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Corporation Tax Zanilly plc is a manufacturing company based in Sheffield. It has one subsidiary, Zany Ltd. Both companies prepare their financial statements to 31
Corporation Tax
Zanilly plc is a manufacturing company based in Sheffield. It has one subsidiary, Zany Ltd. Both companies prepare their financial statements to 31 January each year.
The statement of profit or loss for Zanilly plc for the year ended 31 January 2022 was as follows:
| Notes |
|
Gross profit |
| 1,220,500 |
Administration expenses | 1 | (452,000) |
Distribution costs | 2 | (330,100) |
Operating profit |
| 438,400 |
Income from investments: |
|
|
Dividends received from Zany Ltd. |
| 8,000 |
Profit on disposal of shares in Crane plc | 3 | 271,000 |
Bank interest received | 4 | 16,000 |
Profit before taxation |
| 733,400 |
Note 1 Administration expenses
These include: |
|
Depreciation of Buildings | 16,000 |
Staff entertaining | 20,100 |
Fines for pollution of local waterways | 24,900 |
Gifts to customers of food hampers. Cost 45 each. | 4,500 |
Qualifying charitable donations | 8,800 |
Entertaining potential clients | 7,750 |
Note 2 Distribution costs
These include:
Vehicle depreciation | 90,400 |
Note 3 Disposal of shares in Crane plc
Zanilly plc disposed of its shareholding in Crane plc on 30 June 2021. The shares were sold for 320,000 and had been purchased as follows:
Date | Shares | Cost |
5.4.2012 | 12,000 | 32,000 |
30.5.2016 | 5,000
| 17,000 |
The indexation factor for 5 April 2012 to December 2017 is 0.154, and for 30 May 2016 to December 2017 is 0.058.
Note 4 Bank interest received
Bank interest received is from deposits held for non-trading purposes. 880 of this relates to the year ended 31 January 2023.
Note 5 - Plant and machinery
At 1 February 2021, the tax written down value of the main pool was 66,700.
The following transactions took place during the year ended 31 January 2022:
Date |
|
| CO2emissions |
|
6 March 2021 | Purchase | Equipment | n/a | 200,000 |
26 July 2021 | Purchase | Motor car | 70 | 42,000 |
1 November 2021 | Disposal | Equipment | n/a | 16,600 |
10 January 2022 | Purchase | Delivery van | n/a | 34,000 |
The equipment sold for 16,600 on 1 November 21, had been bought by the company for 28,000 in May 2018. The company wishes to claim the maximum capital allowances possible.
Note 6 - Group relief
During the year ended 31 January 2022, Zany Ltd made a trading loss of 62,000. Zanilly has made a group relief claim, for the year ended 31 January 2022, in respect of this loss.
Note 7 National Insurance
Alison is the finance director of Zanilly plc. She is paid an annual salary of 82,000.
Required:
- Calculate the tax adjusted trading profit for Zanilly plc for the year ended 31 January 2022, starting your computation with the profit from operations.
[9 marks]
- Calculate the capital allowances for Zanilly plc for the year ended 31 January 2022.
[7 marks]
- Prepare the corporation tax computation for Zanilly plc for the year ended 31 January 2022.
[10 marks]
- State the payment date for the corporation tax
[2 marks]
- Calculate both the Employee Class 1 (Primary) NICs and Employer Class 1 (Secondary) NICs paid by Zanilly plc to HMRC in relation to Alisons salary for 2021/22.
[4 marks]
Total: 32 marks
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