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Hello everyone,

I hope someone may be able to advise me.

I have a new LTD company, and as I am not trading yet, and don't expect to have much turnover I am not using an accountant at the moment.

I am good with computers, and I am using sage instant.

I would like to transfer, as a gift, my computer, desk and chair to my LTD company, so that the company owns them.

Now, what I would like to know is, what is the actual process to do this legally?

Is it a simple case of adding them to the asset register in my accountancy software, or do I need to complete any offical documents?

This is not for tax purposes, and there for I am "giving" my equiptment and not "selling" them to my business.

I would appreciate any advice, please, and thank you all in advance.

Thank you,

Kind regards,

GD



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Hi GD

You would be better selling them to the  limited company and creating a credit to your director loan account (assuming you are a director) which you can draw down in the future as cash flow permits.

Need to allocate a market value of what you are selling to the limited company.  Journal to record would be

Dr Fixed Assets

Cr Directors Loan

I think you will be able to claim capital allowances but only TWDV allowances as opposed to AIA.  Though someone may be able to advise otherwise or not.

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MarkS



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Thank you for the reply MarkS

Yes; I am the Director.

I had a feeling that is what I would need to do, so, if I have this correctly.

Lets say I feel a fair value is £350.

Then, I sell them to the business, debiting and crediting the accounts as you proposed. Then, the business would "owe" me £350 in the future?

Is this correct?

If it is, would this then be an asset to my business, or would it be that the computer is a new fixed asset, but the amount sold would be a long term liability as this is then owed back to me?

Thank you again for your advice.

GD

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Yes

If £350 was the value which seems reasonable for computer, desk and chair then £350 would be an asset under fixed asset to be depreciated over the life of the assets.  The £350 liability would be what the company owes you for selling the items.  It would just be credited to your loan account to be repaid as cash flow permits.

I think you will be able to claim capital allowances on the £350 but only under TWDV rather than AIA.

Regards

Mark



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Providing accounting, bookkeeping, payroll and tax services to small and medium sized businesses across Central Scotland and beyond.



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Thank you very much for the advice.

Kind regards,
GD

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