PM163060 - Allocation examples of profits and losses
S850A, S850B Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005, S1263, S1264 Corporation Tax Act 2009
Example 1- Allocation of partnership profit: no reallocation required
Alan, Beatrice and Cassandra are in partnership. The partnership makes a profit of £8,900. Alan and Beatrice are entitled to salaries of £2,200 and the balance of profits are shared equally. The partnership profits are allocated as follows
Alan | Beatrice | Cassandra | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Salary | £2,200 | £2,200 | nil | £4,400 |
Balance of profits | £1,500 | £1,500 | £1,500 | £4,500 |
Net allocated | £3,700 | £3,700 | £1,500 | £8,900 |
In this case the commercial profit sharing arrangement produces a straight apportionment of the actual partnership profit and no further adjustment is required.
Example 2- Allocation of partnership profit: reallocation required
The facts are the same as in example 1, but Alan and Beatrice are each entitled to a salary of £5,200. The
balance of profit is shared equally.
The partnership profits would initially be allocated as follows
Alan | Beatrice | Cassandra | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Allocated | £5,200 | £5,200 | nil | £10,400 |
Balance of profit | (£500) | (£500) | (£500) | (£1,500) |
Reallocated | £4,700 | £4,700 | (£500) | £8,900 |
In this case the commercial profit sharing arrangement produces a incorrect result. The aggregate notional profit allocated to Alan and Beatrice is £9,400, whilst Cassandra has been allocated a notional loss of (£500).
Therefore the actual partnership profits must be reallocated between the profit making partners.
The re-allocation is made in proportion to the notional profit initially allocated to each partner, i.e. in the ratio
£(4,700) - £(4,700) or 50% - 50%
£(9,400) - £(9,400) - - - -
Alan | Beatrice | Cassandra | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Allocated | £4,700 | £4,700 | (£500) | £8,900 |
Percentage | (50%) | (50%) | (0%) | |
Reallocated | £4,450 | £4,450 | nil | £8,900 |
Example 3- Allocation of partnership loss: reallocation required
The facts are the same as in example 1 but Alan is entitled to a salary of £4,400, and profits/losses are shared Alan 25%, Beatrice 25% and Cassandra 50%. This time the partnership makes a loss of (£1,600). The partnership loss is initially allocated as follows
Alan | Beatrice | Cassandra | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Salary | £4,400 | nil | nil | £4.400 |
Balance of loss | (£1,500) | (£1,500) | (£3,000) | (£6000) |
Net Allocated | £2,900 | (£1,500) | (£3,000) | (£1,600) |
In this case the commercial profit sharing arrangement produces an incorrect result. A notional profit of £2,900 has been allocated to Alan whilst Beatrice and Cassandra have been allocated an aggregate notional loss of (£4,500).
Therefore the actual partnership loss must be reallocated between the loss making partners. The re-allocation is in proportion to the notional loss initially allocated to each partner, i.e. in the ratio
(£1,500) - (£3,000) or 33.3% - 66.7%
(4,500) - (4,500) - - - -
Alan | Beatrice | Cassandra | Totals | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Allocated | £2,900 | (£1,500) | (£3,000) | (£1,600) |
Percentage | (nil) | (33.3%) | (66.7%) | (100%) |
Reallocated | nil | (£533) | (£1,067) | (£1,600) |