Legislation – Finance Act 2024

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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

Schedules

Schedule 2Films, television programmes and video games

Part 4Amendments consequential on Part 3

Films Act 1985

8

(1)

The Films Act 1985 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 6 (certification of British films) (as amended by paragraph 2), omit “and film tax relief”.

(3)

In Schedule 1 (certification of British films) (as amended by paragraph 2)—

(a)

in the heading, omit “and film tax relief”;

(b)

in paragraph 1(1), in the definition of “film production company”, omit the words from “or” to the end.

ICTA

9

(1)

Section 826 of ICTA (interest on tax overpaid) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1), omit paragraphs (f) to (fb).

(3)

In subsection (3C), omit “film tax credit, television tax credit, video game tax credit,”.

(4)

In subsection (8A)(b)(ii), omit “or film tax credit or television tax credit or video game tax credit”.

(5)

In subsection (8BA), omit “or film tax credit or television tax credit or video game tax credit” in both places those words occur.

FA 1998

10

(1)

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

(2)

In paragraph 10 (certain claims and elections to be included in tax return), omit sub-paragraphs (5) to (7).

(3)

In paragraph 52 (recovery of excessive payments), in sub-paragraph (2B) (inserted by Schedule 6), omit paragraphs (b) to (d).

(4)

In paragraph 83S (application of Part 9D), omit sub-paragraphs (a) to (c).

FA 2007

11

In Schedule 24 to FA 2007 (penalties for errors), in paragraph 28(fa) (meaning of “corporation tax credit”), omit paragraphs (iv) to (ivb).

CTA 2009

12

(1)

CTA 2009 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 1040ZA (restrictions on claiming other reliefs where R&D relief given), omit subsections (1) to (3).

(3)

In section 1310(4) (orders and regulations subject to affirmative procedure), omit paragraphs (a) to (ej).

(4)

In Schedule 4 (index of defined expressions), omit the following entries—

“company tax return (in Part 15)”;

“company tax return (in Part 15A)”;

“company tax return (in Part 15B)”;

“the completion period (in Chapter 5 of Part 15)”;

“the completion period (in Chapter 5 of Part 15A)”;

“the completion period (in Chapter 5 of Part 15B)”;

“co-producer (in Part 15)”;

“co-producer (in Part 15A)”;

“core expenditure (in Part 15)”;

“core expenditure (in Part 15A)”;

“core expenditure (in Part 15B)”;

“costs of the film (in Chapter 2 of Part 15)”;

“costs of the relevant programme (in Chapter 2 of Part 15A)”;

“costs of the video game (in Chapter 2 of Part 15B)”;

“European expenditure (in Part 15B)”;

“film (in Part 15)”;

“film-making activities (in Part 15)”;

“film production company (in Part 15)”;

“film tax relief (in Part 15)”;

“final certificate (in Chapter 5 of Part 15)”;

“final certificate (in Chapter 5 of Part 15A)”;

“final certificate (in Chapter 5 of Part 15B)”;

“income from the film (in Chapter 2 of Part 15)”;

“income from the relevant programme (in Chapter 2 of Part 15A)”;

“income from the video game (in Chapter 2 of Part 15B)”;

“interim accounting period (in Chapter 5 of Part 15)”;

“interim accounting period (in Chapter 5 of Part 15A)”;

“interim accounting period (in Chapter 5 of Part 15B)”;

“principal photography (in Part 15)”;

“principal photography (in Part 15A)”;

“production expenditure (in Part 15)”;

“production expenditure (in Part 15A)”;

“qualifying co-production (in Part 15)”;

“qualifying co-production (in Part 15A)”;

“qualifying expenditure (in Chapter 3 of Part 15)”;

“qualifying expenditure (in Chapter 3 of Part 15A)”;

“qualifying expenditure (in Chapter 3 of Part 15B)”;

“relevant programme (in Part 15A)”;

“the separate film trade (in Chapters 2, 3 and 5 of Part 15)”;

“the separate programme trade (in Chapters 2, 3 and 5 of Part 15A)”;

“the separate video game trade (in Chapters 2, 3 and 5 of Part 15B)”;

“special film relief (in Chapter 5 of Part 15)”;

“special television relief (in Chapter 5 of Part 15A)”;

“special video games relief (in Chapter 5 of Part 15B)”;

“television production activities (in Part 15A)”;

“television production company (in Part 15A)”;

“television programme (in Part 15A)”;

“television tax relief (in Part 15A)”;

“UK expenditure (in Part 15)”;

“UK expenditure (in Part 15A)”;

“video game (in Part 15B)”;

“video games development activities (in Part 15B)”;

“video games development company (in Part 15B)”;

“video games tax relief (in Part 15B)”.

FA 2009

13

In paragraph 2 of Schedule 54A to FA 2009 (amounts of overpaid repayment interest recoverable as late payment interest), omit paragraphs (e) to (g).

CTA 2010

14

(1)

CTA 2010 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 45A(3) (conditions for carrying forward trade loss against total profits), in paragraph (b)(ii), omit “1209, 1216DA, 1217DA,”.

(3)

In section 45B(1) (cases in which trade loss carried forward against trade profits)—

(a)

in paragraph (d), omit “, 2”;

(b)

omit Case 2.

(4)

In section 357BI (excluded debits under Part 8A), omit paragraphs (c) and (d) (but not the following “and”).

(5)

In section 357BJB (deductions that are not routine deductions under Part 8A), omit subsections (1)(e) and (f), (8) and (9).

(6)

In section 357CG (adjustments in calculating relevant IP profits under Part 8A)—

(a)

in subsection (3), omit paragraphs (c) and (d);

(b)

omit subsection (5A);

(c)

in subsection (6)—

(i)

for “subsections (5) and (5A)” substitute “subsection (5)”;

(ii)

omit the following definitions—

“qualifying expenditure”;

“the separate programme trade”;

“the separate video game trade”;

“television production company”;

“theatrical production”;

“video games development company”.

(7)

Omit section 357CHA (deemed shortfall in television or video game expenditure for purposes of adjusting relevant IP profits).

(8)

In Part 8B (profits taxable at Northern Ireland rate), omit Chapters 11 to 13.

FA 2016

15

In Schedule 24 to FA 2016 (tax advantages constituting the grant of state aid), in Part 1, in the table headed “Creative tax reliefs”, omit the entries for film tax relief, television tax reliefs and video games tax relief.