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Capital Allowances Act 2001

Capital Allowances Act 2001

2001 CHAPTER 2

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Part 2: Plant and machinery allowances
Chapter 9: Short-life assets
Section 89: Disposal to connected person

398.This section is based on section 37(8) and (9) of CAA 1990. It allows connected persons to elect for a different treatment if they transfer a short-life asset between them. They can treat it like a sale at a price equal to the amount of the qualifying expenditure left in the pool. “Connected person” is defined in section 575. Both parties must make the election.

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