SHL Ltd, a property developer, developed a shopping mall. SHL Ltd acquired the land use ri
What is the amount of business tax payable on the sale of the shopping mall?
A.RMB1·6 million
B.RMB1·1 million
C.RMB0·5 million
D.RMB1 million
What is the amount of business tax payable on the sale of the shopping mall?
A.RMB1·6 million
B.RMB1·1 million
C.RMB0·5 million
D.RMB1 million
Yado Steel Co Ltd (Yado Steel) entered into a loan agreement with Industry Bank to borrow RMB 20 million yuan for its expansion programme. Yado Steel provided its office building as property mortgaged for the debt, and made the registration as required. Mr Ding, one of the shareholders of Yado Steel, placed a guarantee letter of general liability in favour of Industry Bank.
Due to poor performance, Yado Steel failed to repay the debt when it came to maturity. Meanwhile, Industry Bank, under a restructuring plan, transferred the credit of RMB 20 million yuan together with the right of pledge to Oriental Assets Management Co (OAM). It also made a written notice to Yado Steel and Mr Ding, but failed to transfer the right of mortgage to OAM. On the contrary, Industry Bank concluded an agreement with Yado Steel before it went bankrupt, and settled other debts owed by the latter through the sale of the office building as mortgaged for the loan. Having found this fact, OAM, as a transferee of the credit, requested the court to order Mr Ding to bear its guarantor’s liability for the debt. Mr Ding asserted that he was a pledger with a general liability and would be responsible for the debt only if the things mortgaged could not satisfy the debt.
Required:
Answer the following questions in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Property Law and the Contract Law, and give your reasons for your answer:
(a) State whether the defence of Mr Ding should be supported by the court. (6 marks)
(b) State what was the cause of this dispute between OAM and Industry Bank. (4 marks)
Questions 41-45
?Read the memo and the email below.
?Complete the form.
?Write a word or phrase (in CAPITAL LETTERS) or a number on lines 41-45.
AFT CLEANING SERVICES LTD
To:Liz Smith, Supervisor
From: Peter Broadbent, Manager
I got this e-mail yesterday from Collins Ltd in Mill Lane. Could you fill in a new client form. for them? Our new radio advertisement seems to have worked, as this is the fifth person who has contacted us!
From:Paul Tomkins [p.tomkins@collins, co. uk]
To:Peter Broadbent [p.broadbent@aftclean, com]
Sent:15 January 2006 16:46
Subject:Our telephone call on 14 January
I can confirm that we would like to employ AFT to clean our new branch at 7 Dawson Street. I'm not sure how many cleaners or what hours we will need. Please ring Sue Potts, my secretary, to arrange terms. This contract is to begin from 25 January.
NEW CLIENT DETAILS
Company: (41)______
Name of person to contact: (42)______
Address of property to be cleaned: (43)______
Starting date: (44)______
How client first heard about us: (45)______
(41)
Nikau Ltd to develop a new product range, under the name ‘Project Sabal’. Nikau Ltd owns shares in a non-UK
resident company, Date Inc.
The following information has been extracted from client files and from a meeting with the Finance Director of Palm
plc.
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 ‘Project
Sabal’.
– Dividend income of £38,200 will be received in the year ending 31 March 2008 in respect of the shares in Date
Inc.
‘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 necessary
technology 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 which
approximately £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 following
issues 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’s
activities arising out of its implementation. (8 marks)
&8226;Read the memos below.
&8226;Complete the claim form. on the opposite page.
&8226;Write a word or phrase (in CAPITAL LETFERS) or a number on lines 41-45 on your Answer Sheet.
AFT CLEANING SERVICES LTD
To: Mary Wood, Supervisor
From: Steven Harvey, Manager
I got this email yesterday from Collins Ltd. in Mill Lane. Could you fill in a new client form. for them? Our new radio advertisement seems to have worked, as this is the fifth person who has contacted us!
To: Steven Harvey {p. broadbent@ aftclean, com}
From: Paul Tomkins {p. tomkins@ collins, co. uk}
Subject: Our telephone call on 14 January
I can confirm that we would like to employ AFT to clean our new branch at 7 Dawson Street. I'm not sure how many cleaners or what hours we will need. Please ring Sue Potts, my secretary, to arrange terms. This contract is to begin from 25 January.
NEW CLIENT DETAILS
Company: (41) _________________
Name of person to contact: (42) _________________
Address of property to be cleaned: (43) _________________
Starting date: (44) _________________
How client first heard about us: (45) _________________
(41)
Section B – TWO questions ONLY to be attempted
Your client, Eric, requires advice on the capital gains tax implications arising from the receipt of insurance proceeds and the disposal of some shares, and the inheritance tax reliefs available in respect of assets in his estate at death. His son Zak requires advice regarding the application of the personal service company (IR35) legislation.
Eric:
– Is UK resident and domiciled.
– Is a higher rate taxpayer.
– Is in ill health and is expected to die within the next few months.
Capital transactions in the tax year 2014/15:
– Eric made no disposals for capital gains tax purposes in the tax year 2014/15 other than those detailed below.
– Eric received insurance proceeds of £10,000 following damage to a valuable painting.
– Eric sold half of his shareholding in Malaga plc for £11·50 per share.
Damaged painting:
– Eric purchased the painting for £46,000 in July 2012.
– The painting was damaged in October 2014 such that immediately afterwards its value fell to £38,000.
– The insurance proceeds of £10,000 were received by Eric on 1 December 2014.
– Eric has not had the painting repaired.
Malaga plc shares:
– Malaga plc is a quoted trading company with 200,000 issued shares.
– 80% of Malaga plc’s chargeable assets have always been chargeable business assets.
– Eric was given 12,000 shares in Malaga plc by his sister on 1 April 2010, when they were valued at £126,000.
– Eric’s sister had purchased the shares for £96,000 on 1 March 2009.
– Gift relief was claimed in respect of the gift of the shares to Eric on 1 April 2010.
– Eric paid the inheritance tax arising in respect of this gift following his sister’s death on 1 September 2011.
– Eric has never worked for Malaga plc.
– Eric sold 6,000 shares in Malaga plc on 1 March 2015.
Assets owned by Eric and a previous lifetime gift:
– Eric owns farmland in the UK, which has been leased to a tenant farmer for the last ten years.
– The farmland has a market value of £420,000 and an agricultural value of £340,000.
– Eric’s other assets, excluding the remaining Malaga plc shares, are valued at £408,000.
– Eric has made only one previous lifetime gift, of £60,000 cash to his son Zak on 1 July 2009.
Zak:
– Is the sole shareholder, director and employee of Yoyo Ltd, a company which provides consultancy services.
– In the year ended 31 March 2016, Yoyo Ltd’s gross fee income from relevant engagements performed by Zak will be £110,000.
– In the tax year 2015/16, Zak will draw a salary of £24,000 and dividends of £50,000 from Yoyo Ltd.
– Neither Yoyo Ltd nor Zak has any other source of income.
Required:
(a) Calculate Eric’s total after-tax proceeds in respect of the two capital gains tax disposals in the tax year 2014/15. (6 marks)
(b) (i) On the assumption that Eric dies on 31 March 2016, advise on the availability and effect (if any), of agricultural property relief, business property relief and quick succession relief in respect of the farmland and the retained shares in Malaga plc.
Note: You are not required to prepare calculations for this part of the question. (6 marks)
(ii) Explain, with the aid of calculations, the impact on the inheritance tax liability arising on Eric’s death if Eric does not die until 1 August 2016. (3 marks)
(c) Calculate Zak’s taxable income for the tax year 2015/16 if the personal service company (IR35) legislation were to apply to the fee income received by Yoyo Ltd. (5 marks)
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