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Leases unleashed

09 August 2011 / Heather Miller
Issue: 4316 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , tax by numbers , Capital Gains , Income Tax
HEATHER MILLER investigates the rather scary subject of assignments, grants and premiums

KEY POINTS

  • Explaining the difference between assignments and grants of leases.
  • TCGA 1992 Sch 8 – the importance of the 50-year term.
  • Depreciating the allowable cost in accordance with the TCGA 1992 Sch 8 table.
  • Calculating the income element of a premium.
  • Calculations for sub-leases.

Leases: they’re tricky little blighters popping up all over the place with their awkward income tax and capital gains tax calculations.

Long short assignment grant... I must admit that when our really rather good ATT tutor started explaining them to us on the second day of our course my immediate reaction was...

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