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Capital Allowances Act 2001

Crossheading Entitlement to and calculation of writing-down allowances

  • Section 507 Entitlement to writing-down allowance
  • Section 508 Basic rule for calculating amount of allowance
  • Section 509 Calculation of allowance after sale of relevant interest
  • Section 510 Allowance limited to residue of qualifying expenditure attributable to dwelling-house
  1. Entitlement to and calculation of writing-down allowances
  2. Calculation of allowance after sale of relevant interest

Section 509 | Calculation of allowance after sale of relevant interest

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)This section applies if—

(a)the relevant interest in a qualifying dwelling-house is sold, and

(b)a balancing adjustment falls to be made under section 513 as a result of the sale.

(2)If this section applies, the writing-down allowance for any chargeable period ending after the sale is—

Formula

RQExAB

where—

RQE is the amount of the residue of qualifying expenditure attributable to the dwelling-house immediately after the sale,

A is the length of the chargeable period, and

B is the length of the period from the date of the sale to the end of the period of 25 years beginning with the day on which the dwelling-house was first used.

(3)On any later such sale, the writing-down allowance is further adjusted in accordance with this section.

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