Course Details

This course outlines the capital allowances tax savings on the purchase of commercial and residential properties and expenditure. It compares and contrast capital allowances in Ireland and UK and provide real case studies.


John Lovell covers the following topics during this course:

  • Comparison of capital allowances in Ireland and UK
  • Avoiding capital allowances pitfalls when buying and selling commercial properties
  • 50% Land remediation relief – UK
  • Keeping capital allowances on sale
  • Maximising allowances on contamination expenditure

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Lovell Consulting

John Lovell

John has over 30 years’ experience as a capital allowances specialist. John trained with the accounting firm Arthur Andersen and helped found the capital allowances team. At the time, Andersen’s were the first accounting firm to set up a capital allowances specialist team and employ chartered surveyors and train them in taxation. John later formed Lovell Consulting, which for the last 21 years specialises in capital allowances. John qualified as a chartered quantity surveyor with McBains. John qualified as a member of the Association of Tax Technicians. John was educated at Reading University where he gained a First-Class honours degree in Quantity Surveying. He gained a scholarship to Oxford University Green Templeton College and attained a Master of Philosophy degree in Management Studies. John is a Chartered Surveyor.