Part 2 Plant and machinery allowances
Chapter 9 Short-life assets
84 Cases in which short-life asset treatment is ruled out
Treatment of plant or machinery as a short-life asset is ruled out in any of the cases listed in column 1 of the Table, unless an exception listed in column 2 applies.
Short-life asset treatment
1. Short-life asset treatment ruled out | 2. Exception (if any) |
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1. The expenditure is treated as incurred for the purposes of a qualifying activity under—
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2. The plant or machinery is the subject of special leasing (as defined by section 19). | |
3. The plant or machinery is a car (as defined by section F2268A). | F3The car is a hire car for a disabled person (as defined by section 268D). |
F44. The expenditure is special rate expenditure (see Chapter 10A). | F5The expenditure is incurred on the provision of a car which is a hire car for a disabled person (as defined by section 268D) |
5. The plant or machinery is provided for leasing. | The plant or machinery is a car which is F6a hire car for a disabled person (as defined by section 268D). The plant or machinery will be used within the designated period (as defined by section 106) for a qualifying purpose (as defined by sections 122 to 125). |
6. Section 109 provides only a 10% writing-down allowance in respect of expenditure on the plant or machinery. | |
7. The plant or machinery is leased to two or more persons jointly in circumstances such that section 116 applies. | |
8. The plant or machinery is a ship. | |
9. The expenditure was incurred partly for the purposes of a qualifying activity and partly for other purposes (see Chapter 15). | |
10. The expenditure is required to be allocated to a single asset pool under section 211 (partial depreciation subsidy). |