New Structures And Buildings Allowance

The Chancellor has announced a new Structures And Building Allowance for new non-residential structures and buildings. This addresses a gap in the current capital allowances system ...

The new Structures And Buildings Allowance is for non-residential property such as shops, offices, factories, warehouses, hotels, and care homes!

Currently, no relief is available for structures and buildings although there are allowances for plant and machinery that are part of the building.

This is for the cost of non-residential property such as shops, offices, factories, warehouses, hotels, and care homes. Land, planning costs and parts of the structure which can be classed as plant and machinery will not qualify for this allowance, they are subject to the Annual Investment Allowance and the Writing Down Allowance instead.

If the building is sold, the new owner inherits the flat rate 2% allowance based on the original cost of the building or structure, but there are a couple of important points to note:

The new Structure And Buildings Allowance applies to any contract entered into on or after 29th October 2018.
Commercial property owners should be aware of the different allowances available for the plant and machinery parts of a building such as electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, security and lift systems.

If you'd like to find out more about Structures And Building Allowance for your commercial property project then do give me a call on 01908 774323 or click here to ping me an email and let's see how I can help you.

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New Structures And Buildings Allowance

For commercial property only ...