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

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Part 2Changes from European to UK expenditure: transitional provision

Transitional provision in relation to paragraph 4

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(1)

This paragraph makes transitional provision in relation to paragraph 4.

(2)

The amendments made by that paragraph do not have effect in relation to an exhibition if—

(a)

it has entered production before 1 April 2024, and

(b)

the separate exhibition trade in respect of it ceases before 1 April 2025.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (4) applies if—

(a)

an exhibition has entered production before 1 April 2024,

(b)

the separate exhibition trade in respect of the exhibition continues on or after 1 April 2025,

(c)

the production company’s company tax return for the first accounting period that ends on or after 1 April 2025 is accompanied by a statement of the amount of the core expenditure on the exhibition incurred before 1 April 2025 that is European expenditure, and

(d)

that statement shows that, in respect of core expenditure incurred before 1 April 2025, the European expenditure condition is met.

(4)

The company’s entitlement to—

(a)

an additional deduction under section 1218ZCE of CTA 2009, or

(b)

a tax credit under section 1218ZCH of that Act,

is unaffected by a failure to meet the UK expenditure condition so far as the entitlement derives from expenditure incurred before 1 April 2025.

(5)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4), an entitlement to a tax credit under section 1218ZCH of CTA 2009 derives from expenditure incurred before 1 April 2025 to the extent that it would arise if only costs incurred and income received before that date were taken into account in calculating the surrenderable loss of the company for the purposes of section 1218ZCI of that Act.

(6)

Sub-paragraph (7) applies in relation to an exhibition in respect of which the separate exhibition trade continues on or after 1 April 2025.

(7)

The reference in section 1218ZEA(1) of CTA 2009, as amended by paragraph 4(2)(c), to a statement having been made under section 1218ZE(2) of that Act includes reference to a statement having been made under that provision in relation to the European expenditure condition.

(8)

But the application of section 1218ZEA(1) of CTA 2009 as so amended is subject to sub-paragraph (4) (where that sub-paragraph applies).

(9)

In this paragraph—

exhibition”, “separate exhibition trade”, “production company” and “core expenditure” have the same meanings as in Part 15E of CTA 2009;

UK expenditure” and “UK expenditure condition” have the same meanings as in that Part after the amendments made by paragraph 4;

European expenditure” and “European expenditure condition” have the same meanings as in that Part before the amendments made by paragraph 4.

(10)

For the purposes of this paragraph, an exhibition “enters production” when core expenditure is first incurred on it.

Transitional provision in relation to paragraph 5

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(1)

This paragraph makes transitional provision in relation to paragraph 5.

(2)

The amendments made by that paragraph have effect in relation to accounting periods ending on or after 1 April 2024.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (4) applies in a case where expenditure incurred before 1 April 2024 is to be taken into account as qualifying expenditure for the purposes of section 1218ZCF of CTA 2009 (amount of relief for museum or gallery exhibition).

(4)

The references in subsections (2) and (3) of that section (as amended by paragraph 5) to so much of the qualifying expenditure incurred to date as is UK expenditure are to be read as references to so much of the qualifying expenditure incurred to date as—

(a)

has been incurred before 1 April 2024 and is European expenditure, or

(b)

has been incurred on or after that date and is UK expenditure.

(5)

But if the exhibition in relation to which sub-paragraph (4) applies has entered production before 1 April 2024, the production company may elect for that sub-paragraph to have effect in relation to that exhibition as if “2025” were substituted for “2024”.

(6)

In this paragraph—

exhibition”, “production company” and “core expenditure” have the same meanings as in Part 15E of CTA 2009;

UK expenditure” has the same meaning as in that Part after the amendments made by paragraph 4;

European expenditure” has the same meanings as in that Part before the amendments made by paragraph 4.

(7)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (5), an exhibition “enters production” when core expenditure is first incurred on it.