CA33045 - IBA: relevant interest: tenants in common

Budget 2007 announced a business tax reform package including the gradual withdrawal of IBAs and ABAs over four years. Legislation was introduced in FA08 to give effect to those changes. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp phased withdrawal of IBA writing down allowances had effect for chargeable periods ending on or after 1 April 2008 for businesses within the charge to CT and 6 April 2008 for businesses within the charge to IT. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappre are no IBA writing down allowances for the financial year beginning on 1 April 2011 and subsequent years.

Several people may buy a building as tenants in common. If this happens you should look through to all the tenants in common who have a beneficial interest in the building for the purposes both of assessing the income from the building and giving IBA.