Replacing old standard safety glass door.

goldstone97

Hi
 Thanks for any help you may offer.

 If a landlord Replaces an old laminated glass door that is  non compliant  under current building regs with new safety glass in that door.

 Is that expense tax deductible expenditure?

Woodstok2000

 Maintenance and running repairs are allowable expenses, so if the glass needs replacing you can claim it.

Section62

goldstone97 said:

 If a landlord Replaces an old laminated glass door that is  non compliant  under current building regs with new safety glass in that door.

Generally compliance has to be with the regulations which were in force at the time the work is done, and the updating of regs generally doesn't require upgrades to existing features.  There are some exceptions to this, and some upgrades may be required as a consequence of other work being done.  If the laminated glass complied with regs when the door was installed then normally an upgrade wouldn't be required unless there was some other requirement specific to (e.g.) tenanted properties.

That doesn't mean it isn't a good idea to do upgrades which improve safety, comfort, or energy efficiency... just that caution is needed before claiming that the upgrade was required because of the building regulations, if there is a risk of.that claim being challenged.