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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Schedules

Schedule 6Administration of creative sector reliefs

Section 7

Power to recover overpayments

1

(1)

Paragraph 52 of Schedule 18 to FA 1998 (recovery of excessive payments) is amended as follows.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1), in the words before paragraph (a), for “paragraph” substitute “sub-paragraph”.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)

for “This paragraph” substitute “Sub-paragraph (1)”;

(b)

omit paragraphs (bd) to (bi).

(4)

In sub-paragraph (2A), after paragraph (c) insert “, or

(d)

creative sector credit,”.

(5)

After sub-paragraph (2A) insert—

“(2B)

In this paragraph, “creative sector credit” means—

(a)

audiovisual expenditure credit or video game expenditure credit under Chapter 3 of Part 14A of the Corporation Tax Act 2009,

(b)

film tax credit under Part 15 of that Act,

(c)

television tax credit under Part 15A of that Act,

(d)

video game credit under Part 15B of that Act,

(e)

theatre tax credit under Part 15C of that Act,

(f)

orchestra tax credit under Part 15D of that Act, or

(g)

museums and galleries exhibition credit under Part 15E of that Act.”

(6)

In sub-paragraph (5)—

(a)

omit paragraphs (ae) and (ag) to (ak);

(b)

before paragraph (b) insert—

“(al)

an amount of creative sector credit paid to a company for an accounting period, or”;

(c)

in the words after paragraph (b), for the words from “the” to the end substitute “that accounting period”.

(7)

Those amendments have effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024.

Time limit for claims

2

(1)

In paragraph 83W(1) of Schedule 18 to FA 1998 (time limits for claims under Parts 15 to 15E of CTA 2009), for the words from “first” to the end substitute “end of the period of—

(a)

two years beginning with the last day of the period of account to which the claim relates, in a case where that period is not longer than 18 months, or

(b)

42 months beginning with the first day of the period of account to which the claim relates, in any other case.”

(2)

That amendment has effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024.

Supporting information

3

(1)

After paragraph 83W of Schedule 18 to FA 1998 insert—

“Additional information to be provided in relation to claim

83WA

The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs may by regulations specify, in relation to a claim to which this Part of this Schedule applies—

(a)

information to be provided by the claimant company;

(b)

the form and manner in which, and the time by which, the information is to be provided;

(c)

the consequences of failing to provide the information as required (which may include the total or partial invalidity of the claim or a reduction of the claimed relief).”

(2)

That amendment has effect in relation to claims made on or after 1 April 2024.