{"id":3580,"date":"2015-06-29T10:06:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2015-06-29T10:06:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T10:06:13","slug":"living-walls-also-healthy-balance-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/living-walls-also-healthy-balance-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Walls are also healthy on the balance sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Not only are Living Wall installations good for health, wellbeing and the environment; it would appear that they offer a level of tax efficiency which very few people in business would know, according to David Rees, expert in Capital Allowances, and a spokesperson from living wall specialist, ANS Global. <\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>David Rees explains: \u201cIn essence when a taxpayer spends money on commercial property then items which qualify as fixed plant &amp; machinery will be eligible to have their cost written down over time against the profits generated from that building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe profits might simply be in the form of rental received by an investor, or in the case of an owner-occupier or tenant, the trading profits of their business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat qualifies for relief is subject to various tests &#8211; but in simple terms tax relief is not available on structures, but on the systems and fit-out that go into a building for the purposes of the business<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Living Wall installation would therefore not form part of the structure but is fixed to a permanent wall. It is likely in most instances that the entire cost of a Living Wall could qualify for relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a General Plant item, the cost of a Living Wall would be written down at a rate of 18% per annum. This however, does not take account of the current Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) which stands at \u00a3500,000 and means that for any claim up to that figure, the entire cost is claimed in that year. Thus if a Living Wall installation costs less than \u00a3500,000 then the full cost would be set against tax in that year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe value of the cash saving depends on the rate of tax being paid &#8211; a company paying 20% would save \u00a3100,000 from its AIA. A partnership or individual paying 40% would see those savings double.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson at ANS Global concludes, \u201cIf you are considering a Living Wall installation then a preliminary review of the possible tax savings can be provided at no cost. It could effectively be seen as a government subsidy for creating a healthier environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about capital allowances visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidrees.co\/\">www.davidrees.co<\/a> or to find out more about living walls contact ANS Global at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansgroupglobal.com\/\">www.ansgroupglobal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not only are Living Wall installations good for health, wellbeing and the environment; it would appear that they offer a level of tax efficiency which very few people in business would know, according to David Rees, expert in Capital Allowances, and a spokesperson from living wall specialist, ANS Global.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Living Walls are also healthy on the balance sheet - Design Buy Build<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/designbuybuild.co.uk\/living-walls-also-healthy-balance-sheet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Living Walls are also healthy on the balance sheet - Design Buy Build\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Not only are Living Wall installations good for health, wellbeing and the environment; 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