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(d) A wear and tear allowance in respect of any machinery or plant made by virtue of this subparagraph for any accounting period shall not exceed the amount appropriate to that machinery or plant as set out in section 284(2).

Section 284 (wear and tear allowances) subject to section 485C(1B).

An amount equal to the amount of wear and tear allowances (within the meaning of section 284) made to an individual in relation to specified plant and machinery for the tax year under section 284, or deemed to have been made to an individual under section 287, whether by virtue of section 298 or otherwise, including any such allowances or part of any such allowance made to the individual in a previous tax year and carried forward from that previous tax year in accordance with Part 9.

An amount equal to the amount of wear and tear allowances (within the meaning of section 284) made to an individual in relation to specified plant and machinery for the tax year under section 284, or deemed to have been made to an individual under section 287, whether by virtue of section 298 or otherwise, including any such allowances or part of any such allowance made to the individual in a previous tax year and carried forward from that previous tax year in accordance with Part 9.

(d) This paragraph applies to a specified individual where in charging the profits or gains of the individual’s several trade an allowance in respect of capital expenditure on machinery or plant to which the provisions of section 284(3A) apply has been or is to be made to that individual; but this paragraph shall not apply to such an individual as respects—

(iii) a loss sustained in the trade in the year of assessment 2001-2002 the year of assessment 2002 or any subsequent year of assessment to the extent that the loss does not arise from the taking into account for the purposes of section 392(1) of an allowance to be made in accordance with the provisions of section 284(3A).

(d) Where an individual has relevant sums chargeable to income tax under Case V of Schedule D and an election under subsection (3)(a) has not been made, an allowance under section 284, which would on due claim being made be granted, shall be deemed to have been granted.

(d) Where an individual has relevant sums chargeable to income tax under Case I of Schedule D and an election under subsection (3)(a) has been made, an allowance under section 284, which would on due claim being made be granted, shall be deemed to have been granted.

and such other company (in this subsection and subsection (4D) referred to as the “other company”) uses those subscriptions or moneys to provide specified intangible assets (within the meaning of section 291A) in respect of which allowances are to be made to it under section 284 as applied by section 291A, then, notwithstanding subsection (3) and section 243, the amount of the relief to be given in respect of so much (in this subsection and subsections (4C) and (4D) referred to as the “relevant interest”) of the interest paid in an accounting period by the investing company on the loan, or the part of the loan, as the case may be, as exceeds the sum of—

(A) if that relevant interest had been incurred by the other company in connection with the provision of a specified intangible asset by reference to which allowances were to be made to it under section 284 as applied by section 291A in addition to any other interest so incurred by it, and

(a) no allowance for wear and tear of that machinery or plant shall be made under section 284 for that chargeable period, and

(b) an allowance for wear and tear of that machinery or plant which is to be made under section 284 for any chargeable period subsequent to that chargeable period shall not be increased under section 285.

(a) the amount of any allowance in respect of the machinery or plant made to the person under section 284 for that chargeable period, and

(b) the aggregate amount of any allowances made to the person in respect of the machinery or plant under this section and section 284 for earlier chargeable periods,

(2) (a) Subject to this section and section 299(2), where for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 in relation to any qualifying machinery or plant, the allowance shall, subject to section 284(4), be increased by such amount as is specified by the person to whom the allowance is to be made and, in relation to a case in which this subsection has applied, any reference in the Tax Acts to an allowance made under section 284 shall be construed as a reference to that allowance as increased under this subsection.

(2) (a) Subject to this section and section 299(2), where for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 in relation to any qualifying machinery or plant, the allowance shall, subject to section 284(4), be increased by such amount as is specified by the person to whom the allowance is to be made and, in relation to a case in which this subsection has applied, any reference in the Tax Acts to an allowance made under section 284 shall be construed as a reference to that allowance as increased under this subsection.

(2) (a) Subject to this section and section 299(2), where for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 in relation to any qualifying machinery or plant, the allowance shall, subject to section 284(4), be increased by such amount as is specified by the person to whom the allowance is to be made and, in relation to a case in which this subsection has applied, any reference in the Tax Acts to an allowance made under section 284 shall be construed as a reference to that allowance as increased under this subsection.

(b) Subject to subsections (4) and (6), as respects any machinery or plant provided for use on or after the 1st day of April, 1988, any wear and tear allowance made under section 284 and increased under paragraph (a) in respect of that machinery or plant, whether claimed for one chargeable period or more than one such period, shall not in the aggregate exceed—

(a) no allowance made under section 284 for wear and tear of any qualifying machinery or plant provided for use on or after the 1st day of April, 1992, shall be increased under this section, and

(b) as respects chargeable periods ending on or after the 6th day of April, 1999, no allowance made under section 284 for wear and tear of any qualifying machinery or plant provided for use before the 1st day of April, 1992, shall be increased under this section.

(8) Where for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance under section 284 in relation to any machinery or plant is increased under this section, no allowance under section 283 shall be made in relation to the machinery or plant for that or any subsequent chargeable period.

(2) Subject to this section, where for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 to a company person which has incurred capital expenditure on the provision of energy-efficient equipment for the purposes of a trade carried on by that company person which at the time it is so provided is unused and not second-hand, section 284(2) shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that section to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 100 per cent.

(2) Subject to this section, where for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 to a company person which has incurred capital expenditure on the provision of energy-efficient equipment for the purposes of a trade carried on by that company person which at the time it is so provided is unused and not second-hand, section 284(2) shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that section to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 100 per cent.

(8A) (a) Notwithstanding Part 11C, where an allowance is increased under this section in respect of expenditure incurred in a chargeable period on the provision of any vehicle (being a vehicle to which subsection (1) of section 380K relates) in relation to the class of technology described in column (1) of the Table as “Electric and Alternative Fuel Vehicles”, then subsection (2) shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of section 284(2) to the actual cost were a reference to the lower of the actual cost of the vehicle or the specified amount referred to in section 380K(4).

(b) Subsection (2) shall not apply where an allowance in respect of expenditure incurred on the provision of a vehicle referred to in paragraph (a) is made under section 284(2) as applied by section 380L.

(2) Where a person has incurred qualifying expenditure, and for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284, subsection (2) of that section shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that subsection to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 100 per cent.

(2) Where a person has incurred qualifying expenditure for the purposes of a trade carried on by that person, and for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 in respect of qualifying refuelling equipment or a qualifying vehicle to which that qualifying expenditure relates, subsection (2) of that section shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that subsection to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 100 per cent.

(a)section 284(2)(a)(ii), as applied by section 286(2), or

(b)section 284(2)(ad), as applied by section 285A(2).

then, for any chargeable period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 in respect of any qualifying expenditure specified in that qualifying certificate, subsection (2) of that section shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that subsection to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 50 per cent.

(2) In determining what capital allowances are to be made to a person for any chargeable period in taxing a trade which consists of or includes the carrying on of qualifying purposes, section 284 shall apply to a car which as respects that period has been used by the person for qualifying purposes as if the reference in subsection (2)(a)(ii) of that section to 20 per cent were a reference to 40 per cent.

(b) Where an individual who has incurred qualifying expenditure carries on a qualifying trade and uses a vehicle, being the vehicle to which the machinery or plant referred to in paragraph (a) relates, partly for letting to another person and partly for the purposes of the qualifying trade, the machinery or plant shall be deemed for the purposes of section 284(1) to be used only for the purposes of the qualifying trade.

(4) In determining what capital allowances are to be made in taxing the trade of an individual to which subsection (2) refers for any year of assessment, section 284(2)(aa) (inserted by the Finance Act, 2001) shall apply—

(a) as if the machinery or plant to which subsection (2) refers were machinery or plant to which section 284(2)(aa) applies, and

(b) as if the reference to “on or after 1 January 2001” in section 284(2)(aa) were a reference to “on 21 November 1997”.

“wear and tear allowance” means an allowance made under section 284 otherwise than by virtue of section 285;

(2) Where for any chargeable period during which any machinery or plant has been used by a person no wear and tear allowance or a wear and tear allowance less than the normal wear and tear allowance is made to such person in respect of the machinery or plant, the normal wear and tear allowance shall be deemed for the purposes of subsections (3) and (4) of section 284 to have been made to such person in respect of the machinery or plant for that chargeable period.

(3) Subject to this section, where for any accounting period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 to a company which has incurred capital expenditure on the provision of a specified intangible asset for the purposes of a trade carried on by that company, subsection (2) of section 284 shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that subsection to a rate per cent of 12.5 were a reference to a rate per cent determined by the formula—

(3) Subject to this section, where for any accounting period a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284 to a company which has incurred capital expenditure on the provision of a specified intangible asset for the purposes of a trade carried on by that company, subsection (2) of section 284 shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that subsection to a rate per cent of 12.5 were a reference to a rate per cent determined by the formula—

B is the actual cost, within the meaning of paragraph (ad) of section 284(2), of the specified intangible asset or, if greater than the actual cost, the value of that asset by reference to which amortisation or depreciation amortisation and any impairment have been computed for the period of account referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

(4) (a) Notwithstanding subsection (3), where a company makes an election under this subsection in respect of capital expenditure incurred on the provision of a specified intangible asset for the purposes of a trade carried on by the company, subsection (2) of section 284 shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that subsection to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 7 per cent.

(i) any allowances to be made to a company under section 284 as applied by this section, and

(8) (a) The Revenue Commissioners or an authorised officer An authorised officer may, in relation to an allowance made or to be made to a company under section 284 as applied by this section in respect of capital expenditure incurred on a specified intangible asset—

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), where the transferor and transferee make a joint election under section 615(4) or 617(4), the transferee shall be entitled to claim an allowance under section 284 as applied by this section in respect of capital expenditure incurred by it on acquiring the specified intangible asset from the transferor.

(b) a wear and tear allowance under section 284,

(1) Subject to subsection (3), where machinery or plant is let by means of a finance lease (within the meaning of section 76D) to a person, by whom a trade is carried on, on the terms of that person being bound to maintain the machinery or plant and deliver it over in good condition at the end of the lease, and if the burden of the wear and tear of the machinery or plant in fact falls directly on that person, then, for the purposes of sections 283 and 284, the capital expenditure on the provision of the machinery or plant shall be deemed to have been incurred by that person and not by any other person and the machinery or plant shall be deemed to belong to that person and not to any other person.

that this section shall apply for the purposes of sections 283 and 284 by giving notice in writing to the inspector on or before the specified return date for the chargeable period (within the meaning of section 950 section 959A) in a form approved by the Revenue Commissioners and containing such particulars relating to the lessor and lessee and in connection with the lease as may be specified in the approved form.

(1) Any allowance or charge made to or on any person under the preceding provisions of this Chapter shall, unless it is made under or by virtue of section 298 section 284(6) or 298, be made to or on that person in taxing such person’s trade.

(4) Any wear and tear allowance made to any person under or by virtue of section 284(6) shall be made in charging that person’s income under Case V of Schedule D.

then, such allowances, if any, shall be made to the person under section 272 or 284 as would have been made to the person if the capital sum contributed in the chargeable period or its basis period had been expenditure on the provision for the purposes of that trade of a similar asset and that asset had continued at all material times to be in use for the purposes of the trade.

(2A) Where, by virtue of subsection (2), a person is entitled to an allowance under section 284 then, for the purposes of determining the amount of wear and tear allowances to be made for any chargeable period or its basis period for the purposes of this section, section 284 shall apply—

(2A) Where, by virtue of subsection (2), a person is entitled to an allowance under section 284 then, for the purposes of determining the amount of wear and tear allowances to be made for any chargeable period or its basis period for the purposes of this section, section 284 shall apply—

(a) where the transfer is of the whole trade, allowances which, if the transfer had not taken place, would have been made to the transferor under section 272 or 284 for chargeable periods ending after the date of the transfer shall be made to the transferee and shall not be made to the transferor;

(2) Any reference in this Part to the date on which expenditure is incurred shall be construed as a reference to the date when the sums in question become payable; but, for the purposes of section 284, this subsection shall apply only in respect of machinery and plant provided for use for the purposes of a trade on or after the 6th day of April 1996.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), expenditure shall not be regarded for any of the purposes of this Part, other than sections 283 and 284, as having been incurred by a person in so far as the expenditure has been or is to be met directly or indirectly—

(3) (a) Subject to paragraph (b) and subsection (4), where an allowance is to be made for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax, as the case may be, under section 283 or 284 and the capital expenditure incurred on the provision of the machinery or plant in respect of which the allowance is to be made was incurred on or after the 29th day of January, 1986, the following provisions shall apply:

(ii) the actual cost of any machinery or plant to any person shall for the purposes of section 284 be taken to be the amount of capital expenditure incurred on the provision of such machinery or plant less any expenditure referred to in subparagraph (i).

(4) (a) Subsection (3) shall not apply where an allowance is to be made under section 283 or 284 in taxing a food processing trade carried on by a company and the capital expenditure in respect of which the allowance is to be made was incurred by that company and was so incurred in respect of qualifying machinery or plant.

(1) In relation to a vehicle to which this Part applies, section 284 shall apply as if, for the purpose of subsection (3) of that section the purposes of that section, the actual cost of the vehicle were taken to be the specified amount where the expenditure incurred on the provision of the vehicle exceeded that amount and, where an allowance which apart from this subsection would be made under section 284 is to be reduced by virtue of this subsection, any reference in the Tax Acts to an allowance made under section 284 shall be construed as a reference to that allowance as reduced under this subsection.

(1) In relation to a vehicle to which this Part applies, section 284 shall apply as if, for the purpose of subsection (3) of that section the purposes of that section, the actual cost of the vehicle were taken to be the specified amount where the expenditure incurred on the provision of the vehicle exceeded that amount and, where an allowance which apart from this subsection would be made under section 284 is to be reduced by virtue of this subsection, any reference in the Tax Acts to an allowance made under section 284 shall be construed as a reference to that allowance as reduced under this subsection.

(1) In relation to a vehicle to which this Part applies, section 284 shall apply as if, for the purpose of subsection (3) of that section the purposes of that section, the actual cost of the vehicle were taken to be the specified amount where the expenditure incurred on the provision of the vehicle exceeded that amount and, where an allowance which apart from this subsection would be made under section 284 is to be reduced by virtue of this subsection, any reference in the Tax Acts to an allowance made under section 284 shall be construed as a reference to that allowance as reduced under this subsection.

(2) In relation to a vehicle to which this Part applies, the allowances under section 284 to be taken into account for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 9 in computing the amount of expenditure still unallowed at any time shall be limited to those computed in accordance with subsection (1), and the expenditure incurred on the provision of the vehicle to be taken into account for the purposes of that Chapter shall be limited to the specified amount.

(1) In relation to a vehicle to which this Part applies, where an allowance which, apart from this section, would be made under section 284 is to be increased or reduced, as the case may be, by virtue of this section, any reference in the Tax Acts to an allowance made under section 284 shall be construed as a reference to that allowance as increased or reduced under this section.

(1) In relation to a vehicle to which this Part applies, where an allowance which, apart from this section, would be made under section 284 is to be increased or reduced, as the case may be, by virtue of this section, any reference in the Tax Acts to an allowance made under section 284 shall be construed as a reference to that allowance as increased or reduced under this section.

(2) In relation to a vehicle to which this Part applies, the allowances under section 284 to be taken into account for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 9 in computing the amount of expenditure still unallowed at any time shall be determined by reference to the allowances computed in accordance with this section, and the expenditure incurred on the provision of the vehicle to be taken into account for the purposes of that Chapter shall be determined accordingly.

(3)Section 284 shall apply as if, for the purposes of that section, the actual cost of the vehicle were taken to be—

(a) that person may claim that the wear and tear allowance to be made under section 284 to the person in respect of that expenditure is to be determined as if the reference to 12.5 per cent in section 284(2)(ad) were a reference to 100 per cent, and

(a) that person may claim that the wear and tear allowance to be made under section 284 to the person in respect of that expenditure is to be determined as if the reference to 12.5 per cent in section 284(2)(ad) were a reference to 100 per cent, and

(2) For the purposes of ascertaining the amount of any allowance to be made to any person under section 284 in respect of expenditure incurred during a chargeable period on any qualifying machinery or plant, no account shall be taken of an allowance under subsection (1)(b) in respect of that expenditure, and in section 284(4) “the allowances on that account” and “the allowances” where it occurs before “exceed” shall each be construed as not including a reference to any allowance made under subsection (1)(b) to the person by whom the relevant trade is carried on.

(2) For the purposes of ascertaining the amount of any allowance to be made to any person under section 284 in respect of expenditure incurred during a chargeable period on any qualifying machinery or plant, no account shall be taken of an allowance under subsection (1)(b) in respect of that expenditure, and in section 284(4) “the allowances on that account” and “the allowances” where it occurs before “exceed” shall each be construed as not including a reference to any allowance made under subsection (1)(b) to the person by whom the relevant trade is carried on.

(5A)(a) In this subsection “appointed day” has the same meaning as in section 284(3A).

(b) In relation to capital allowances in respect of machinery or plant to which section 284(3A) applies—

(b) in respect of which no allowance on account of wear and tear to be made under section 284 has been or will be increased under section 285.

(b) Where a lessor has made an election under paragraph (a)(ii)(IV) in relation to a lease, the Tax Acts shall apply as respects assets leased under that lease as they would if the following were inserted in section 284(2):

Where a person incurs capital expenditure of the type to which subsection (7) of section 284 applies and an allowance is to be made in respect of that expenditure under that section, sections 305(1)(b), 308(4) and 420(2) shall not apply as respects that allowance.

(1B)(a) For the purposes of this subsection and Schedule 25B “specified plant and machinery” means plant and machinery on which a wear and tear allowance may be granted under section 284, whether by virtue of section 298 or otherwise, which would be restricted by section 403(3) save for the provisions of section 403(9).

(b) Subject to paragraph (d), a wear and tear allowance granted under section 284, or deemed to have been made to an individual under section 287, whether by virtue of section 298 or otherwise, shall only be a specified relief to the extent it relates to specified plant and machinery.

“capital allowance” means any allowance under the provisions of the Tax Acts which relate to allowances in respect of capital expenditure, and includes an allowance under section 284;

(vii) where section 272, 284, 658 or 659 applies in respect of an individual carrying on a trade or profession, an amount equal to the amount referred to in section 531AU(2), section 531AU(2), and

(a) in the case of an individual who is entitled to an allowance for a tax year under section 284(1),

(b) a wear and tear allowance is to be made under section 284, subsection (2) of that section shall apply as if the reference in paragraph (ad) of that subsection to 12.5 per cent were a reference to 50 per cent.

“wear and tear allowance” means an allowance made under section 284.

(7) A mine development allowance shall not be made in respect of any capital expenditure incurred in connection with a mine in any case where the asset representing that capital expenditure is an asset in respect of which an allowance may be made under section 284.

(3) For the purposes of ascertaining the amount of any allowance to be made to any person under section 284 in respect of expenditure incurred during a chargeable period on any qualifying machinery or plant, no account shall be taken of an allowance under subsection (2) in respect of that expenditure, and in section 284(4) “the allowances on that account” and “the allowances” where it occurs before “exceed” shall each be construed as not including a reference to any allowance made under subsection (2) to the person by whom the trade of working a qualifying mine is carried on.

(3) For the purposes of ascertaining the amount of any allowance to be made to any person under section 284 in respect of expenditure incurred during a chargeable period on any qualifying machinery or plant, no account shall be taken of an allowance under subsection (2) in respect of that expenditure, and in section 284(4) “the allowances on that account” and “the allowances” where it occurs before “exceed” shall each be construed as not including a reference to any allowance made under subsection (2) to the person by whom the trade of working a qualifying mine is carried on.

(2) In relation to assets representing development expenditure, section 284(2) shall, subject to subsection (3), apply as if the reference in paragraph (a)(i) of that section to 15 per cent were a reference to 100 per cent as if the reference to paragraph (a)(i) of that section to 15 per cent were a reference to 100 per cent .

(3) Assets representing development expenditure shall not be treated for the purposes of section 284(1) as being in use for the purposes of a petroleum trade at the end of any chargeable period or its basis period which ends before the commencement of production of petroleum in commercial quantities from the relevant field in connection with which the assets were provided.

(i) section 284 shall apply as if the trade for the purposes of which the leased assets are (or would under section 298(1) be regarded as being) in use were a petroleum trade carried on by the lessor, and

(7) This section shall not apply to patent rights in respect of which an allowance has been made to a company under section 284 as applied by section 291A.

(b) in the application of section 284 to an allowance made in respect of the asset for any chargeable period after that in which the cessation takes place, the actual cost of the asset shall be treated as being reduced by the amount of the allowance effectively made.

(a) subject to paragraph (c), subsection (2) of section 284 shall be construed as if a reference in that section to an amount of wear and tear allowance to be made was a reference to an amount, computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice, charged to the profit and loss account of the company for the period of account which is the same as the specified period in respect of the amortisation or impairment of the cost of specified assets,