Market South West (Holdings) Ltd v Revenue and Customs: FTTTx 17 Mar 2010

FTTTx CORPORATION TAX – EXPENDITURE OF REVENUE OR CAPITAL NATURE – LEGAL FEES RELATING TO DISPUTED PLANNING APPLICATION Appellants incurring professional fees in dispute relating to planning permissions – did expenditure relate to capital asset – yes – did expenditure relate to maintenance of existing capital asset – no – did expenditure relate to acquisition or extension of existing capital asset – yes – did recurrent nature of fees charged imply Revenue expense – no – did unsuccessful outcome of planning appeal impact tax treatment of expenditure – no – Appeal Dismissed.

Citations:

[2010] UKFTT 121 (TC)

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Corporation Tax

Updated: 04 October 2022; Ref: scu.408965