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Corporation tax liabilitiesSection BSyllabus EGroup Relief
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SCENARIO: Titanium Forge Ltd (TFL) is a heavy manufacturing company producing industrial valves. For the year ended 31 March 2024, TFL had augmented profits of £2.2 million. TFL owns 100% of the ordinary share capital of IronWorks Ltd, a UK resident company. During the year, TFL imported £500,000 of specialized machinery from Germany and purchased £1.2 million of new heavy plant machinery in the UK.

QUESTION: How should TFL account for the VAT on the £500,000 machinery imported from Germany?

ACCA · Question 18 · Corporation tax liabilities

SCENARIO: Titanium Forge Ltd (TFL) is a heavy manufacturing company producing industrial valves. For the year ended 31 March 2024, TFL had augmented profits of £2.2 million. TFL owns 100% of the ordinary share capital of IronWorks Ltd, a UK resident company. During the year, TFL imported £500,000 of specialized machinery from Germany and purchased £1.2 million of new heavy plant machinery in the UK.

QUESTION: Which of the following losses can IronWorks Ltd surrender to TFL as group relief?

Answer options:

A.

Current year trading losses

B.

Capital losses

C.

Carried forward trading losses from before joining the group

D.

Dividends paid

How to approach this question

Identify the types of losses eligible for group relief. Current year trading losses are the primary eligible category.

Full Answer

A.Current year trading losses✓ Correct
Companies in a 75% group can surrender current year trading losses (and certain other current year deficits like non-trade loan relationship deficits) to other group members. Capital losses cannot be surrendered via group relief.

Common mistakes

Thinking capital losses can be group relieved (they require a different mechanism, i.e., joint election to transfer gains/losses).

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