CA39420 | IBA: how allowances and charges are made: lessors and licensors

Budget 2007 announced a business tax reform package including the gradual withdrawal of IBAs and ABAs over four years. Legislation was introduced in FA08 to give effect to those changes. The phased withdrawal of IBA writing down allowances had effect for chargeable periods ending on or after 1 April 2008 for businesses within the charge to CT and 6 April 2008 for businesses within the charge to IT. There are no IBA writing down allowances for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2011 and subsequent years.

CAA01/S353

If an industrial building is an asset of a UK property business or an overseas property business, treat allowances as expenses of the business and charges as trade receipts.

If there is no property business assume that the person is carrying on a property business and treat allowances as expenses and charges as receipts of that assumed business.