Sole Trader Trading Losses

Sole Trader Trading Losses

Income tax trading loss questions feature regularly in the tax exams, and it is an area most students struggle with despite it being fairly logical. The trading loss can be offset against the total income of either the current or the previous tax year so will result...
Capital Allowances

Capital Allowances

In every tax exam, you can expect a question on capital allowances. Capital allowances are tax depreciation which can be claimed on assets that are functional and used in the business. The assets that a business can claim allowances include machinery, cars,...
Adjustment Of Profits

Adjustment Of Profits

One of the fundamental areas in tax is adjustment of profits. This is because taxable profits is not the same as accounting profits.Typically, you are given the accounting profits and have to find taxable profits. You need to bear in mind that the accountant has...
Top Tip: Research & Development !

Top Tip: Research & Development !

An important area in the Advanced Tax exam is Research and Development. This is the only expenditure on which we can claim tax relief of more than 100%.The enhanced allowances are available on revenue expenditure directly relating to the research activities such as...
Ethics Masterclass From Kaplan !

Ethics Masterclass From Kaplan !

Professional ethics questions feature in all the accountancy qualifications, but many students do not pick up all these relatively easy marks.There are 2 main reasons for this.1.  Candidates do not understand the scenario and tend to write generic answers instead of...