Specialist Tax Regulatory Materials
The CIOT has advised that, following continued risking of the Pandora Papers data, a further tranche of letters is being issued by HMRC to some wealthy individuals from the week commencing 8 April 2024, and they will include an extended response period of 60 days.
Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Real estate investment trusts (REITs)Introduction to REITsA real estate investment trust (REIT) is in fact not a trust at all, it is a company which qualifies for special tax treatment under CTA 2010, Part 12. REITs are similar in many ways to collective fund vehicles (such as unit trusts) in that
Research and development expenditure credit (RDEC)This guidance note provides information on how research and development expenditure credits (RDEC) are calculated and utilised. The Qualifying expenditure for R&D tax relief guidance note provides information on what expenditure qualifies for
Sales, advertising and marketingExpenditure on sales, advertising and marketing activities may include amounts which are disallowable for the purposes of calculating trading profits. This may be because the expenditure is:鈥apital in nature (see the Capital vs revenue expenditure guidance note)鈥ot
