Capital allowances refer to allowances against UK income tax or corporation tax available to businesses, sole traders, partnerships, or limited companies that have capital expenditures on plant and machinery used in the business.
In the UK, a special capital allowance against corporation tax that is granted in the year of purchase of an asset in place of the standard writing-down allowance of 25%.
Writing-down allowance (WDA) is a type of capital allowance available to UK traders, allowing the reduction in value of certain assets over time for tax purposes.
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