Main Capital and Other Allowances

  09-10
Plant & machinery 100% annual investment allowance (first year) £50,000
Plant & machinery expenditure in excess of £50,000 (first year) 40%
Plant & machinery, patent rights, know-how (reducing balance) pa 20%
Certain long-life assets, integral features of buildings (reducing balance) pa 10%
Industrial & agricultural buildings (straight line) 2%
Energy & water-efficient investments 100%
Qualifying flat conversions & business premises renovations 100%
Motor cars: Expenditure on or after 1/4/09 (Corporation Tax) or 6/4/09 (Income Tax)
CO2 emissions of g/km: 110 or less 111-160 161 or more
Capital allowance: 100% 20% 10%
  first year reducing balance reducing balance
Research and Development: Capital expenditure 100%
Revenue expenditure: Small/medium companies 175%, large companies 130% 130%

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