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Introduction

Part 1
Income tax and corporation tax

Chapter 1 Reliefs for businesses etc

Capital allowances for companies

1 Permanent full expensing etc for expenditure on plant or machinery

Research and development

2 New regime for research and development carried out by companies

Films, television programmes, video games etc

3 Films, television programmes and video games produced by companies

4 Theatrical productions made by companies

5 Orchestral concerts produced by companies

6 Museum and gallery exhibitions produced by companies

7 Sections 3 to 6: administration of reliefs

Real Estate Investment Trusts

8 Miscellaneous amendments relating to REITs

Tonnage tax

9 Managers of ships

10 Increase in capital allowances limit for ship leasing

Other reliefs

11 Extension of EIS relief and VCT relief to shares issued before 6 April 2035

12 Relief for payments of compensation by government etc to companies

13 Enterprise management incentives: time limits

Chapter 2 Pensions

14 Provision in connection with abolition of the lifetime allowance charge

15 MPs’ pension scheme etc: rectification of discrimination

Chapter 3 Other income tax measures

Calculation of trade profits etc

16 Provision relating to the cash basis

Other

17 PAYE regulations: special types of payer or payee

18 Carer’s allowance supplement: correction of statutory reference

Part 2
Other taxes

19 Growth market exemption: qualifying UK multilateral trading facilities etc

20 Capital-raising arrangements etc

21 New investment exemption

22 Ensuring consistency of Parts 3 and 4 of F(No.2)A 2023 with OECD rules etc

23 Rates of tobacco products duty

24 Rates of vehicle excise duty

25 Rates of air passenger duty

26 Rebate on heavy oil and certain bioblends used for heating

27 Vehicle excise duty exemption for foreign vehicles

28 Interpretation of VAT and excise law

29 Rates of landfill tax

30 Rate of aggregates levy

31 Rate of plastic packaging tax

Part 3
Miscellaneous and final

32 Increase in maximum terms of imprisonment for tax offences

33 Disqualification of directors etc promoting tax avoidance schemes

34 Promoters of tax avoidance: failure to comply with stop notice etc

35 Construction industry scheme: gross payment status

36 Additional information to be contained in returns under TMA 1970 etc

37 Commencement of rules imposing penalties for failure to make returns etc

38 Abbreviations used in Act

39 Short title

SCHEDULES

Schedule 1 Research and development

Schedule 2 Films, television programmes and video games

Schedule 3 Theatrical productions

Schedule 4 Orchestral concerts

Schedule 5 Museum and gallery exhibitions

Schedule 6 Administration of creative sector reliefs

Schedule 7 Real Estate Investment Trusts

Schedule 8 Tonnage tax

Schedule 9 Pensions

Schedule 10 Calculation of trade profits etc

Schedule 11 Capital-raising arrangements etc

Schedule 12 Pillar Two

Schedule 13 Promotion of tax avoidance schemes

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Schedules

Schedule 1Research and development

Part 2Consequential amendments

FA 1998

10

(1)

Schedule 18 to FA 1998 (company tax returns) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 52(2A)(b) (application of provisions about discovery assessments to amounts paid by way of R&D expenditure credit), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”.

(3)

In paragraph 83A (application of Part 9A of the Schedule to claims for R&D relief), for the words from “to” to the end substitute “to claims for relief under Part 13 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 (relief for research and development).”

(4)

In paragraph 83E (deadlines for claiming R&D relief)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (2)(a), after “under” insert “Chapter 2 of”;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (3), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”.

FA 2007

11

In Schedule 24 to FA 2007 (penalties for errors), in paragraph 28(fa)(ia) (“corporation tax credit” includes R&D expenditure credit), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”.

CTA 2009

12

(1)

CTA 2009 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Part 14A (inserted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 2)—

(a)

in section 1179DT (expenditure attracting R&D relief not eligible for audiovisual expenditure credit), omit paragraph (a);

(b)

in section 1179FL (expenditure attracting R&D relief not eligible for video game expenditure credit), omit paragraph (a).

(3)

In section 1195(3A) (expenditure attracting R&D relief or television relief not eligible for film tax relief)—

(a)

in paragraph (a), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”;

(b)

in paragraph (b), for “Part 13 (additional relief for expenditure on research and development)” substitute “Chapter 2 of Part 13 (relief for loss-making, R&D-intensive SMEs)”.

(4)

In section 1216C(4) (expenditure attracting R&D relief not eligible for television relief)—

(a)

in paragraph (a), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”;

(b)

in paragraph (b), for “Part 13 (additional relief for expenditure on research and development)” substitute “Chapter 2 of Part 13 (relief for loss-making, R&D-intensive SMEs)”.

(5)

In section 1217C(4) (expenditure attracting R&D relief not eligible for video game relief)—

(a)

in paragraph (a), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”;

(b)

in paragraph (b), for “Part 13 (additional relief for expenditure on research and development)” substitute “Chapter 2 of Part 13 (relief for loss-making, R&D-intensive SMEs)”.

(6)

In section 1217JA(2) (expenditure attracting R&D relief not eligible for theatre relief)—

(a)

omit paragraph (a);

(b)

in paragraph (b), omit “additional”.

(7)

In section 1217RF(2) (expenditure attracting R&D relief or other creative sector relief not eligible for orchestra relief), omit paragraph (za) (inserted by paragraph 8 of Schedule 4).

(8)

In section 1218ZCG(2) (expenditure attracting R&D relief or other creative sector relief not eligible for museum and gallery exhibition relief)—

(a)

omit paragraph (a);

(b)

in paragraph (b), omit “additional”.

(9)

In section 1310(4) (orders and regulations subject to affirmative procedure)—

(a)

omit paragraph (zzza);

(b)

after paragraph (zb) insert—

“(zc)

section 1142(1)(e) (companies ineligible for R&D relief),”.

(10)

In Schedule 4 (index of defined expressions)—

(a)

omit the following entries—

“capped R&D expenditure (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“large company (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“payment period (in Chapter 6A of Part 3”;

“qualifying body (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“qualifying body (in Part 13)”;

“qualifying expenditure on sub-contracted R&D (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“qualifying R&D expenditure (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“relevant payment to the subject of a clinical trial (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“relevant research and development (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“research and development (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“software, data licences, cloud computing services or consumable items (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“staffing costs (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

“sub-contractor payment (and sub-contractor) (in Part 13)”;

“subsidised expenditure (in Part 13)”;

“subsidised qualifying expenditure (in Chapter 6A of Part 3)”;

(b)

at the appropriate places insert—

“contracted out (and related expressions) (in Part 13)

section 1133”;

“contractor payment (in Part 13)

section 1133”;

“group (in Part 13)

section 1140A”;

“ineligible company (in Part 13)

section 1142”.

CTA 2010

13

(1)

CTA 2010 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 269DA(2) (meaning of banking company’s “surcharge profits”), in the definition of “RDEC”, for “Chapter 6A of Part 3 of CTA 2009 (trade profits: R&D expenditure credits)” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13 of CTA 2009 (R&D expenditure credit)”.

(3)

In Part 8A (profits from exploiting patents etc)—

(a)

in section 357BJB(3) (R&D expenditure not to be routine deduction in calculating IP profits), in paragraph (a)(ii), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3 of CTA 2009” substitute “Chapter 1A of that Part”;

(b)

in section 357BLB(7)(e) (application of sections 1127 to 1131 of CTA 2009 for purpose of determining in-house R&D expenditure under Part 8A), at the end insert “as those provisions had effect before the amendments made by paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to FA 2024,”;

(c)

in section 357CG(4)(a) (R&D expenditure credit to be deducted in calculating IP profits), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”.

(4)

In Chapter 9 of Part 8B (treatment of R&D credits and relief for purposes of Northern Ireland rate)—

(a)

in section 357P(1) (overview of Chapter), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a)

Chapter 1A of Part 13 (R&D expenditure credit), and

(b)

Chapter 2 of that Part (relief for loss-making, R&D-intensive SMEs).”;

(b)

in the italic heading before section 357PA, for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”;

(c)

in section 357PA (R&D expenditure credit to form part of mainstream profits or losses)—

(i)

in the heading, omit “under Chapter 6A of Part 3 of CTA 2009”;

(ii)

in subsection (1)(a), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”;

(d)

in section 357PD (amount of R&D tax credit for Northern Ireland company)—

(i)

in subsections (2)(b), (3)(b) and (4)(b), for “given by section 1058(1A) of CTA 2009” substitute “of the cap by reference to the company’s PAYE and NIC liabilities for the accounting period”;

(ii)

omit subsections (2A), (3A) and (4A);

(iii)

after subsection (5) insert—

“(6)

Sections 1112B to 1112E of CTA 2009 (determination of cap by reference to PAYE and NIC liabilities) apply for the purposes of subsections (2)(b), (3)(b) and (4)(b) as they apply for the purposes of section 1058(1) of CTA 2009.”

TIOPA 2010

14

In the following provisions of TIOPA 2010, for “within the meaning of section 104A” substitute “under Chapter 1A of Part 13”

(a)

section 407(3)(a) (R&D expenditure credit not to be taken into account in determining tax-EBITDA);

(b)

section 416(2A) (R&D expenditure credit not to be taken into account in determining worldwide group’s profit before tax).

FA 2013

15

In Schedule 43C to FA 2013 (penalties in connection with the general anti-abuse rule), in paragraph 11(e)(ii) (“corporation tax credit” includes R&D expenditure credit), for “Chapter 6A of Part 3” substitute “Chapter 1A of Part 13”.