Taxation
Financial Act 1999
"One can confidently
assert that a student should be able to tackle any tax exam after studying from this
book." ACCA Students' Newsletter July 1998
Taxation has established
itself as a reliable and comprehensive guide for students taking a first-level course in
the subject. This fifth annual edition brings the book completely up-to-date in accordance
with the provisions of the Finance Act 1999. New topics covered in this edition include
the reform of income tax rates and allowances, the revised tax regime for UK dividends,
the reform of National Insurance contributions, the introduction of a 3-tier system of
corporation tax rates and self-assessment for companies.
Explanations are clear and
supported by numerous worked examples. Each chapter ends with a set of exercises that
thoroughly test the reader's understanding of the topics introduced in the chapter. The
book also contains four sets of review questions, one at the end of each part, drawn from
past examination papers of the professional accounting bodies. The solutions to most of
the exercises and review questions are included in the final part of the book.
The book will be of value to
both undergraduate and professional students of business and accounting, and will be
particularly suitable for students preparing for the following examinations:
ICAEW Technical Core 1,
Taxation; ACCA Certificate Stage, The Tax Framework; ACCA Technician Qualification Level
C, Preparing Tax Computations and Returns; CIMA Stage 3, Business Taxation; ATT
Associateship, Personal and Business Taxation; AAT Technician Stage, Preparing Personal
and Business Tax Computations; AIA Foundation Stage, Auditing and Taxation; I ComA Level
2, Taxation 1; CIB Associateship, Taxation.
Alan Melville FCA BSc Cert.
Ed. is a Senior Lecturer with many years' experience of teaching taxation.
Contents
Summary of tax data
Part I Income Tax and
National Insurance
1 Introduction to the UK tax
system
2 Introduction to income tax
3 Personal allowances
4 Charges on income and
other payments
5 Income from property
6 Investment income and
miscellaneous income
7 Income from employment
8 Income from
self-employment: Computation of income
9 Income from
self-employment: Basis periods
10 Income from
self-employment: Capital allowances
11 Income from
self-employment: Trading losses
12 Income from
self-employment: Partnerships
13 Pension schemes
14 Payment of income tax,
surcharges, interest and penalties
15 National Insurance
contributions
Review questions (Set A)
Part II Capital Gains Tax
16 Introduction to capital
gains tax
17 Computation of gains and
losses
18 Chattels and wasting
assets
19 Shares and securities (1)
20 Shares and securities (2)
21 Principal private
residences
22 CGT reliefs
Review questions (Set B)
Part III Corporation Tax
2 3 Introduction to
corporation tax
24 Computation and payment of
the corporation tax liability
25 Advance corporation tax
26 Companies and income tax
27 Corporation tax losses
28 Close companies and
investment companies
29 Groups of companies and
reorganisations
Review questions (Set C)
Part IV Miscellaneous
30 Value added tax
31 Inheritance tax
32 Overseas aspects of
taxation
Review questions (Set D)
Part V Answers
Answers to exercises
Answers to review questions
628 pages