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Capital Allowances Act 2001

Crossheading Types of expenditure which may qualify for first-year allowances

  • Section 40 Expenditure incurred for Northern Ireland purposes by small or medium-sized enterprises
  • Section 41 Miscellaneous exclusions from section 40 (expenditure for Northern Ireland purposes etc.)
  • Section 42 Exclusion of plant or machinery partly for use outside Northern Ireland
  • Section 43 Effect of plant or machinery subsequently being primarily for use outside Northern Ireland
  • Section 44 Expenditure incurred by small or medium-sized enterprises
  • Section 45 ICT expenditure incurred by small enterprises
  • Section 45A Expenditure on energy-saving plant or machinery
  • Section 45AA Section 45A exclusion: feed-in tariffs and renewable heat incentives
  • Section 45B Certification of energy-saving plant and machinery
  • Section 45C Energy-saving components of plant or machinery
  • Section 45D Expenditure on cars with low carbon dioxide emissions
  • Section 45DA Expenditure on zero-emission goods vehicles
  • Section 45DB Exclusions from allowances under section 45DA
  • Section 45E Expenditure on plant or machinery for gas refuelling station
  • Section 45EA Expenditure on plant or machinery for electric vehicle charging point
  • Section 45F Expenditure on plant and machinery for use wholly in a ring fence trade
  • Section 45G Plant or machinery used for less than five years in a ring fence trade
  • Section 45H Expenditure on environmentally beneficial plant or machinery
  • Section 45I Certification of environmentally beneficial plant and machinery
  • Section 45J Environmentally beneficial components of plant or machinery
  • Section 45K Expenditure on plant and machinery for use in designated assisted areas
  • Section 45L Exclusion of plant or machinery partly for use outside designated assisted areas
  • Section 45M Exclusions from allowances under section 45K
  • Section 45N Effect of plant or machinery subsequently being primarily for use outside designated assisted areas
  • Section 45O Expenditure on plant and machinery for use in special tax sites
  • Section 45P Power to amend conditions
  • Section 45Q Exclusion of plant or machinery partly for use outside special tax sites
  • Section 45R Effect of failing to comply with ongoing requirements
  • Section 45S Expenditure on plant or machinery in other cases
  • Section 45T Exclusion of expenditure incurred under disqualifying arrangements
  • Section 45U Expenditure on plant or machinery in cases not falling with section 45S etc
  • Section 45V Exclusion of expenditure incurred under disqualifying arrangements
  • Section 46 General exclusions ...
  1. Types of expenditure which may qualify for first-year allowances
  2. Expenditure on plant or machinery for electric vehicle charging point

Section 45EA | Expenditure on plant or machinery for electric vehicle charging point F1

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)Expenditure is first-year qualifying expenditure if—F1

(a)it is incurred in the relevant period,F1

(b)it is expenditure on plant or machinery for an electric vehicle charging point where the plant or machinery is unused and not second-hand, andF1

(c)it is not excluded by section 46 (general exclusions).F1

(2)For the purposes of this section expenditure on plant or machinery for an electric vehicle charging point is expenditure on plant or machinery installed solely for the purpose of charging electric vehicles.F1

(3)The “relevant period” is the period beginning with 23 November 2016 and ending with—F1

(a)in the case of expenditure incurred by a person within the charge to corporation tax, 31 March 2027, andF1F2

(b)in the case of expenditure incurred by a person within the charge to income tax, 5 April 2027.F1F3

(4)The Treasury may by regulations amend subsection (3) so as to extend the relevant period.F1

(5)In this section—F1

“electric vehicle” means a road vehicle that can be propelled by electrical power (whether or not it can also be propelled by another kind of power);

“electric vehicle charging point” means a facility for charging an electric vehicle.

Notes

  1. F1

    S. 45EA inserted (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 38(3)

  2. F2

    Word in s. 45EA(3)(a) substituted (18.3.2026) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 30(b)

  3. F3

    Word in s. 45EA(3)(b) substituted (18.3.2026) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 30(b)

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