Overview
206.This Chapter defines qualifying expenditure which gives entitlement to first-year allowances (subject to the person owning the plant or machinery in question in the chargeable period the expenditure is incurred – see section 52).
207.Section 39 introduces the three categories of expenditure in chargeable periods covered by the Act which may give rise to first-year allowances.
208.Sections 40 to 43 deal with expenditure which qualifies as incurred for Northern Ireland purposes by small or medium-sized enterprises. The expenditure must be incurred on or before 11 May 2002. They also provide for allowances to be withdrawn in some circumstances if plant or machinery is subsequently used outside Northern Ireland.
209.Section 44 provides for first-year allowances for qualifying expenditure incurred by a small or medium-sized enterprise which is not expenditure on a long-life asset (see Chapter 10).
210.Section 45 provides for first-year allowances for qualifying expenditure incurred on or before 31 March 2003 by a small enterprise on information and communications technology.
211.Section 46 defines expenditure which is excluded from all three categories of first-year qualifying expenditure.
212.Sections 47 to 49 decide whether or not an enterprise is small or medium-sized.
213.Section 50 provides that section 12 does not affect when expenditure is treated as incurred for the purposes of deciding what is and is not first-year qualifying expenditure.
214.Section 51 provides for exchange of information in connection with section 40.
215.Provisions relating to first-year allowances for earlier years are preserved in paragraphs 46 to 51 of Schedule 3 for the purposes of the legislation for additional VAT liabilities.
