If I was to purchase some sage software before 5 April for approx £550, would I be able to claim 25% of this in my 2008/9 accounts as a capital allowance. This is not my first year of trading.
If you decided to capitalise the software you might find that the software would be covered by the new Annual Investment Allowance and subject to 100% write off. In previous years the first year allowance was 50% and then 25% thereafter. In the accounts I would probably depreciate by 25% on a reducing balance basis.