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Goodwill con

18 June 2013 / Chris Hart
Issue: 4407 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Business

HMRC’s approach to goodwill and trade-related properties is a misinterpretation of regulations

KEY POINTS

  • Was HMRC’s change of approach influenced by the potential for tax relief rather than tax liability?
  • HMRC’s view of goodwill and trade-related properties.
  • A summary of the relevant financial reporting standards.
  • How is fair value determined?
  • A tribunal hearing may be the only way to resolve matters.

In 2009 the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) issued a practice note: Apportioning the price paid for a business transferred as a going concern (www.lexisurl.com/VzIVf). This related to what is known as trade-related property (TRP) – pubs clubs nursing homes and the like.

These properties are normally valued on the basis of their trading potential. I wrote an article for Taxation on behalf of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) The goodwill game following a...

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