Amercican car purchase and CA s

Amercican car purchase and CA s

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Leaving aside the question of residence here , my client spent quite  a large part of the year in the US last year - he purchased a car in 2011 12 and it has subsequently been sold in 2012 13 - assuming that he is paying UK tax what sort of CAs will be available if any - any other pointers welcome. Nick

PS a want to get a per diem deduction for clients days in US what will HMRC wear , cant find anything when i search

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By Steve Kesby
02nd Jan 2013 16:27

If you have a relevant business activity...

... taxable in the UK, then you're entitled to capital allowances to the extent that you incur capital expenditure (on plant and machinery) for the purposes of that business activity.

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By carnmores
29th Dec 2012 15:10

thanks Steve

i was just wondering what about the co2 emissions when the car never came here , is there a ctegory i missed per chance, thanks as always

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By Steve Kesby
02nd Jan 2013 16:28

Since it's not EC registered...

... it won't have a qualifying emissions certificate and can't therefore be a low emissions car, as defined, meaning it will have to go in the special rate pool (or, if there's private use, a single asset pool with WDAs at the lower rate).

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By carnmores
29th Dec 2012 16:41

i owe you a large drink

will be back in London on 14th Jan  if youre around!

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By David Treitel
31st Dec 2012 07:28

For US tax purposes one depreciates the entire cost of the car but subject to limitations depending on the cost, and recovered in the year of sale.

Your client will also need to file US tax returns for 2011 and 2012 and you will need to know the US tax payable for these years to calculate the US tax claimable in the UK as a credit on any doubly taxed income.

David Treitel

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