Capital allowance schemes for mining projects in LDCs |
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Authors: | Raj Kumar Grantley Walrond |
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Affiliation: | Technical Assistance Group, Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation, Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HX, UK;Guyana Geology and Mines Commision, Georgetown, Guyana |
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Abstract: | The capital allowance structure for mining projects in developing countries affects the supply price of investment by determining the payback period, reinvestment and the timing of government receipts. Using the capital allowance structures of Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Papua New Guinea and Malaysia, the article develops a financial model and examines the effect of capital allowances on foreign investor and host government cash flows under various cost-price conditions. The study stresses the importance to governments of making accelerated depreciation a flexible tool to trade off against other elements in the fiscal package. From the government viewpoint, faster write-offs of capital are preferable to a tax holiday. The article places particular emphasis on evaluating the relationship between capital allowances, income tax and a rent resource tax. |
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Keywords: | Third World Mining projects Investment |
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