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A deduction allowed by law in calculating a tax liability. | ''Tax and treasury.'' | ||
This - less valuable - type of tax relief is sometimes known as 'expense relief'. | |||
A deduction allowed by law in calculating a tax liability. | |||
For example, by subtracting the deductions from (otherwise) taxable profits, before calculating the amount of tax payable on the reduced net taxable profits. | |||
This - relatively less valuable - type of tax relief is sometimes known as 'expense relief'. | |||
However, items already charged against accounting profits, and not adjusted for in tax computations, are automatically tax-relieved. Tax relief granted in this way is also expense relief. | |||
This is the most common form of tax relief in practice for business expenditure. | |||
Less commonly, more generous tax relief is given by deducting an amount directly from the amount of a tax liability. | Less commonly, more generous tax relief is given by deducting an amount directly from the amount of a tax liability. | ||
This - more valuable - type of tax relief is sometimes known as 'credit relief'. | |||
This - relatively more valuable - type of tax relief is sometimes known as 'credit relief'. | |||
Tax relief of the more generous 'credit relief' kind is also often called a 'tax credit'. | Tax relief of the more generous 'credit relief' kind is also often called a 'tax credit'. | ||
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However (potentially confusingly) the term 'tax credit' may also - less commonly - refer to 'expense relief', as discussed above. | However (potentially confusingly) the term 'tax credit' may also - less commonly - refer to 'expense relief', as discussed above. | ||
== See also == | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Charge on income]] | * [[Charge on income]] | ||
* [[Credit relief]] | * [[Credit relief]] | ||
* [[Deductions]] | * [[Deductions]] | ||
* [[Disallowable expenditure]] | * [[Disallowable expenditure]] | ||
* [[Double taxation relief]] | * [[Double taxation relief]] | ||
* [[Expense relief]] | * [[Expense relief]] | ||
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* [[Rollover relief]] | * [[Rollover relief]] | ||
* [[Tax avoidance]] | * [[Tax avoidance]] | ||
* [[Tax computation]] | |||
* [[Tax credit]] | * [[Tax credit]] | ||
* [[Tax planning]] | |||
* [[Tax sparing]] | |||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 22 November 2014
Tax and treasury.
A deduction allowed by law in calculating a tax liability.
For example, by subtracting the deductions from (otherwise) taxable profits, before calculating the amount of tax payable on the reduced net taxable profits.
This - relatively less valuable - type of tax relief is sometimes known as 'expense relief'.
However, items already charged against accounting profits, and not adjusted for in tax computations, are automatically tax-relieved. Tax relief granted in this way is also expense relief.
This is the most common form of tax relief in practice for business expenditure.
Less commonly, more generous tax relief is given by deducting an amount directly from the amount of a tax liability.
This - relatively more valuable - type of tax relief is sometimes known as 'credit relief'.
Tax relief of the more generous 'credit relief' kind is also often called a 'tax credit'.
However (potentially confusingly) the term 'tax credit' may also - less commonly - refer to 'expense relief', as discussed above.
