Specialist Tax Regulatory Materials
7 February 2022 - This roundup sets out the most important changes to HMRC manuals over the past week as curated by our editors.
Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Associated companies 鈥� from 1 April 2023Implications of associated companiesFrom 1 April 2023, the rate of corporation tax that a company is subject to depends on the level of its augmented profits. The rate of tax is based on a comparison of the company鈥檚 augmented profits against the corporation
Trade or hobbyInteraction of hobby farming rules and commercialityFarming has its own set of 鈥榟obby farming rules鈥�, which historically have stated that a profit must be made every six years. This is known as 鈥榯he five-year rule鈥�, in that there can be five years of losses but there must be a profit
Sales, advertising and marketingExpenditure on sales, advertising and marketing activities may include amounts which are disallowable for the purposes of calculating trading profits. This may be because the expenditure is:鈥apital in nature (see the Capital vs revenue expenditure guidance note)鈥ot
