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Capital allowances…What you can claim

A practical tax webinar covering current capital allowances, recent changes, case law, and tax planning opportunities for businesses and individuals.

Overview

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This very practical tax webinar will review the capital allowances currently available to sole traders, partnerships and companies.

What you will gain

Delegates will gain a very practical and detailed refresher regarding the capital allowances currently available on the expenditure on plant and machinery, cars, construction of commercial buildings and structures and other relevant expenditure. Tax planning opportunities will also be considered

This webinar will include the following topics:

·       What is plant and machinery?

·       What capital allowances can you claim?

·       Company capital allowances

·       Capital allowances for individuals and partnerships

·       Using the legislation to maximise your capital allowances claims

·       The impact of relevant recent capital allowances tax cases

·       Negotiating with HMRC in practice

·       The structures and buildings allowances available when you construct commercial buildings and structures

·       The changes introduced in the November 2025 Budget

·       Capital allowances on cars

·       Capital allowances on electric vehicles

·       Other capital allowances available

·       Problems in practice, and how to overcome them

·       Tax planning opportunities

·       Practical case studies

·       General overview

Tim Palmer

Tim lectures frequently all over the UK on a wide variety of taxation subjects. He has been presenting such tax lectures for over 30 years now.

Previously, Tim was a senior Tax Manager with Howarth Clark Whitehill LLP, advising on all areas of tax and NIC for the firm to their clients. He was also a member of the tax department of P&O where he specialised in Corporation Tax and the Construction Industry, being involved in the Bovis Construction Industry tax deduction scheme within the P&O Group.

Additionally, Tim has recently written numerous articles in the tax press particularly with regard to his specialist areas of CIS, ‘self-employed status issues’, NIC and PAYE matters, stamp duty land tax, and the tax benefits of businesses switching to electric vehicles.

Tim lectures on most areas of tax, including IR35 and CIS, which are his particular specialties, both in lecturing and in practice.

 

The webinar handout material will be available on the webinar platform when you log in to view the session.

If you wish to view or download handout materials, before starting the webinar, they will also be available through your document library on https://events.accaglobal.com

This event was recorded on 21 May 2026

Pricing and booking information

Price

Price (excluding VAT) 110 GBP

Location

United Kingdom

Date & time

On demand

Enquiries

Email enquiries UKCL@accaglobal.com

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