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Finance Bill

Proceeding contribution from Gordon Birtwistle (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 2 July 2014. It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.

The hon. Lady is being very generous. Does she accept that if a company is not making a profit, it will not have the capital resources to purchase the assets against which they can get the capital allowance? What is the point of the Chancellor making it available if companies, which are coming out of recession and really struggling with cash flow, will not be able to find the cash to buy the assets to claim the allowance against? Surely it is better saving it until companies are beginning to make cash profits. They can then buy the assets to improve the profitability of the company and claim the asset back.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
583 c940 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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