of
trading, for a range of different accounting reference dates?
4. Can you explain what happens to taxable profits in the tax year that a trader
ceases to trade?
Employers
Between PT and upper earnings limit (UEL) (£967 Earnings less PT x 13.25%
per week, £4,189 per month or £50,270 per year)
Allowable expenses X X
Adjustment for
underpaid tax
Adjustment for overpaid X
tax
X X
Disposal consideration X
Disposal on market value included gift, sales, loss or destruction except for death.
Allowable costs: Acquisition costs, market price if gifted, probate value of acquired on death
Incidental costs
Enhancement expenditures – still having value at disposal date
Annual Exempt Amount: £12,300 for 2022/23
Rate of 10% is applied fall into any income remaining basic rate band (37,700)
Rate 20% on the excess
£ £
Net sales proceeds (June 2022) £(71,200- 400) 70,800
Cost _ Original 10,000
- Enhancement 1 3,000
- Enhancement 2 2,000
(15,000)
Chargeable gain 55,800
Less: Annual exempt amount (12,300)
Taxable amount 43,500
As taxable income > £37,700, the taxable As taxable income ≤ £37,700, the taxable
amount of gains is assessed at 20%. amount of gains is first assessed at 10%
CGT liability = 20% x £43,500 = £8,700 before being assessed at 20% .%
CGT liability = 20% x £43,500= £8,700
Sale proceeds
£6,000 Exempt Allowable loss based on deemed proceeds of
or less £6,000
If the chattel cost more than £6,000, is sold for less than £6,000 and the disposal would result in
a loss, the loss is restricted by assuming that the gross disposal proceeds were £6,000.
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CHATTELS
Where A is the value of the part disposed of and B is the current market value of the part retained.
The £6,000 chattels threshold is then compared to the proceeds and the apportioned part of the cost.
The remaining cost is then used against future disposal(s) of the rest of the set.
There is a special rule where two or more assets forming part of a set of chattels which was owned by the same
person are disposed of to:
• The same person;
• Persons acting in concert; or
• Persons connected with each other Persons are considered connected with their relatives (including in-
laws) and business partners.
Treated as one disposal for the purpose of the £6,000 exemption and marginal relief. The loss rules also apply in
a similar way. If the disposals are in different tax years an apportionment of the total gain (or allowable loss)
will be required. This is made on the basis of disposal proceeds.
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CHATTELS
Illustration
Maria sold the following assets in December:
1.An antique table which had cost £3,000 and was sold for £5,000
2.A painting which had cost £2,000 and was sold for £10,000
3.An antique vase which had cost £8,000 and was sold for £3,000
4.A set of china which had cost £7,000 and was sold for £8,000.