Saturday CPD Conferences for Practitioners - Conference Three

COMPANIES ACT 2006

Key Features
• formation of new companies
• company constitution
• changes for auditors
• abolition of authorised capital
• reduction of capital
• freeing up of financial assistance
• future changes to the law.

Lecturer
Mike Griffiths LLB LLM ACIArb, Consultant, Lecturer and Writer

CAPITAL ALLOWANCES

Key Features
• details of most significant reform to the capital allowances system since 1974
• hybrid rates of writing down
• plant and machinery writing down written down!
• the new annual investment allowance
• treatment of motor vehicles
• integral assets – a new class of expenditure
• industrial buildings and agricultural land and buildings – the changes explained.

Lecturer
Paul Soper FCCA, Lecturer, Broadcaster and Consultant

COMPANY VALUATIONS IN A DECLINING MARKET

Key Features
• options available when valuing businesses and shares
• the advantages and disadvantages of different options
• understand the impact a declining market will have on valuation and the steps the business can take to try and protect itself
• methods of valuation used
• benefits of the various methods
• choosing the best measure to use
• other issues to consider

Lecturer
Valerie Steward BSc ACA FCCA, Director, VS Consultancy Limited 

CORPORATION TAX

Key Features
• business taxes
• rates and reliefs
• associated companies
• bona vacantia
• incorporation
• losses
• relevant tax cases and their impact
• The Finance Act 2008 changes
• outline of potential future changes

Lecturer
Tony Jenkins CTA, Consultant and Lecturer, Dragon Training

Fees
Three conferences £310
Two conferences £235
One conference £130

For added flexibility, delegates booking a package of two or three conferences can now mix and match from the following programmes:
• Saturday CPD Conferences
• Autumn update