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Finance Bill receives Royal Assent

20th February 2019 By bespoketax

Finance Bill receives Royal Assent

The Finance (No.3) Bill 2017-19 received Royal Assent (later than originally planned) on 12 February 2019 following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament known as Finance Act 2019. The Act contains the legislation for many of the tax measures announced by the government at Autumn Budget 2017 some of which had been the subject of further consultation. The Bill also includes other measures that were first announced in the Autumn Budget 2018.

Some of the measures included within the Bill are:

  • The Income Tax rates, thresholds, and allowances for 2019-20. This includes meeting the government’s commitment to increase the basic personal allowance to £12,500 and the higher rate threshold to £50,000.
  • The setting of the Corporation Tax rate for 2020-21 at 17%. The rate for 2019-20 remains at 19%.
  • The temporary increase in the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) from £200,000 to £1m for two years from 1 January 2019.
  • The introduction of a new 30 day reporting and payment deadline for CGT on UK residential property gains from 6 April 2020.
  • A number of changes to entrepreneurs’ relief.
  • A reduction in the tax writing down allowance from 8% to 6% from April 2019.
  • The current VAT registration limit (£85,000) and deregistration limit (£83,000) will continue to apply for a further two years; until 31 March 2022.

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Finance Bill receives Royal Assent

21st March 2018 By bespoketax

Finance Bill receives Royal Assent

The Finance Bill 2017-18 officially known as Finance (No.2) Bill 2017-19, received Royal Assent on 15 March 2018 following agreement by both Houses. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament to be called the Finance Act 2018. The Act contains the legislation for many of the tax measures that were announced by the Government at Autumn Budget 2017.

Finance Act 2018, introduces a number of diverse measures including the introduction of a new permanent Stamp Duty Land Tax relief for first-time buyers, the freezing of the capital gains indexation allowance for companies from the end of 2017, increases in Vehicle Excise Duty and Company Car Tax rates for diesel cars, and higher limits for some Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trust investments.

The Finance Act also puts in place several new measures to tackle tax avoidance, evasion, and non-compliance in areas including offshore trusts, disguised remuneration and VAT evasion by online sellers.

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