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Mrs. Jones, a sole trader who is registered for VAT, has traded as a manufacturer of standard-rated items since 1 June 2003. She has decided
Mrs. Jones, a sole trader who is registered for VAT, has traded as a manufacturer of standard-rated items since 1 June 2003. She has decided to retire on 31 May 2019, her 65th birthday and you are asked to finalize her tax position up to that date. You are provided with the following information:
- Mrs. Jones has always prepared accounts to 31 May each year. Overlap profits of £37,500 arose on commencement.
- The last accounts will be for the year to 31 May 2019. Interim accounts have been prepared to 28 February 2019, revealing the following:
£
Sales |
| 100,200 |
Cost of sales |
| 24,700 |
Gross profit |
| 75,500 |
Expenses |
| 29,000 |
Net profit |
| 46,500 |
All of the above figures are net of VAT and contain no disallowable items for income tax purposes.
- For the last three months to 31 May 2019 (which is also the last VAT quarter), you have extracted the following figures from the accounting records:
£
Sales:
To UK customers 30,654
To overseas (non-EU) customers 8,000
Materials purchased:
Standard rated 4,098
Zero-rated 2,000
Exempt 800 Expenses:
General (all standard rated) 6,120
Wages 7,000
Hire of machinery (standard rated) 612
Business bank charges (exempt) 500
Entertaining UK clients 400
All of the above include VAT if appropriate. There was no stock at 1 March 2019 and there is no outstanding stock left at 31 May 2019. All of the general expenses are allowable for income tax purposes.
- The tax written down value of the plant and machinery carried forward after capital allowances had been calculated for the year to 31 May 2018 was:
£
Plant and machinery main pool 12,375
Special rate pool (car with no private use) 5,250
No plant and machinery was acquired during the year to 31 May 2019.
- The business was sold as a going concern (to another taxable person) on 31 May 2019. The items sold were:
| £ |
Freehold shop | 200,000 |
Freehold workshop | 130,000 |
Goodwill | 180,000 |
Plant and machinery | 25,000 |
Car | 6,000 |
The shop and the workshop were acquired on 1 June 2003 for £30,000 and £21,000 respectively. All of the items of plant and machinery were sold for less than original cost. No previous claims for entrepreneurs relief have been made.
Required:
(a) Calculate the VAT due for the quarter to 31 May 2019
(b) Calculate the final adjusted taxable profit for the year to 31 May 2019, after
deduction of capital allowances
(c) Calculate Mrs. Jones’s trading income for 2019/20
(d) Calculate the capital gains tax due on the disposal of the business, claiming all reliefs that are available to her. Mrs. Jones has no other disposals in 2019/20 and has no capital losses brought forward.
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