ECA Scheme :

Enhanced capital Allowances :

Enhanced Capital Allowances (ECAs) enable a business to claim 100% first-year capital allowances on their spending on qualifying plant and machinery.

There are three schemes for ECAs:

  • Energy-saving plant and machinery( Air Conditioning Units are inlcuded)
  • Low carbon dioxide emission cars and natural gas and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure
  • Water conservation plant and machinery
Businesses can write off the whole of the capital cost of their investment in these technologies against their taxable profits of the period during which they make the investment.

This can deliver a helpful cash flow boost and a shortened payback period.

 

View the ECA fact sheet

  
http://www.eca.gov.uk