CTM08410 | Corporation Tax: management expenses: administrative costs

From HM Revenue & Customs · Company Taxation Manual

Any reasonable expenses which a ‘company with investment business’ incurs year by year on such matters as:

  • the keeping of its share register,

  • the printing of annual accounts, and

  • the holding of shareholders’ annual general meetings,

should be regarded as expenses of management. This will also apply to the annual cost, but not the initial charges, of a Stock Exchange quotation.

There is further guidance on administration costs at onwards.