Annual Investment Allowance Increased to £500,000

Machine_TaxAgility Accountants LondonAnnounced as part of Budget 2014 back in March of this year, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has once again increased the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) temporarily between 1 April 2014 (for corporation tax, 6 April 2014 for income tax) until 31 December 2015.

In a bid designed to stimulate business investment across the economy by increasing the time businesses have to make relatively heavy investments in plants or machinery, providing valuable assets for years to come, Mr Osborne doubled the AIA to £500,000, a figure that already saw a major increase just two years previous, as the Chancellor noted during his announcement:

I want to do something today that helps all businesses invest. In 2012 I increased the Annual Investment Allowance ten-fold to £250,000. This generous allowance was due to expire at the end of this year – and all the business groups have urged me to extend it.

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