Community Interest Company and what is trading

Ellabobbin

Hello All,

After many hours trawling HMRC/Accounting Web etc, I am hoping someone can help me... Or at least point me in the right direction...

I have a CIC as a client, now everything I read tells me that a CIC is liable to CT on it's profits, no special exemptions.... But the previous accountant has not charged any profits to tax...

My only thought is that their 'profits' are not trading profits.

The company in question is a gymnastics academy - parents are invoiced termly and so it's not a members only subscription - and turnover is in excess of £30,000 and so is too big to come under the CASC exemption. I've looked at the mutual trading information but it doesn't seem to fall within that either...

Any ideas???

Thanking you all in advance

burg

My experience of CiC's is somewhat limited. We have one who we are currently helping through the process and are using support to ensure we are doing things correctly, and they are aware of our lack of knowledge in this area.

They are also deciding if there activities are trading are therefore taxable. This was some good guidance we found - http://www.communitymatters.org.uk/content/556/Do-social-enterprises-and-CiCs-pay-tax-on-grant-funding

Sorry I can't be of more help.