Arthur Franklin

Company taxation: 2010/11

Main rate28%
Small companies rate (up to £300,000)21%
Marginal relief fraction (£300,000 to £1,500,000)7/400

Depreciation of fixed assets is added back in business tax computations and replaced by deductions for Capital Allowances:

Plant and equipment£50,000 annual investment allowance
Writing down allowance: standard rate20% (reducing balance)
Writing down allowance: long life assets10% (reducing balance)
Cars costing £12,000 and over£3,000 pa and then reducing to 20% on balance below £12,000

Dividends are included in profit when calculating company tax and paid with a tax credit of 10% so that a dividend of £9,000 is equivalent to a gross dividend of £10,000 (10/9ths).

Shareholders whose total income does not exceed the basic rate threshold pay no additional tax and those whose income is above the threshold pay 32.5% on the excess:


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