3 Assume that today’s date is 10 May 2005.You have recently been approached by Fred Flop. Fred is the managing director and 100% shareholder of FlopLimited, a UK trading company with one wholly owned subsidiary. Both companies have a 31 March year-end.Fred informs you that he is experiencing problems in dealing with aspects of his company tax returns. The companyaccountant has been unable to keep up to date with matters, and Fred also believes that mistakes have been madein the past. Fred needs assistance and tells you the following:Year ended 31 March 2003The corporation tax return for this period was not submitted until 2 November 2004, and corporation tax of ￡123,500was paid at the same time. Profits chargeable to corporation tax were stated as ￡704,300.A formal notice (CT203) requiring the company to file a self-assessment corporation tax return (dated 1 February2004) had been received by the company on 4 February 2004.A detailed examination of the accounts and tax computation has revealed the following.– Computer equipment totalling ￡50,000 had been expensed in the accounts. No adjustment has been made inthe tax computation.– A provision of ￡10,000 was made for repairs, but there is no evidence of supporting information.– Legal and professional fees totalling ￡46,500 were allowed in full without any explanation. Fred hassubsequently produced the following analysis:Analysis of legal professional fees￡Legal fees on a failed attempt to secure a trading loan 15,000Debt collection agency fees 12,800Obtaining planning consent for building extension 15,700Accountant’s fees for preparing accounts 14,000Legal fees relating to a trade dispute 19,000– No enquiry has yet been raised by the Inland Revenue.– Flop Ltd was a large company in terms of the Companies Act definition for the year in question.– Flop Ltd had taxable profits of ￡595,000 in the previous year.Year ended 31 March 2004The corporation tax return has not yet been submitted for this year. The accounts are late and nearing completion,with only one change still to be made. A notice requiring the company to file a self-assessment corporation tax return(CT203) dated 27 July 2004 was received on 1 August 2004. No corporation tax has yet been paid.1 – The computation currently shows profits chargeable to corporation tax of ￡815,000 before accountingadjustments, and any adjustments for prior years.– A company owing Flop Ltd ￡50,000 (excluding VAT) has gone into liquidation, and it is unlikely that any of thismoney will be paid. The money has been outstanding since 3 September 2003, and the bad debt will need tobe included in the accounts.1 Fred also believes there are problems in relation to the company’s VAT administration. The VAT return for the quarterended 31 March 2005 was submitted on 5 May 2005, and VAT of ￡24,000 was paid at the same time. The previousreturn to 31 December 2004 was also submitted late. In addition, no account has been made for the VAT on the baddebt. The VAT return for 30 June 2005 may also be late. Fred estimates the VAT liability for that quarter to be ￡8,250.Required:(a) (i) Calculate the revised corporation tax (CT) payable for the accounting periods ending 31 March 2003and 2004 respectively. Your answer should include an explanation of the adjustments made as a resultof the information which has now come to light. (7 marks)(ii) State, giving reasons, the due payment date of the corporation tax (CT) and the filing date of thecorporation tax return for each period, and identify any interest and penalties which may have arisen todate. (8 marks)
3 Assume that today’s date is 10 May 2005.
You have recently been approached by Fred Flop. Fred is the managing director and 100% shareholder of Flop
Limited, a UK trading company with one wholly owned subsidiary. Both companies have a 31 March year-end.
Fred informs you that he is experiencing problems in dealing with aspects of his company tax returns. The company
accountant has been unable to keep up to date with matters, and Fred also believes that mistakes have been made
in the past. Fred needs assistance and tells you the following:
Year ended 31 March 2003
The corporation tax return for this period was not submitted until 2 November 2004, and corporation tax of ￡123,500
was paid at the same time. Profits chargeable to corporation tax were stated as ￡704,300.
A formal notice (CT203) requiring the company to file a self-assessment corporation tax return (dated 1 February
2004) had been received by the company on 4 February 2004.
A detailed examination of the accounts and tax computation has revealed the following.
– Computer equipment totalling ￡50,000 had been expensed in the accounts. No adjustment has been made in
the tax computation.
– A provision of ￡10,000 was made for repairs, but there is no evidence of supporting information.
– Legal and professional fees totalling ￡46,500 were allowed in full without any explanation. Fred has
subsequently produced the following analysis:
Analysis of legal & professional fees
￡
Legal fees on a failed attempt to secure a trading loan 15,000
Debt collection agency fees 12,800
Obtaining planning consent for building extension 15,700
Accountant’s fees for preparing accounts 14,000
Legal fees relating to a trade dispute 19,000
– No enquiry has yet been raised by the Inland Revenue.
– Flop Ltd was a large company in terms of the Companies Act definition for the year in question.
– Flop Ltd had taxable profits of ￡595,000 in the previous year.
Year ended 31 March 2004
The corporation tax return has not yet been submitted for this year. The accounts are late and nearing completion,
with only one change still to be made. A notice requiring the company to file a self-assessment corporation tax return
(CT203) dated 27 July 2004 was received on 1 August 2004. No corporation tax has yet been paid.
1 – The computation currently shows profits chargeable to corporation tax of ￡815,000 before accounting
adjustments, and any adjustments for prior years.
– A company owing Flop Ltd ￡50,000 (excluding VAT) has gone into liquidation, and it is unlikely that any of this
money will be paid. The money has been outstanding since 3 September 2003, and the bad debt will need to
be included in the accounts.
1 Fred also believes there are problems in relation to the company’s VAT administration. The VAT return for the quarter
ended 31 March 2005 was submitted on 5 May 2005, and VAT of ￡24,000 was paid at the same time. The previous
return to 31 December 2004 was also submitted late. In addition, no account has been made for the VAT on the bad
debt. The VAT return for 30 June 2005 may also be late. Fred estimates the VAT liability for that quarter to be ￡8,250.
Required:
(a) (i) Calculate the revised corporation tax (CT) payable for the accounting periods ending 31 March 2003
and 2004 respectively. Your answer should include an explanation of the adjustments made as a result
of the information which has now come to light. (7 marks)
(ii) State, giving reasons, the due payment date of the corporation tax (CT) and the filing date of the
corporation tax return for each period, and identify any interest and penalties which may have arisen to
date. (8 marks)
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3 (a) Leigh, a public limited company, purchased the whole of the share capital of Hash, a limited company, on 1 June2006. The whole of the share capital of Hash was formerly owned by the five directors of Hash and under theterms of the purchase agreement, the five directors were to receive a total of three million ordinary shares of $1of Leigh on 1 June 2006 (market value $6 million) and a further 5,000 shares per director on 31 May 2007,if they were still employed by Leigh on that date. All of the directors were still employed by Leigh at 31 May2007.Leigh granted and issued fully paid shares to its own employees on 31 May 2007. Normally share options issuedto employees would vest over a three year period, but these shares were given as a bonus because of thecompany’s exceptional performance over the period. The shares in Leigh had a market value of $3 million(one million ordinary shares of $1 at $3 per share) on 31 May 2007 and an average fair value of$2·5 million (one million ordinary shares of $1 at $2·50 per share) for the year ended 31 May 2007. It isexpected that Leigh’s share price will rise to $6 per share over the next three years. (10 marks)Required:Discuss with suitable computations how the above share based transactions should be accounted for in thefinancial statements of Leigh for the year ended 31 May 2007.
(b) On 31 May 2007, Leigh purchased property, plant and equipment for $4 million. The supplier has agreed toaccept payment for the property, plant and equipment either in cash or in shares. The supplier can either choose1·5 million shares of the company to be issued in six months time or to receive a cash payment in three monthstime equivalent to the market value of 1·3 million shares. It is estimated that the share price will be $3·50 inthree months time and $4 in six months time.Additionally, at 31 May 2007, one of the directors recently appointed to the board has been granted the right tochoose either 50,000 shares of Leigh or receive a cash payment equal to the current value of 40,000 shares atthe settlement date. This right has been granted because of the performance of the director during the year andis unconditional at 31 May 2007. The settlement date is 1 July 2008 and the company estimates the fair valueof the share alternative is $2·50 per share at 31 May 2007. The share price of Leigh at 31 May 2007 is $3 pershare, and if the director chooses the share alternative, they must be kept for a period of four years. (9 marks)Required:Discuss with suitable computations how the above share based transactions should be accounted for in thefinancial statements of Leigh for the year ended 31 May 2007.
4 Assume today’s date is 5 February 2006.Joanne is 37, she was born and until 2005 had lived all her life in Germany. She recently married Fraser, aged 38,who is a UK resident, but who worked briefly in Germany. They have no children.The couple moved to the UK to live permanently on 9 October 2005. Joanne was employed by an American companyin Germany, and she continued to work for them in the UK until the end of November 2005. Her earnings from theAmerican company were ￡5,000 per month. Joanne has not remitted any of the income she earned in Germany priorto her arrival in the UK.Joanne resigned from her job at the end of November 2005. The company did not hold her to the three months noticestipulated in her contract, but still paid her for that period. In total, Joanne paid ￡4,200 in UK income tax under PAYEfor the tax tear 2005/06.Joanne also wishes to sell the shares she holds in a German listed company. The shareholding cost the equivalent of￡3,500 in September 1986, and its current value is ￡21,500. She intends to sell the shares in March 2006 and toinvest the proceeds from the sale in the UK. Joanne has made no other capital disposals in the year.Prior to her leaving employment, Joanne investigated the possibility of starting her own business providing a Germantranslation service for UK companies, and took some advice on the matter. She paid consultancy fees of ￡5,000(excluding value added tax (VAT)) and bought a computer for ￡2,000 (excluding VAT), both on 23 October 2005.Joanne started trading on 1 December 2005. She made sales of ￡2,000 in December, and estimates that her saleswill rise by ￡1,000 every month to a maximum of ￡7,000 per month. Joanne believes that her monthly expenses of￡400 (excluding VAT) will remain constant. Her year end will be 31 March, and the first accounts will be drawn upto 31 March 2006.Although Joanne has registered her business for tax purposes with the Revenue, she has not registered for VAT andis unsure what is required of her in this respect.Required:(a) State, giving reasons, whether Joanne will be treated as resident or non-resident in the UK for the year ofassessment 2005/06, together with the basis on which her income and gains of that year will be subject toUK taxation. (3 marks)
For this part, assume today’s date is 15 August 2005.5 (a) Donald is aged 22, single, and about to finish his university education. He has plans to start up a business sellingcomputer games, and intends to start trading on 1 April 2006, making up accounts to 31 March annually.He believes that his business will generate cash (equal to taxable profits) of ￡47,500 in the first year. Heoriginally intended to operate as a sole trader, but he has recently discovered that as an alternative, he couldoperate through a company. He has been advised that if this is the case, he can take a maximum gross salaryof ￡42,648 out of the company.Required:(i) Advise Donald on the income tax (IT), national insurance (NIC) and corporation tax (CT) liabilities hewill incur for the year ended 31 March 2007 trading under each of the two alternative businessstructures (sole trade/company). Your advice should be supported by calculations of disposable incomefor both alternatives assuming that in the company case, he draws the maximum salary stated.(7 marks)
6 Assume today’s date is 16 April 2005.Henry, aged 48, is the managing director of Happy Home Ltd, an unquoted UK company specialising in interiordesign. He is wealthy in his own right and is married to Helen, who is 45 years old. They have two children – Stephen,who is 19, and Sally who is 17.As part of his salary, Henry was given 3,000 shares in Happy Home Ltd with an option to acquire a further 10,000shares. The options were granted on 15 July 2003, shortly after the company started trading, and were not part ofan approved share option scheme. The free shares were given to Henry on the same day.The exercise price of the share options was set at the then market value of ￡1·00 per share. The options are notcapable of being exercised after 10 years from the date of grant. The company has been successful, and the currentvalue of the shares is now ￡14·00 per share. Another shareholder has offered to buy the shares at their market value,so Henry exercised his share options on 14 April 2005 and will sell the shares next week, on 20 April 2005.With the company growing in size, Henry wishes to recruit high quality staff, but the company lacks the funds to paythem in cash. Henry believes that giving new employees the chance to buy shares in the company would help recruitstaff, as they could share in the growth in value of Happy Home Ltd. Henry has heard that there is a particular sharescheme that is suitable for small, fast growing companies. He would like to obtain further information on how sucha scheme would work.Henry has accumulated substantial assets over the years. The family house is owned jointly with Helen, and is worth￡650,000. Henry has a ￡250,000 mortgage on the house. In addition, Henry has liquid assets worth ￡340,000and Helen has shares in quoted companies currently worth ￡125,000. Henry has no forms of insurance, and believeshe should make sure that his wealth and family are protected. He is keen to find out what options he should beconsidering.Required:(a) (i) State how the gift of the 3,000 shares in Happy Home Ltd was taxed. (1 mark)
3 On 1 January 2007 Dovedale Ltd, a company with no subsidiaries, intends to purchase 65% of the ordinary sharecapital of Hira Ltd from Belgrove Ltd. Belgrove Ltd currently owns 100% of the share capital of Hira Ltd and has noother subsidiaries. All three companies have their head offices in the UK and are UK resident.Hira Ltd had trading losses brought forward, as at 1 April 2006, of ￡18,600 and no income or gains against whichto offset losses in the year ended 31 March 2006. In the year ending 31 March 2007 the company expects to makefurther tax adjusted trading losses of ￡55,000 before deduction of capital allowances, and to have no other incomeor gains. The tax written down value of Hira Ltd’s plant and machinery as at 31 March 2006 was ￡96,000 andthere will be no fixed asset additions or disposals in the year ending 31 March 2007. In the year ending 31 March2008 a small tax adjusted trading loss is anticipated. Hira Ltd will surrender the maximum possible trading lossesto Belgrove Ltd and Dovedale Ltd.The tax adjusted trading profit of Dovedale Ltd for the year ending 31 March 2007 is expected to be ￡875,000 andto continue at this level in the future. The profits chargeable to corporation tax of Belgrove Ltd are expected to be￡38,000 for the year ending 31 March 2007 and to increase in the future.On 1 February 2007 Dovedale Ltd will sell a small office building to Hira Ltd for its market value of ￡234,000.Dovedale Ltd purchased the building in March 2005 for ￡210,000. In October 2004 Dovedale Ltd sold a factoryfor ￡277,450 making a capital gain of ￡84,217. A claim was made to roll over the gain on the sale of the factoryagainst the acquisition cost of the office building.On 1 April 2007 Dovedale Ltd intends to acquire the whole of the ordinary share capital of Atapo Inc, an unquotedcompany resident in the country of Morovia. Atapo Inc sells components to Dovedale Ltd as well as to othercompanies in Morovia and around the world.It is estimated that Atapo Inc will make a profit before tax of ￡160,000 in the year ending 31 March 2008 and willpay a dividend to Dovedale Ltd of ￡105,000. It can be assumed that Atapo Inc’s taxable profits are equal to its profitbefore tax. The rate of corporation tax in Morovia is 9%. There is a withholding tax of 3% on dividends paid tonon-Morovian resident shareholders. There is no double tax agreement between the UK and Morovia.Required:(a) Advise Belgrove Ltd of any capital gains that may arise as a result of the sale of the shares in Hira Ltd. Youare not required to calculate any capital gains in this part of the question. (4 marks)
(b) Peter, one of Linden Limited’s non-executive directors, having lived and worked in the UK for most of his adultlife, sold his home near London on 22 March 2006 and, together with his wife (a French citizen), moved to livein a villa which she owns in the south of France. Peter is now demanding that the tax deducted from his director’sfees, for the board meetings held on 18 April and 16 May 2006, be refunded, on the grounds that, as he is nolonger resident in the UK, he is no longer liable to UK income tax. All of the company’s board meetings are heldat its offices in Cambridge.Despite Peter’s assurance that none of the other companies of which he is a director has disputed his change oftax status, Damian is uncertain whether he should make the refunds requested. However, as Peter is a friend ofthe company’s founder, Linden Limited’s managing director is urging him to do so, stating that if the tax doeshave to be paid, then Linden Limited could always bear the cost.Required:Advise Damian whether Peter is correct in his assertion regarding his tax position and in the case that thereis a UK tax liability the implications of the managing director’s suggestion. You are not required to considernational insurance (NIC) issues. (4 marks)
4 (a) For this part, assume today’s date is 1 March 2006.Bill and Ben each own 50% of the ordinary share capital in Flower Limited, an unquoted UK trading companythat makes electronic toys. Flower Limited was incorporated on 1 August 2005 with 1,000 ￡1 ordinary shares,and commenced trading on the same day. The business has been successful, and the company has accumulateda large cash balance of ￡180,000, which is to be used to purchase a new factory. However, Bill and Ben havereceived an offer from a rival company, which they are considering. The offer provides Bill and Ben with twoalternative methods of payment for the purchase of their shares:(i) ￡480,000 for the company, inclusive of the ￡180,000 cash balance.(ii) ￡300,000 for the company assuming the cash available for the factory purchase is extracted prior to sale.Bill and Ben each currently receive a gross salary of ￡3,750 per month from Flower Limited. Part of the offerterms is that Bill and Ben would be retained as employees of the company on the same salary.Neither Bill nor Ben has used any of their capital gains tax annual exemption for the tax year 2005/06.Required:(i) Calculate which of the following means of extracting the ￡180,000 from Flower Limited on 31 March2006 will result in the highest after tax cash amount for Bill and Ben:(1) payment of a dividend, or(2) payment of a salary bonus.You are not required to consider the corporation tax (CT) implications for Flower Limited in youranswer. (5 marks)
(b) For this part, assume today’s date is 1 May 2010.Bill and Ben decided not to sell their company, and instead expanded the business themselves. Ben, however,is now pursuing other interests, and is no longer involved with the day to day activities of Flower Limited. Billbelieves that the company would be better off without Ben as a voting shareholder, and wishes to buy Ben’sshares. However, Bill does not have sufficient funds to buy the shares himself, and so is wondering if thecompany could acquire the shares instead.The proposed price for Ben’s shares would be ￡500,000. Both Bill and Ben pay income tax at the higher rate.Required:Write a letter to Ben:(1) stating the income tax (IT) and/or capital gains tax (CGT) implications for Ben if Flower Limited were torepurchase his 50% holding of ordinary shares, immediately in May 2010; and(2) advising him of any available planning options that might improve this tax position. Clearly explain anyconditions which must be satisfied and quantify the tax savings which may result.(13 marks)Assume that the corporation tax rates for the financial year 2005 and the income tax rates and allowancesfor the tax year 2005/06 apply throughout this question.
3 Palm plc recently acquired 100% of the ordinary share capital of Nikau Ltd from Facet Ltd. Palm plc intends to useNikau Ltd to develop a new product range, under the name ‘Project Sabal’. Nikau Ltd owns shares in a non-UKresident company, Date Inc.The following information has been extracted from client files and from a meeting with the Finance Director of Palmplc.Palm plc:– Has more than 40 wholly owned subsidiaries such that all group companies pay corporation tax at 30%.– All group companies prepare accounts to 31 March.– Acquired Nikau Ltd on 1 November 2007 from Facet Ltd, an unrelated company.Nikau Ltd:– UK resident company that manufactures domestic electronic appliances for sale in the European Union (EU).– Large enterprise for the purposes of the enhanced relief available for research and development expenditure.– Trading losses brought forward as at 1 April 2007 of ￡195,700.– Budgeted taxable trading profit of ￡360,000 for the year ending 31 March 2008 before taking account of ‘ProjectSabal’.– Dividend income of ￡38,200 will be received in the year ending 31 March 2008 in respect of the shares in DateInc.‘Project Sabal’:– Development of a range of electronic appliances, for sale in North America.– Project Sabal will represent a significant advance in the technology of domestic appliances.– Nikau Ltd will spend ￡70,000 on staffing costs and consumables researching and developing the necessarytechnology between now and 31 March 2008. Further costs will be incurred in the following year.– Sales to North America will commence in 2009 and are expected to generate significant profits from that year.Shares in Date Inc:– Nikau Ltd owns 35% of the ordinary share capital of Date Inc.– The shares were purchased from Facet Ltd on 1 June 2003 for their market value of ￡338,000.– The sale was a no gain, no loss transfer for the purposes of corporation tax.– Facet Ltd purchased the shares in Date Inc on 1 March 1994 for ￡137,000.Date Inc:– A controlled foreign company resident in the country of Palladia.– Annual chargeable profits arising out of property investment activities are approximately ￡120,000, of whichapproximately ￡115,000 is distributed to its shareholders each year.The tax system in Palladia:– No taxes on income or capital profits.– 4% withholding tax on dividends paid to shareholders resident outside Palladia.Required:(a) Prepare detailed explanatory notes, including relevant supporting calculations, on the effect of the followingissues on the amount of corporation tax payable by Nikau Ltd for the year ending 31 March 2008.(i) The costs of developing ‘Project Sabal’ and the significant commercial changes to the company’sactivities arising out of its implementation. (8 marks)
3 Spica, one of the director shareholders of Acrux Ltd, has been in dispute with the other shareholders over plans toexpand the company’s activities overseas. In order to resolve the position it has been agreed that Spica will sell hershares back to the company. Once the purchase of her shares has taken place, the company intends to establish anumber of branches overseas and acquire a shareholding in a number of companies that are resident and trade inoverseas countries.The following information has been obtained from client files and meetings with the parties involved.Acrux Ltd:– An unquoted UK resident company.– Share capital consists of 50,000 ordinary shares issued at ￡1·90 per share in July 2000.– None of the other shareholders has any connection with Spica.The purchase of own shares:– The company will purchase all of Spica’s shares for ￡8 per share.– The transaction will take place by the end of 2008.Spica:– Purchased 8,000 shares in Acrux Ltd for ￡2 per share on 30 September 2003.– Has no income in the tax year 2008/09.– Has chargeable capital gains in the tax year 2008/09 of ￡3,800.– Has houses in the UK and the country of Solaris and divides her time between them.Investment in non-UK resident companies:– Acrux Ltd will acquire between 15% and 20% of each of the non-UK resident companies.– The companies will not be controlled foreign companies as the rates of tax in the overseas countries will bebetween 23% and 42%.– There may or may not be a double tax treaty between the UK and the overseas countries in which the companiesare resident. Where there is a treaty, it will be based on the OECD model treaty.– None of the countries concerned levy withholding tax on dividends paid to UK companies.– The directors of Acrux Ltd are concerned that the rate of tax suffered on the profits of the overseas companieswill be very high as they will be taxed in both the overseas country and in the UK.Required:(a) (i) Prepare detailed calculations to determine the most beneficial tax treatment of the payment Spica willreceive for her shares; (7 marks)
(ii) Audit work on after-date bank transactions identified a transfer of cash from Batik Co. The audit senior hasdocumented that the finance director explained that Batik commenced trading on 7 October 2005, afterbeing set up as a wholly-owned foreign subsidiary of Jinack. No other evidence has been obtained.(4 marks)Required:Identify and comment on the implications of the above matters for the auditor’s report on the financialstatements of Jinack Co for the year ended 30 September 2005 and, where appropriate, the year ending30 September 2006.NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the matters.
(b) You are the audit manager of Petrie Co, a private company, that retails kitchen utensils. The draft financialstatements for the year ended 31 March 2007 show revenue $42·2 million (2006 – $41·8 million), profit beforetaxation of $1·8 million (2006 – $2·2 million) and total assets of $30·7 million (2006 – $23·4 million).You are currently reviewing two matters that have been left for your attention on Petrie’s audit working paper filefor the year ended 31 March 2007:(i) Petrie’s management board decided to revalue properties for the year ended 31 March 2007 that hadpreviously all been measured at depreciated cost. At the balance sheet date three properties had beenrevalued by a total of $1·7 million. Another nine properties have since been revalued by $5·4 million. Theremaining three properties are expected to be revalued later in 2007. (5 marks)Required:Identify and comment on the implications of these two matters for your auditor’s report on the financialstatements of Petrie Co for the year ended 31 March 2007.NOTE: The mark allocation is shown against each of the matters above.
3 The Stiletto Partnership consisted of three partners, Clint, Ben and Amy, who shared the profits of the businessequally. On 28 February 2007 the partners sold the business to Razor Ltd, in exchange for shares in Razor Ltd, witheach former partner owning one third of the new company.The recent, tax adjusted, trading profits of the Stiletto Partnership have been as follows:￡Year ended 30 June 2006 92,1241 July 2006 to 28 February 2007 81,795Clint, who was 65 on 5 October 2006, retired when the business was sold to Razor Ltd. He is now suggesting thatif the sale of the partnership, and his retirement, had been delayed until 30 April 2007, his total tax liability wouldhave been reduced. Clint’s only other income is gross pension income of ￡6,100 per year, which he began receivingin the tax year 2005/06. Clint did not receive any salary or dividends from Razor Ltd. It is estimated that thepartnership’s tax adjusted trading profits for the period from 1 March 2007 to 30 April 2007 would have been￡20,760. Clint has overlap profits of ￡14,250 brought forward from when the partnership began trading.Razor Ltd manufactures industrial cutting tools. On 1 July 2007, Razor Ltd will subscribe for the whole of the ordinaryshare capital of Cutlass Inc, a company newly incorporated in the country of Sharpenia. It is intended that CutlassInc will purchase partly finished tools from Razor Ltd and customise them in Sharpenia. It is anticipated that CutlassInc’s annual profits chargeable to corporation tax will be approximately ￡120,000.Ben and Amy will be the directors of Cutlass Inc, although Ben will not be involved in the company’s business on aday-to-day basis. Amy intends to spend one or two weeks each month in the country of Sharpenia looking after thecompany’s affairs. The remainder of her time will be spent in the UK. Amy has employment contracts with both RazorLtd and Cutlass Inc and her duties for Cutlass Inc will be carried out wholly in Sharpenia. Cutlass Inc will pay forAmy’s flights to and from Sharpenia and for her husband and baby to visit her there twice a year. Amy is currentlyUK resident and ordinarily resident.The system of income tax and corporation tax in the country of Sharpenia is broadly similar to that in the UK althoughthe rate of corporation tax is 38% regardless of the level of profits. There is a double tax treaty between the UK andSharpenia based on the OECD model treaty. The clause in the treaty dealing with company residency states that acompany resident in both countries under domestic law will be regarded under the treaty as being resident only in thecountry where it is effectively managed and controlled. Sharpenia is not a member of the European Union.Required:(a) (i) Calculate Clint’s taxable trading profits for the tax years 2006/07 and 2007/08 for both of thealternative retirement dates (28 February 2007 and 30 April 2007). (3 marks)
－Okay, what is the decision? －As you know, we have been a privately held, family－owned company for over 120 years,_____________. A and I think it definitely has a bright future ;B but it may be time to consider some major changes ;C but the company faces tough competition
China’s markets have been strengthened by Strong domestic consumption and it also stimulated both multinationals and domestic companies to shift the emphasis of their operations from 'Made in China' to 'Made for China'.()此题为判断题(对，错)。
共用题干New Product Will Save livesDrinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs（虫子）,which can cause illness. A small company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages,which shows whether water is safe.The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it,to destroy anything harmful.It was invented by scientist Dr. Adrian Parton, who started Genera five years ago.He and his employees have developed the test together with a British water company.Andy Headland,Genera's marketing director,recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecast good American sales for it.Genera has already sold 11 of its tests at$42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order. It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March.The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government.Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees; it now employs 14.Mr Headland believes that the company should make around$19 million by the end of the year in the UK alone.Genera has increased the number of its employees recently.A:Right B:Wrong C:Not mentioned
共用题干New Product Will Save livesDrinking water that looks clean may still contain bugs（虫子）,which can cause illness. A small company called Genera Technologies has produced a testing method in three stages,which shows whether water is safe.The new test shows if water needs chemicals added to it,to destroy anything harmful.It was invented by scientist Dr. Adrian Parton, who started Genera five years ago.He and his employees have developed the test together with a British water company.Andy Headland,Genera's marketing director,recently presented the test at a conference in the USA and forecast good American sales for it.Genera has already sold 11 of its tests at$42,500 a time in the UK and has a further four on order. It expects to sell another 25 tests before the end of March.The company says it is the only test in the UK to be approved by the government.Genera was formed five years ago and until October last year had only five employees; it now employs 14.Mr Headland believes that the company should make around$19 million by the end of the year in the UK alone.The new product has been a commercial success in the USA.A:Right B:Wrong C:Not mentioned
Write a memo in about 50 words. You are the Personnel Manager of a company, and have been approached by your IT Department to recruit three new members of staff. Write a memo to Miss Kate Bush, the Manager of the IT Department, ·informing her you have received over 100 applications and have selected 10 candidates for interview, ·telling her you will write to the candidates inviting them for interview, and ·asking her to tell you the time and the place of the interview.
问答题Practice 6 ● You are the head of the Administrative Department of a company. The Managing Director has asked you to write a proposal for office health and safety provisions. ● Write a proposal for the Managing Director: ● giving reasons for writing the proposed proposal ● summarizing the problems that have been raised concerning office health and safety ● giving the main causes of the possible accidents ● suggesting new provisions of office health and safety. ● Write 200~250 words on the separate answer paper provided.
单选题Although a teenager, Fred could resist ______ what to do and what not to do.Ato be toldBhaving been told Cbeing toldDto have been told
单选题Although a teenager, Fred could resist _____ what to do and what not to do.Ato be toldBhaving been toldCbeing toldDto have been told
问答题Practice 8 ● You are the Managing Director of a company whose profits have recently increased and you would like to reward staff for this. ● Write an email to all staff: ● thanking them for their contribution ● explaining why profits increased ● telling them what their reward will be. ● Write 40-50 words.
单选题Which statement is true？（）A Compilation fails because the hashCode method is not overridden.B A HashSet could contain multiple Person objects with the same name.C All Person objects will have the same hash code because the hashCode method is not overridden.D If a HashSet contains more than one Person object with name="Fred"， then removing another Person， also with name="Fred"， will remove them all.
单选题Shadow chancellor George Osborne holds that ______.ALondon is not capable of hosting the summitBLord Myners should not have signed off Sir Fred Goodwin’s pensionCthere was no “common ground” on the G20Dthe UK government’s entire economic strategy has fallen apart
问答题Write a memo in about 50 words. You are the Personnel Manager of a company, and have been approached by your IT Department to recruit three new members of staff. Write a memo to Miss Kate Bush, the Manager of the IT Department, ·informing her you have received over 100 applications and have selected 10 candidates for interview, ·telling her you will write to the candidates inviting them for interview, and ·asking her to tell you the time and the place of the interview.