Commentary on Sections Glossary History
1590.Section 21 of FA 1968 introduced provisions giving traders capital allowances for capital expenditure on acquiring know-how. The allowances were given, broadly, on a straight line basis over six years. A balancing allowance was available if the trade permanently ceased before the end of the six-year period. There were also provisions dealing with receipts from the disposal of know-how. Section 21 was treated as if it was contained in Part I of CAA 1968. This legislation was consolidated as sections 386 and 387 of ICTA 1970 but still treated as if it was in Part I of CAA 1968.
1591.Section 65 of, and Schedule 18 to, FA 1985 altered the system of capital allowances for know-how so that expenditure is pooled. Allowances are no longer given on the separate items of expenditure but on the reducing balance in the pool. The earlier system of giving balancing allowances in relation to individual items of expenditure was also replaced by a system for balancing adjustments closer to, but not identical to, that for plant and machinery.
1592.The provisions in ICTA 1970 and Schedule 18 to FA 1985 were consolidated as sections 530, 531, 532 and 533 of ICTA. Sections 530, 531, 532 and 533 were treated as if they were in Part I of CAA 1968. Subsequently they were treated as if they were in CAA 1990.